Description
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The papers advance in recommender systems, website quality and analysis, user-generated content, eWOM, mobile tourism, hospitality applications, technology acceptance and impact, Web 2.0, destination management, technology solutions, social media, marketing, tourist behavior, and other important topics. Authors of these articles are affiliated with some of the world's prominent research institutes and organizations worldwide. Such a diversity of authorship in geographical regions and topics bring a wealth of values of international experiences and methods to examine various issues that are pertinent to information technology and tourism. The papers investigate different issues on different topics, provide answers to some major research questions, and, at the same time, raise additional questions that drive future research.
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1 Recommender Systems I. - 2 Recommender Systems II. - 3 Website Quality and Analysis. - 4 User Generated Content and eWOM. - 5 Mobile Technology and Services. - 6 Hospitality Applications. - 7 Technology Acceptance and Impact. - 8 Web 2.0 and Online Magazins. - 9 Destination Management Organizations and Destination Counseling. - 10 Knowledge-based Systems and Technology Solutions. - 11 Social Media I. - 12 Social Media II. - 13 Marketing, Distribution and Consumer Trust. - 14 Personality, Tourist Behavior and Sensory Experience.
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Francesco Ricci is the recipient of numerous academic awards and scholarships. Aside from academic research, Mr. Ricci's industrial experience includes short tenures at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb. He has lectured at the undergraduate level on chemical engineering thermodynamics as well as on reactor design.
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Matthias Fuchs (1939-2002) stand als Sohn von Schauspielern bereits mit neun Jahren auf der Bühne. Bekannt wurde er in den 50er-Jahren als Ethelbert in der Serie "Immensee". Danach folgten verschiedene Rollen am Theater und in Film- und Fernsehproduktionen. Von 1996 bis 2001 wirkte er u.a. als Erzähler bei der Hörspielreihe "Die drei ???" mit.
