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Strategy and Information Technology in the Tourist Industry

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Information and Communications Technologies in Tourism

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The market of the tourist industry is changing. Customized combinations of different services are requiring timely, and cost effective combined services from the different parties in the tourist industry. Strategic changes are supported or even triggered by advanced information technology. The paper treats the changing role of information technology in general and for the tourist industry in particular. The discussion ends with some critical success factors for realizing the “strategic” applications of IT.

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  1. Department of Information Systems And Accountancy, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

    Prof.dr. Pieter M. Ribbers

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  1. Prof.dr. Pieter M. Ribbers
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  1. Strategisches Tourismusmanagement, Universität Trier, Trier, Federal Republic of Germany

    Walter Schertler

  2. Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Hochschule St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Beat Schmid

  3. Institut für Angewandte Informatik und Informationssysteme, Wien, Austria

    A. Min Tjoa

  4. Institut für Statistik, Operations Research und Computerverfahren, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria

    Hannes Werthner

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Ribbers, P.M. (1994). Strategy and Information Technology in the Tourist Industry. In: Schertler, W., Schmid, B., Tjoa, A.M., Werthner, H. (eds) Information and Communications Technologies in Tourism. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9343-3_2

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