Synopses & Reviews
The proceedings of the conference ENTER - International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism - provide an international forum for the discussion of the role of telecommunication and information systems in tourism, inform potential users and people concerned with the importance of such technologies and explain their functioning. The following topics are treated in this volume: Dynamic Marketing Applications Using IT. - Designing Information Systems. - Using the Internet. - Transformation of the Travel Industry. - Re-engineering Management Approaches. - Enhancing Tourism Intermediaries. - New Horizons for Destination Management Systems. - Strategic Management in Tourism. - New IT Uses in Tourism.
Review
"... The value of this volume lies in the diversity of the individual papers, and in the quality of most of them ... The major markets are probably in academia and education. The case studies in the book make it a good addition to texts for educators to use in the graduate classroom. Practitioners will also find valuable information in some papers to assist them in system development. The international nature of the papers and in particular the case studies is an important contribution ..." Information Technology & Tourism 1/99