Social media in travel, tourism and hospitality : theory, practice and cases / edited by Marianna Sigala, Evangelos Christou, Ulrike Gretzel.
by
 
Sigala, Marianna.

ISBN
9781409420910

Title
Social media in travel, tourism and hospitality : theory, practice and cases / edited by Marianna Sigala, Evangelos Christou, Ulrike Gretzel.

Author
Sigala, Marianna.

Publication Information
Farnham : Ashgate, 2012.

Physical Description
xxii, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series
New directions in tourism analysis.

Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 WEB 2.0: STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL BUSINESS MODELS -- 1.Introduction to Part 1 / Marianna Sigala -- 2.Web 2.0 and Networks in Wine Tourism: The Case Studies of greatwinecapitals.com and wineandhospitalitynetwork.com / Athina Nella -- 3.Web 2.0 and Customer Involvement in New Service Development: A Framework, Cases and Implications in Tourism / Marianna Sigala -- 4.`Creating the Buzz': Merchant City (Glasgow) Case Study / Alan Stevenson -- 5.Examining Hotel Managers' Acceptance of Web 2.0 in Website Development: A Case Study of Hotels in Hong Kong / Rob Law -- pt. 2 WEB 2.0: APPLICATIONS FOR MARKETING -- 6.Introduction to Part 2 / Evangelos Christou -- 7.Theoretical Models of Social Media, Marketing Implications, and Future Research Directions / John C. Crotts -- 8.Riding the Social Media Wave: Strategies of DMOs Who Successfully Engage in Social Media Marketing / Ulrike Gretzel -- 9.National DMOs and Web 2.0 / Daniela Attard --
 
Contents note continued: 10.Arizona Meeting Planners' Use of Social Networking Media / Timothy J. Tyrrell -- 11.Web 2.0 and Pricing Transparency in Hotel Services / Athina Nella -- 12.Blogs: "Re-inventing" Tourism Communication / Serena Volo -- pt. 3 WEB 2.0: TRAVELLERS' BEHAVIOUR -- 13.Introduction to Part 3 / Ulrike Gretzel -- 14.Travellers 2.0: Motivation, Opportunity and Ability to Use Social Media / Jacques Bulchand-Gidumal -- 15.Use and Creation of Social Media by Travellers / Ulrike Gretzel -- 16.Users' Attitudes Toward Online Social Networks in Travel / Anil Bilgihan -- 17.An Exploration of Wine Blog Communication Patterns / Dimitrios Vagianos -- 18.The Effect of E-Reviews on Consumer Behaviour: An Exploratory Study on Agro-Tourism / Achim Spiller -- pt. 4 WEB 2.0: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND MARKET RESEARCH -- 19.Introduction to Part 4 / Marianna Sigala -- 20.Knowledge Management and Web 2.0: Preliminary Findings from the Greek Tourism Industry / Kalotina Chalkiti --
 
Contents note continued: 21.Analysing Blog Content for Competitive Advantage: Lessons Learned in the Application of Software Aided Linguistics Analysis / Peyton R. Mason -- 22.Social Media Monitoring: A Practical Case Example of City Destinations / Jim Hamill.

Subject Term
Tourism -- Social aspects.
 
Hospitality industry -- Social aspects.
 
Travel -- Online chat groups.
 
Tourism -- Computer network resources.
 
Hospitality industry -- Computer network resources.
 
Place marketing -- Computer network resources.
 
Web 2.0 -- Economic aspects.
 
Web 2.0 -- Social aspects.

Added Author
Sigala, Marianna.

Format
Books

Publication Date
2012

Publication Information
Farnham : Ashgate, 2012.


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