[AISWorld] CfP APJIS Special Issue: "Role of IT in Smart Tourism Industry"
Chulmo Koo
helmetgu at gmail.com
Sun Feb 2 20:46:43 EST 2014
*CfP for **Asian Pacific Journal of Information Systems (APJIS) **Special
Issue**:*
*"**Role of IT in Smart Tourism Industry**: **Convergence of Information
Technologies**, **Experiences**, and **Ecosystems**"*
*Submission** Deadlines*
Submission Deadline: 1 June 2014
*Guest Editors:*
*Chulmo Koo*
Assistant Professor of College of Hotel and Tourism Management
Kyung Hee University, South Korea
helmetgu at khu.ac.kr
Dr. Koo is an Assistant Professor and Managing Director of Smart Tourism
Research Center (STRC) for the College of Hotel & Tourism Management, Kyung
Hee University, South Korea. He is teaching Management Information Systems
and Electronic Business & Commerce courses in College of Hotel & Tourism
Management. He is responsible for the special issue of "Smart Tourism:
Convergence of Information Technologies, Experiences, and Theories" in the
Electronic Market Journal. His papers were published in the mainstream IS
journals and tourism journals.
*Ulli Gretzel*
Associate Professor of e Institute for Innovation in Business and Social
Research The University of Wollongong, Australia
Email: ugretzel at uow.edu.au
Dr. Ulrike Gretzel is an Associate Professor in Marketing, Director of the
Laboratory for Intelligent Systems in Tourism (LIST), Institute for
Innovation in Business and Social Research (IIBSoR). Ulrike's research
focuses on persuasion in human-technology interaction, the representation
of sensory and emotional aspects of tourism experiences, and issues related
to the development and use of intelligent systems in tourism.
*William C. Hunter*
Dr. William Cannon Hunter is an Associate Professor in the Department of
Convention Management, College of Hotel and Tourism Management at Kyung Hee
University in Seoul, Korea. He has lived as a world citizen in Asia for 20
years. His research focuses on destination imagery, subjectivity and
problems related to cultural and touristic representations using visual
and Q research methodologies. He is also interested in Smart Tourism
Ecosystems related research and development.
*Namho Chung*
Associate Professor of College of Hotel and Tourism Management
Kyung Hee University, South Korea
nhchung at khu.ac.kr
Namho Chung is an Associate Professor and Director of Smart Tourism
Research Center (STRC) for the College of Hotel & Tourism Management at
Kyung Hee University in Seoul, Korea. He received his Ph.D degree in MIS
from Sungkyunkwan University. His research focuses on consumer behavior on
the Internet, human computer interface, and knowledge management in the
hospitality & tourism industry. His research work has been published in
journals that include Journal of Travel Research, Tourism Management,
Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, Information & Management,
Computers in Human Behavior, Behaviour and Information Technology,
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, International Journal of
Tourism Research, Journal of Business Research, and Interacting with
Computers.
*Theme*
Information Technologies and Information Systems have also changed the
structure of the tourism industry with new players entering the value
chain. The tourism industry consists of a large number of loosely
interconnected travel entities that are dependent on one another. IT
enabled tourism provides greater value when it helps in collecting and
pre-processing information according to personal and situational needs of
the travelers. IT suggests that travel companies are predisposed to
comprehend correct directions for IT development and that its elements work
together in complex tourism ecosystems. For instance, mobile apps connected
with social network services as well as with traditional websites allow
exchanges to be informed by socially generated information and for feedback
to be instantaneous. Mobile applications for a specific destination are
increasingly needed for consumer reviews and recommendations of
restaurants, transportation information, and supporting the entire tourist
life cycle and all business ecosystems. Twitter, facebook, and other social
media applications, for example, are used by travel & heritage sites,
airlines, and hotels to identify service quality issues and engage in
immediate service recovery.
Ultimately, IT can enable better tourism ecosystem health, increasing the
destinations' competitive advantage, and enabling travel companies and
travelers to better exchange and share vital resources. Tourism and IT
convergence is generally recognized as a critical step for creating,
storing, and transferring information capital. This convergence is
necessary for travel companies as it allows for the creation of valuable
profit and healthy tourism business ecosystems. These smart tourism
ecosystems become socio-technical networks, in which IT plays the role of
an intelligent service platform that regulates the responses of tourism
ecosystems to internal and external stimulation Destinations may soon
discover that smart tourism ecosystems are indispensable.
*Topics*
This special issue is interested in papers that focus on: (1) "visit"
experiences in smart tourism contexts, (2) IT-enabled tourism business
models, (3) the role of IT in tourism product, devices, and process
innovations, and (4) the extension of our knowledge about the adequacy of
research methods and tourism and IS theories for future studies related to
smart tourism.
Topics clearly related to smart tourism ecosystems from an IT & IS
perspective are privacy and security issues, interoperability, technology
adoption/acceptance, innovation diffusion, design and system integration,
reference modeling, IT architectures, business model design, business
process modeling, complexity and modularity, electronic marketplace,
electronic brokerage, and organizational dynamics. From a tourism perspective,
resulting changes in travelers' attitudes and behaviors, interactions
among intelligent
systems, host communities, and travel businesses, as well as implications
for tourism marketing are some of the topics that need to be addressed.
We invite researchers to submit original papers that include empirical,
analytical, design-oriented, or conceptual approaches that are relevant for
this important topic and provide new insights for theory and practice.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
· Smart tourism ecosystem case studies
· Smart technologies for airlines
· Smart technologies for hospitality
· Smart technologies for tour operators, travel agencies
· Smart technologies for destinations
· Electronic brokerage and marketplaces for tourists, agencies, and
vendors
· Electronic marketplaces through social network services
· IT architectures and models for smart tourism like e-tourism or
smart services
· The role of IT in smart tourism business models
· Developments and barriers regarding interoperability and standards
· Acceptance, adoption, diffusion, and infusion of smart
tourismtechnologies, product
s, or devices
· Ensuring privacy and security in smart tourism infrastructures
· Smart tourism solution approaches
· Impact of smart technologies on traditional tourism
· Policy, strategy, management of smart tourism
· Smart tourism business processes
· Value chain analysis in the networked tourism industry
· Online & Computer Reservation Systems
· Business intelligence for smart tourism technologies and services
· Mobile solutions for the tourism industry
· IS theories for tourism-related issues
· Research methods for the analysis of smart tourism related
phenomena
Methodological and theoretical pluralism is part of the journal's policy.
We welcome submissions using qualitative or quantitative methods. We also
would like to encourage submissions of interdisciplinary work by authors
from different areas. If authors have any questions regarding the
suitability of their work for this special issue, whether topical or
methodological, they should not hesitate to contact (one of) the co-editors.
*Submission** Deadlines*
Submission Deadline: 1 June 2014
Place all articles to reviewers: 14 June 2014
Return of all reviews: 14 July 2014
Check 1st Decision: 21 July 2014
Resend to authors for revisions: 3 Aug 2014
Submission Deadline for revised version: 24 Aug 2014
Place all articles to reviewers (2nd round): 1 Sep 2014
2nd round reviews in: 22 Sep 2014
2nd Decision: 29 Sep 2014
Check 2nd Decision: 1 Oct 2014
Final Decision & Notification: 11 Oct 2014
*Review Process*
Papers will be evaluated on their general merit, relevance to industry, and
contribution to IT, Smart Tourism, and Ecosystems. All papers will be
rigorously refereed by 3 reviewers from the following reviewer board and
additional ad hoc reviewers. Submission of a manuscript to this special
issue implies that no similar paper is already accepted or will be
submitted to any other conference or journal.
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Chulmo Koo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Convention Management Department
The College of Hotel & Tourism Management
Kyung Hee University
26 Kyunghee-daero, Heogi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-701,
Republic of Korea
Office:+82-2-961-2349 / Fax:+82-2-964-2537
Mobile:+82-10-2505-1393
e-mail: helmetgu at khu.ac.kr
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