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ENTER 2019: The 26th Annual eTourism
Conference
"eTourism: Towards a Sustainable Digital
Society"
Hilton Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 30 January
- 1 February, 2019
*** Second Call for Research Papers ***
(Proceedings published by Springer - Journal
special issue in JITT, Springer)
Every year, hundreds of tourism academics,
industry representatives,
government officials, students and
entrepreneurs come together to share,
discuss and challenge latest developments in
information technology in the
fields of travel, tourism and hospitality.
With the theme "eTourism: Towards
a Sustainable Digital Society"
the ENTER 2019 conference will focus on
exploring the ways in which technology and
tourism together can make our
society more sustainable. We call for latest
research and case studies on
emergent and cutting-edge information and
communication technology
concepts, applications, and business models to
be shared in the conference.
Organized by the International Federation for
Information Technology and
Travel & Tourism (IFITT), the ENTER 2019
conference provides a unique
venue for various tourism stakeholders to
understand the application of
information and communication technologies to
travel and tourism, with a
special focus on how eTourism can contribute
to the sustainability of the
society. The ENTER 2019 research track is
divided into three major topics
that all contribute to our capabilities in
building a sustainable digital society:
Tourism Business and Technology, Governance,
Sustainability and Education,
and Computer Science and Information Systems.
Issues to be covered at the conference
include, but are not limited, to the
following areas in the travel, tourism and
hospitality context:
Tourism Business and Technology
• ICT and Tourism Experience
• Augmented and Virtual Reality
• Platform Economy
• Website Design and Evaluation
• Digital Marketing and Social Media
Strategies
• Digital Distribution and Social Selling
• Social Networking, Social Media and Social
Inspiration
• Gaming and Gamification
• ICT Adoption and Value Creation
• E-strategy and eBusiness Models
• ICT for Innovation and Service Design
• Digital Nomads
• Consumer Behaviour in Digital Space
• Robotics and Automation in Travel and
Hospitality
Governance, Sustainability and Education
• ICT for Regional Development and
Sustainability
• Advanced Distribution Systems and
Strategies, Dynamic Packaging
• ICT-enabled Partnership and Collaboration
• E-Learning, Life-long Learning and MOOCs
• E-Government and Public Policy in Tourism
• Digital Divide and Socio-economic
Development
• Privacy and Internet Security
• Legal, Ethical and Social Aspects of ICT
Computer Science and Information Systems
• Big Data and Large-scale Systems
• Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
and Deep Learning
• Data Mining, Analytics and Measurement
• Text and Concept Mining, Sentiment Analysis
• Recommender Systems and Personalization
• User Modeling and Decision Making
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Emotions and Personality-based Systems
• Social Network Analysis
• Location-based Services and Context-Aware
Systems
• Mobile Services and Wearable Technologies
• Semantic Web, Tourism Ontologies and Linked
Open Data
• Data Standards and Data Integration
• Travel Information Search and Retrieval
• Internet-of-Things
• Smart Destinations
• Travel Chatbots
• Blockchain and Other Emerging Technologies
Welcoming Academics and the Industry
The conference brings together the research
community and industry, and
it is organized in three streams, namely
industry track, destinations track,
and research track. If you are representing
tourism industry or destinations,
The conference also features six to eight
world-class keynote speakers
discussing the most pressing topics within
eTourism.
Location
The 26th edition of ENTER will take place in
Nicosia, Cyprus. Nicosia is the
capital of Cyprus; a status it has enjoyed for
1000 years since the 10th
century, though its beginnings date back 5000
years to the Bronze Age.
Nicosia is a sophisticated and cosmopolitan
city, rich in history and culture
that combines its historic past with the
amenities of a modern city. Cyprus
is an island drenched in sun and mythology, at
the crossroads of ancient
civilizations. 9,000 years of history gathered
on one island. Cyprus packs a
remarkable array of sights and attractions,
museums and archaeological
parks, throbbing beach resorts, pine covered
mountains, medieval fortresses
and ancient temples. Over the last few years,
it has become one of the top
touristic European destinations breaking in
consecutive years the record of
tourist arrivals. It is expected that in 2018,
more than 3.6 million tourists
will visit Cyprus and plans target a steady
intake of 5 million tourists per
year. More information about Nicosia and
Cyprus as well as what the island
and its capital offer can be found on the
conference web site.
Call for Research Papers
We invite research papers across the widest
spectrum of Information and
Communication Technologies in Travel and
Tourism to be presented at the
ENTER 2019 conference. All submissions to the
research track are rigorously
evaluated for novelty, significance, and
soundness. Papers should clearly
state the background, introduction, purpose,
theory, methodology, results,
conclusions and managerial/industry/social
implications of the study, and
be fully referenced with appropriate
citations. The authors of full papers
and research notes will have the opportunity
to present their research orally
supported by PowerPoint slides. Full technical
details will be provided with
the acceptance of the paper.
The proceedings of recently held ENTER
conferences are listed by ISI's
Conference Proceedings Citation Index -
Science (CPCI-S). ENTER 2019
proceedings will follow a similar indexing
process for ISI and other major
indices.
A)
Full Papers
Full papers should be innovative, so to
advance the knowledge base of
related fields. These papers present major
contributions to the field and
should be up to 12 pages in length. The
conference proceedings
Springer International Publishing) will
include all accepted full papers. An
award for the best full paper will be
presented during the conference.
B)
Research Notes
Research notes of up to 5 pages are invited.
These papers represent new
ideas not developed enough at the scale of a
full paper, findings that restate
known research, descriptions of prototypes, or
research that is limited in
scope. All research notes will be published by
the e-Review of Tourism
Middlesex University Dubai, United Arab
Emirates).
C)
Organized Sessions
Proposals for organizing technical or other
research-oriented sessions are
invited. Proposals will include details of
potential participants, topics, and
presenters. Session Chairs are expected to
attend ENTER 2019, set the order
of presentations, and chair their session/s.
Deadline for session chairs to
submit their proposals to Research Track
Chairs is September 3, 2018
(please submit proposal by e-mail to the
research track chairs found at the
end of the document).
Submission
document as a style guide for standards to
follow in the preparation of
manuscripts. Please also see Springer
guidelines for conference proceedings:
especially for Latex submissions.
Papers must be uploaded to the online
reviewing platform:
All papers will be double-blind peer-reviewed
by experienced researchers
who are members of the scientific review
committee. Final acceptance will
depend on whether the author(s) can adequately
address review comments
to the satisfaction of the reviewers. Authors
must submit their revised
manuscripts by the deadline (October 22, 2018)
and must register for the
conference by November 12, 2018 in order to
have their papers included in
the Conference Proceedings or eRTR.
Time Schedule
• Submission closes: September 3, 2018
• Notification of
acceptance/rejection/revision: October 8, 2018
• Deadline to submit revised version: October
22, 2018
• Final acceptance: October 29, 2018
• End of Early Bird registration: November 2,
2018
• Registration deadline to be published later:
November 12, 2018
• Conference: January 30 - February 1, 2018
Conference organizers reserve the right to
modify the paper submission
schedule.
Submission Guideline and Presentation Template
Please download the "Author Advice" document
as a style guide for Word
here:
and for Latex here:
A presentation template for your presentation
during ENTER2019
Conference will be sent to the authors after
acceptance.
Fast Track Journal of Information Technology and
Tourism (JITT)
Best papers' authors will be invited to submit
an extended version of their
article to Journal of Information
Technology and Tourism (Springer).
These articles will be reviewed under a
special fast track in order to assure
Research Track Chairs
• Juho Pesonen, University of Eastern Finland
(juho.pesonen[at]uef.fi)