Innovations in information and communication technologies (ICT) in recent decades have had profound implications for tourism services, promotion, or distribution. We apply a Structural Equations Model (SEM) to analyse the relationships between the characteristics of tourists visiting Amsterdam,...

In the present competitive climate, corporate image is acknowledged as having the potential to impact on customer loyalty towards a firm. With data collected from rural tourism companies and potential customers in the sector, this study aims to throw light on the scarce literature existing about...

Culture is an important part of the tourism “product” and is one of the variables that can increase the attractiveness and the competitiveness of a tourism destination. Cultural tourism covers all aspects of travel and provides an opportunity for visitors to learn about a destination's...

The purpose of the study is to analyse the changing role of tourism intermediaries in the distribution chain. Globalisation and the development of ICTs have undoubtedly changed both business practices and strategies as well as industry structures. They are also creating new rules governing...

Purpose – The tourism industry service network (TISN) is considered to be one of the largest components of tourism in the modern Vietnamese economy. The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is currently developing a long-term plan to diversify the country's tourism industry and to...

Business tourism operates with a wide range of commercial societies, tourism agencies, hotels, fairs and exhibitions organizers, interpreters' agencies, business centers, which, in most countries, are divided in professional structures or associations that bear the name of Convention...

The tourism worldwide is continuously making high development ascent and the same is a result of the expansion in the hotel industry. About that is very remarkable the improvement of the working processes, i.e. the quality of the service, but also the construction of numerous new facilities,...

At present, gastronomy is becoming an increasingly stronger motivation and focus of interest in economics, especially in fields related to tourism. At the same time, gastronomic tourism represents one of the most important business opportunities, allowing direct contact between food sector...

The core objective of this paper is to determine the level of online dialogue in social media between the tourist industry leaders and their customers. This study applies sequential explanatory industry-representative comparison with statistical and qualitative analysis of online word-of-mouth...