Workshop Topic: Tourism, Information Search and the Internet

The first ITT workshop took place from Novemver 13-14 2008 at MODUL University Vienna. A total of 35 academics and industry players met at Kahlenberg for a very productive event. The two days were filled with lively discussions and constructive feedback for the presenters. The topics and presentations can be found below.

We are looking forward to another successful JITT workshop next year!

Information Search and Travel Planning

Travel Decision-Making and Information Sources Used: A Panel Study Approach Andreas Zins, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.

Exploring the Impact of Consumer Self-Confidence and Product Expertise on Information Search Behavior of Vacationers Karin Teichmann, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration

 The Social Web

Member Reputation and Its Influence on Travel Decisions: A Case Study of an Online Travel Community Irem Arsal, MODUL University Vienna

Trust in Online Information Sources: A Comparison of Traveler, Service Provider and DMO Created Content Astrid Dickinger, MODUL University Vienna.

 Information Extraction

Ontology-Based Information Extraction from Tourism Web Sites Birgit Pröll, Christina Feilmayr, Stefan Parzer, University of Linz.

Semantic Market Monitoring Norbert Walchhofer, EC3, Michael Pöttler, Hannes Werthner, Vienna University of Technology.

Usability, Search and Online Decisions

Differences Between Single-Screen and Multi-Screen Booking Interfaces Srikanth Beldona, Kutay Kalkan, University of Delaware.

The Search for the Best Deal: How Hotel Cancellation Policies Affect the Search and Booking Decisions of Deal Seeking Customers Chih-Chien Chen, Zvi Schwartz, Patrick Vargas, University of Illinois.

Designing Recommendation Systems

Destinations Information Competitors and Web Reputation: A Preliminary Study Alessandro Inversini, Lorenzo Cantoni, University of Lugano, Dimitrios Buhalis, Bournemouth University.

Sounds of the City: Combining Recommendations for Points of Interest and Music Marius Kaminskas, Francesco Ricci, University of Bolzano. 

A Context-Aware platform to support a knowledge-based tourism recommender system Aurkene Alzua, Carlos Lamsfus and David Martin, CICtourGUNE, San Sebastian.

Keynote : Information Search and Recommendation Tools Francesco Ricci, University of Bolzano.