Renren / Sol Melia Group / Facebook / Pixtri OG / National Laboratory / Inamo Restaurants / Yahoo / Linkedin / Sina / Tourism Management / IFITT Innovation Fund / Google / IDT / Industry News (Edited by Rosanna Leung IFITT Communications & Membership Director & Rodolfo Baggio IFITT Special Projects Director) Tourism / Twitter / YouTube / /
Country
Australia / Portugal / United Kingdom / China / Italy / United States / /
Currency
EUR / / /
Event
FDA Phase / Company Expansion / /
Facility
Social Development University of Teramo / IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems / University of Applied Sciences Salzburg / Oxford University / Victoria University / Queensland University / ETOUR Mid-Sweden University / Hotel Lugano Dante / University of North Texas / Nicholas Hall / Inamo Restaurant / Temple University / Vienna University of Technology / Teramo University / Hong Kong Polytechnic University / Bournemouth University / East China Normal University / National Laboratory of Tourism / /
IndustryTerm
on-line reputation / Internet access / travel activities / internet/mobile applications / information search / mental imagery processing / geo-based technology / social media strategies / online system / communication technologies / travel decisions / technology organisations / high elaboration cognitive processing / imagery-eliciting Web site features / revenue management / technological e-commerce platforms / context-aware technologies / travel blogs / picture-based search engine / social media / statistical tools / owner-managed travel firms / travel industry / online mobile devices / research wireless access / personal travel type / information technology / persuasive destination Web sites / e - commerce / social networks / travel experience / selected Web site features / injection services / on-line presence / Web-based experiment / online mobile technology / travel facilities / technology acceptance model / travel experiences / medium hotels / travel inspiration / individual imagery processing / travel agents / social media sites / online reviews / mobile technology / icon/ / online diaries / social media studies / travel behavior / technology adoption / e-tourism / smartphone applications / search engine / /
Organization
East China Normal University / Department of Theories and Policies for Social Development / University of North Texas / ENTER2014 / Teramo University / Hong Kong Polytechnic University / Fox School of Business / Oxford University’s Department of Sociology / Bournemouth University / Victoria University in Melbourne / University of Applied Sciences Salzburg / ETOUR Mid-Sweden University / VisitBritain / Vienna University of Technology / IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems / International Federation for IT / Thailand Tourism Board / European Travel Commission on European Tourism / School of Hotel / Queensland University in Brisbane / Temple University / Switzerland Tourism Board / Hong Kong Government / Slovenian Tourism Board / United Nations / School of Tourism and Hospitality Management / Department of Theories and Policies for Social Development University of Teramo / Innovation Fund / /
Person
Mohsen Hamoudia / Agnese Vardanega / Carlos Lamsfus / Roman Egger / Woojin Lee / Matthias Fuch / Noel Hunwick / Maria Banyal / Dimitris Serifis / Rosanna Leung / Barbara Neuhofer / Rob Law / Dan Wang / Lorenzo Cantoni / Luis Costa / Phil Xiang / Alessandro Inversini / Marco Fanton / Ulrike Gretzel / Cristina Fabi / Christian Maurer / Pascal Bieri / Andrew J. Spencer / Dimitrios Buhalis / Ivana Rihova / Liz Ward / Daniel Fesenmaier / Kelly MacKay / Wolfram Höpken / Adriana Conte / William Bakker / Nina Mistilis / Rainer Schuster / Noel Scott / Matthias Fuchs / Mario Jooss / Paul Barron / Hannes Wethner / Carlo Fontana / Sol Melia / Josef Margareiter / Tinkara Pavlovčič Kapitanovič / Brian King / /
Position
Vice President and Treasurer / IFITT President / President / tutor / CEO / small tourism organisations Author / Professor / Social Media Programme Manager / Vice President IFITT / driver / General Manager / Hotel Lugano Dante / Manager / research assistant / Membership Director / advisor in planning / Director / Director Marketing and Communications / Chair / Manager shows / hierarchical model of technology adoption / Greek IFITT President / /
Product
iPad / IFITT / /
Region
East China / North Texas / /
Technology
online mobile technology / Information Technology / mobile devices / communication technologies / wireless access / geo-based technology / context-aware technologies / smartphone / search engine / Wi-Fi / 2.0 technology / smartphones / http / /
International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism www.ifitt.org NEWSLETTER ISSUE # 2/2012—JUNE 2012 IFITT President’s Message As the summer is approaching fast lots of different activities are taking place on IFIT