to many phenomenon consuming politics, technology, corporate strategy, markets, trading, and consumer behavior (Nooteboom 1999, 56). This article is to understand the concept and behavioral changes as a result of globalization towards tourism and hospitality industry in order to construct wider understanding of its negative and positive impacts. Globalization, as a meaning of its term, clearly stated the understanding of product or service market involving two or more countries to serve the worldwide
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EXAMINE THE BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS OF THE MODERN ETOURISM PLATFORMS In the past few decades, information communication technologies (ICTs) have rapidly changed the way travel intermediaries operate and compete (Buhalis and Licata 2002). Travel has been traditionally distributed to customers by travel agencies and tour operators. Traditional electronic intermediaries or ‘eMediaries’ include global distribution systems (GDSs), such as WORLDSPAN and SABRE and teletext (Buhalis and Licata 2002). Teletext
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International Journal of Arts and Commerce Vol. 2 No. 11 December, 2013 EFFECTS OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT DRIVERS ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A SURVEY OF THE HOTEL INDUSTRY IN KENYAN COAST Uzel Jean Mzera Mutindi 1 PhD Candidate at JKUAT, MSA CBD, Kenya. Contact: jeanmzera@yahoo.com Prof. G.S. Namusonge, PhD 2 Full Professor, EPD JKUAT, Kenya. Contact: gsnamusonge@yahoo.co.uk Dr. J. Obwogi, PhD 3 Technical University of Mombasa, Kenya. Contact: Josephobwogi@yahoo.com ABSTRACT
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(2005) note ‘niche tourism’ has become a growing trend occurring in current years in contrast to what is frequently related to as ‘mass tourism’. Cusack and Dixon (2006) add niche tourism is known to present diversity and provide opportunities with a form of tourism that aims towards sustainability alongside considering expenditure from tourists. Furthermore, it suggests a more practical set of strategies that distinguishes tourists. Gartner (1996) demonstrates how niche tourism consists of distinct
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MEGATRENDS UNDERPINNING TOURISM TO 2020 Analysis of key drivers for change Larry Dwyer, Deborah Edwards, Nina Mistilis, Carolina Roman, Noel Scott and Chris Cooper Analysis of Key Drivers for Change Technical Reports The technical report series present data and its analysis, meta-studies and conceptual studies, and are considered to be of value to industry, government and researchers. Unlike the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre’s Monograph series, these reports have not
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Benefit of the Internet. Information Communications Technology (ICT) has become ever more important to individual and organization. All enterprises and most individual invest in and maintain some form of ICT – whether this is a telephone connection, an e-mail account or a global enterprise resource planning system. Computers, computing and communications play an important role in our daily lives as well as in every part of our economy. ICT is a vital input into banking, healthcare, telecommunications
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The future of tourism in ASEAN Introduction With the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War, there was no longer a pressing need for ASEAN countries to fear their Communist neighbours such as Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. These countries had started to abandon central planning and implement market-oriented economic reforms from the early 80s, changes which had significant implications for trade and investment opportunities and indicated the need for enlargement of the ASEAN
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es/data/cont/docs/518-2013-11-05-42_garin-munoz.pdf The Role of the Internet in the Development of World Tourism ABSTRACT: Tourism industry is considered as one of the largest and the mostdiverseindustries in the world. After the machinery and oil industry, this industry as a modern service industryandthe device to create connectivity among nations and various people in the world have been under public attention. Attention to this industry especially in the countries which are rich in historic, cultural and natural attraction
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What do we want? Maximise value of investment Reference Model Competitive Tourism Highly respected SUSTAINABILITY Quality Environmental friendly Energy Efficiency Safety Issues, enablers and recommendations Issues 1. Clarity of outcomes 2. Strategic and integrated planning 3. Innovative Procurement 4. Life Cycle Costing Enablers 1. Human capital development 2. Construction technology 3. ICT Strategic map for improved project delivery in Malaysia Plans ONE MALAYSIA PEOPLE
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The Future eTourism intermediaries Dimitrios Buhalis1, Maria Cristina Licata2 1 Course Leader MSc in eTourism, School of Management Studies for The Service Sector, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK d.buhalis@surrey.ac.uk Genesys Information Limited Clarendon House, 125 Shenley Road,Borehamwood, Herts WD6 1AG, UK cristina.licata@genesysinformation.com ____________________________________________________________________ 2 Acknowledgement: The authors would like to acknowledge Paul
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