Track Chairs:
Hannes Werthner (hannes.werthner@ec.tuwien.ac.at),
Thomas Steiner,
Karl Wöber

We would like to invite you to submit a paper to the special track on e-tourism of the International Conference on Business Informatics 2009 (German: Wirtschaftsinformatik 2009); 25th - 27th February 2009, Vienna, Austria - www.wi2009.at

Short e-tourism track description

Tourism is a leading application domain in b2c e-commerce; already in the past this sector was a major field of applying electronic networks, i.e., airline CRS/GDS in the 60s. This can be explained by the specifics of this industry and its services: the product is a confidence good, consumers decide a priori on the base of available information - they cannot test the product; the industry acts in a world-wide and networked structure; and the demand is global as well. Thus, this sector can serve as an excellent example for the dynamics and structures of electronic markets and their development.

Possible topics are, for example,

* Electronic markets in travel and tourism
* Business Services for destinations
* Network management for virtual enterprises / Smart Business Networks
* User driven services, content and communities
* Mobile applications
* Case studies and applications

Papers can be either in German or in English according to the template and must not exceed 10 pages (see also www.wi2009.at). The best papers of the track will be considered for publication in the Journal of Information Technology & Tourism (www.modul.ac.at/jitt)

Important dates
31.07.2008 Deadline for submission of papers
11.10.2008 Notification of the authors whether their paper has been accepted
04.11.2008 Deadline for submission of suggestions for tutorials
15.11.2008 End of early registration / Registration of authors
25.02.2009 Beginning of the conference