[AISWorld] CFP: MCIS 2011 track IS Applications for Culture & Tourism

Thu Mar 31 13:23:19 EDT 2011

Dear all,

this is a kind reminder of the CFP for the track on "IS applications for Culture & Tourism" of the MCIS 2011 conference.
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit their revised manuscript for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology (JHTT). 
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1757-9880

Looking forward to receiving papers from many of you

with kind regards
Marianna Sigala

6th Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems

IS: Crossroads of Technology, People, Organizations and Markets

Limassol, Cyprus - September 3-5, 2011

TRACK: IS Applications for Culture and Tourism

Track Co-Chairs: 

·          Marianna Sigala, University of the Aegean, Greece

·          Antoine Harfouche, Universite Francois Rabelais de Tours, France 

Information is the lifeblood of tourism and cultural industries, and so, IS are having a tremendous impact on both the tourism / cultural demand and supply. Nowadays, web 2.0 advances and the semantic web empower users to take a more active role in the production, consumption and dissemination of tourism and cultural experiences. Simultaneously,  technological advances also enable organisations to transform and innovate their business model and operations in order to appeal to the expectations and the needs of the new generation of tourists. 

The objectives of the track are to disseminate findings and exchange experiences on the development of new research theories, methodologies, models and applications. Theoretical, empirical, experimental, case studies, panel contributions and policy-oriented contributions in the form of both full papers but also short research-in-progress papers are welcome. 

Suggested topics of interest for this track include but are not limited to: 

  a.. Open systems in applications for tourism and cultural heritage 
  b.. Mobile technologies in tourism and cultural heritage applications 
  c.. Personalization and individualization of services 
  d.. Data mining, one-to-one marketing in cultural heritage 
  e.. Theoretical background for cultural heritage transformation 
  f.. IT in Marketing of art 
  g.. Virtual Reality and Cultural Heritage 
  h.. Cultural Heritage Information Systems 
  i.. Ontology and Knowledge Management in culture 
  j.. Digital divide in cultural-heritage institutions and destinations 
  k.. Sustainable cultural-heritage tourism and IS 
  l.. Cultural tourism Destination Management and Marketing Systems (DMMS) 
  m.. E-learning in tourism and cultural heritage
·          Web 2.0 and social media in tourism and cultural heritage 

·          Disintermediation vs re-intermediation in tourism: meta-intermediation models

·          Small and medium tourism enterprises -  IS applications and adoption

·          Personalization models and technologies, recommendation systems

·          IS and changes in tourism demand: behaviour, information search-patterns

·          Case studies on state-of-the-art solutions 

Publication Opportunities

 Authors of selected high-quality papers will be invited to submit their papers to a special issue of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology (JHTT). 

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1757-9880

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=3139

Authors submitting their papers to the special issue would need to re-edit the paper in order to follow the submission guidelines of JHTT. For more details please, visit the journal website 

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=jhtt 

Conference Submissions 

Articles should be submitted electronically as pdf files via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=mcis2011

When submitting, authors should indicate the track for which they wish their paper to be considered. Submissions will be subjected to peer review. 

Authors are advised to format their papers in conformity to the structuring guidelines described in the MCIS_template_2011 which is posted on the conference website, under the tab "Submissions." 

Types of contributions, in English, via the EasyChair Submission System:

      1. Full research papers (7-12 pages)

      2. Extended abstracts and short research-in-progress papers (3-7 pages)

      3. Research and Teaching Case studies(7-12 pages)

      4. Panel proposals (2-3 pages)

Submissions with a focus on policy and practice issues of particular relevance in the Mediterranean region are especially welcome.

Important Due Dates

- Deadline for submissions: May 2nd, 2011

- Notification of acceptance: June 15th, 2011

- Camera-ready versions: July 1st, 2011

Proceedings 

Conference Proceedings will be published online. The proceedings will be listed in major citation databases such as EBSCO, ABI Inform, etc. 

For more information on the conference, please visit

 http://www.mcis2011.org/

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Marianna Sigala, PhD
Assistant Professor of Service Management in Tourism
The Business Administration Department
University of the Aegean
Michalon 8. Chios, 
Greece, GR-82100
http://www.ba.aegean.gr/m.sigala

http://www.ba.aegean.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=851&Itemid=501
Tel:  +30 22710 35160
Fax: +30 22710 35165
e-mail: m.sigala at aegean.gr

Co-Editor of Managing Service Quality (MSQ)
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=msq  

Books' Review Editor of the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ijchm

Books' Review Editor of TOURISMOS: 
An International Multidisciplinary Refereed Journal of Tourism
http://www.chios.aegean.gr/tourism/journal.htm

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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
Philosopher and Poet 

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