On January 22nd-25th, 2013 Innsbruck, Austria will be the place to be for eTourism enthusiasts. Organized by the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel & Tourism (IFITT), the ENTER Conference 2013 celebrates its 20th anniversary.
On this occasion representatives from leading universities, industry players, governmental and non- governmental institutions will gather at the ENTER home base in Innsbruck, Austria. The conference will reflect on the past 20 years of technology in travel and tourism. Moreover the global eTourism community comes together to discuss and outline the future information technology challenges that the travel and tourism industry will face in the next 20 years.
As the oldest conference of its kind, ENTER offers a worldwide and unique forum for attendees from academia, industry and governments to actively exchange, share, and take forward state-of-the-art research and industrial case studies on the application of information and communication technologies in travel and tourism. Detailed information about the line-up of speakers and registration is available on the conference website.
ENTER 2013 is supposed to be the largest international IT and tourism related event ever, attracting participants from over 60 countries worldwide. ENTER 2013 will host in total 150 speakers from national tourist authorities, academia etc.
The theme is on eTourism Challenges and Opportunities for the next 20 years. Leading technology and tourism organisations their insights, expertise, and outlook for the next 20 years. Established in 1994, ENTER conferences assemble every year a global audience of 350 people from industry, governments and academia to network and discuss the latest technological advances and impacts of eTourism.
In addition to academic research, ENTER2013 includes the presentation of industry and destination projects primarily aimed at representatives as well as technology and marketing practitioners from companies working in the travel and tourism sector who have valuable experience to report and present. “ENTER celebrates 20 years and it is really incredible how much the IFITT community has contributed to what we take for granted as eTourism today. Back then the Internet was just born and now it it the absolute backbone of the tourism industry. In ENTER2013 not only we celebrate the 20 years of the IFITT history but also project on the innovations and challenges that technology bring to Tourism and travel. Tourism industry professionals, technology creators, and researchers gather to celebrate dynamic eTourism futures” says Bournemouth University Professor Dimitrios Buhalis, the President of IFITT.
IFITT is one of the leading eTourism knowledge-hubs for tourism and technology experts in industry and academia. The Federation extensively discusses and progresses the economic, consumer and organisational impacts of eTourism through events such as the ENTER conference, Workshops and IFITT supported publications. IFITT members include researchers and practitioners of eTourism who treasure the power of networking and global knowledge sharing for improving their competitiveness and innovation. Institutional members include organisations, companies and research institutes active in the eTourism space.
