The 26th Annual International eTourism Conference (ENTER2019) features research and industry case studies on the application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in travel and tourism. This issue consists of 24 research notes that were presented at the conference. The papers focus,...

Hotels have a variety of internet distribution channels to help them sell rooms, including sites that have come to be called online travel agents (OTAs), or third-party websites, but the cost of using these intermediaries is considerable. This article examines how hotels can sell room inventory...

Considering the strong influence of social media on internet users, it is important to understand its role for hotel businesses, particularly the online aspect of lodging operations. Although several social media studies have been done, very few studies have focused on travelers' needs and the...

This paper gives an overview of home-based travel agencies/agents (HBTAs) in conjunction with the theory of home-based businesses and the disintermediation of the travel distribution channel. HBTAs originated in the USA two decades ago and have since become the fastest-growing segment of the travel ...

This research focuses on the impact of social media on today's hotel industry. Reference will be centered on TripAdvisor due to its dominant market position within the travel industry market segment. Specifically, this study will examine how: (1) social media technologically connects and interfaces ...

We describe travelers who were evaluated pre-travel to Brazil from March 2008 through July 2010 in the Boston area. Of 599 Brazil travelers, 71%, 58%, and 50% received vaccines for yellow fever (YF), typhoid, and hepatitis A, respectively. Fewer received influenza and hepatitis B vaccines (14%,...

Objective: To analyse the spectrum, vaccination needs and pretravel advice complexity of travellers presenting at a travel medicine clinic in Santiago, Chile. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Pretravel consultations in a private healthcare centre in Chile, an 'emerging market' country in...

Destination websites have been an important component in the online travel ecosystem since the beginning of the commercial Internet, and their adoption and use of ICT websites to serve their online marketing goals reflects their overall strategy and ability to adapt to the ever-changing...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the effects of traditional customer satisfaction (CS) relative magnitude and social media review ratings on hotel performance and to explore which online travel intermediaries' review ratings serve as the most reliable and valid predictor for hotel performance....

Background: The number of US students studying abroad more than tripled during the past 20 years. As study abroad programmes' destinations diversify, students increasingly travel to resource-limited countries, placing them at risk for infectious diseases. Data describing infections acquired by US...