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This boutique conference focuses on applying Internet technologies in tourism and hospitality, particularly in developing countries. The Arab world and Africa have the advantage of learning from and leapfrogging developed areas in the management and implementation of Internet technologies in hospitality and tourism. The conference aim is to share knowledge, experience and ideas that encourage and facilitate innovative and in-depth analysis of systems that enable scholars and practitioners, especially in Arab and African countries, to implement Internet technologies effectively.

The conference format will support in-depth discussion and collaboration, with separate tracks in Arabic and English. As such, each session will include extended presentations (20 – 30 minutes) and time for further discussion. In addition, participants should receive the final papers prior to the conference in order to support informed discussions. Papers, in Arabic or English, are invited on e-Tourism in general and especially in Africa and the Arab world. Conference topics include but are not limited to the following:

"E-Tourism: Innovation and Growth in Developing countries"
The Journal of Information Technology and Tourism (JITT) Workshop Series
El Gouna, EGYPT , 15 December 2009

 

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS, WORKING PAPERS and FULL PAPERS

The Workshop is part of an on-going series of conferences focusing on e-Tourism. The Journal of Information Technology and Tourism (JITT) will consider top papers presented in the conference for publication. To encourage submissions, authors may submit full papers of 10-20 pages, working papers of about 10 pages and extended abstracts of three-four pages.

To encourage widespread dissemination of the proceedings and scholarly endeavours on e-Tourism in Africa and the Arab world, final accepted submissions will be freely available on the conference website. In addition, authors will hold full copyright privileges of their work. Submissions may be qualitative, quantitative, or conceptual, and may be works in progress.

All submissions, English and Arabic, will undergo a double-blind review by the scientific committee.

Submissions should include :

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FEE: There is no fee for submitting manuscripts; the JITT Workshop costs US$100 for academics and US$75 for students.

The 2nd Annual Arab International Conference on eTourism and eMarketing: The JITT Workshop will be in concert with the Arab International Conference on eTourism and eMarketing, held from December 14 – 18. This conference will educate and update the travel and tourism industry with sound eMarketing and eTourism strategies to improve sales and reduce expenses.

For an additional US$250, Workshop registrants can enjoy the opening ceremony on the evening of 14 December, all conference activities on 15 December, two days with Half Board Accommodation (Breakfast and Dinner), and arrival/departure meet and assist from the Cairo airport. Details for The 2nd Annual Arab International Conference on eTourism and eMarketing are at http://ioeti.org/ioeticonference/.

If interested, workshop registrants with an accepted paper enjoy about a 25% discount – US$ 1150 (single room) or US$ 1300 (per person in a double room) – for the Arab International Conference on eTourism and eMarketing. This price includes the workshop, all conference activities, five days with Half Board Accommodation (Breakfast and Dinner), and arrival/departure meet and assist from the Cairo airport.

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION: Please label your submission as a Full Paper, Working Paper or Extended Abstract and email Arabic submissions to Professor Karl Wöber and English submissions to Professor Daniel Fesenmaier. For general questions in Arabic please contact Hanine Lakkis and Professor Jamie Murphy for questions in English.

Contacts

	Arabic	English
Manuscripts	Professor Karl Wöber MODUL University Vienna karl.woeber@modul.ac.at	Professor Daniel R. Fesenmaier School of Tourism and Hospitality Mgt. Temple University Philadelphia , USA drfez@temple.edu
General Questions	Ms. Hanine Lakkis Conference Manager M.A. Engl.Lang. M.A. Cultural Management Hanine44@hotmail.com	Professor Jamie Murphy School of Business The University of Western Australia Perth, Australia jmurphy@biz.uwa.edu.au

Scientific Committee

	Organization	Country	Arabic
Abdullah A. Abonamah	UAE Academy	UAE | Abu-Dhabi	Yes
Mustafa Ahmed	King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals	Saudi Arabia
Mamoun N. Akroush	The German-Jordanian University	Jordan	Yes
Yousuf AlHinai	Sultan Qaboos University	Oman	Yes
Hend Al-Khalifa	King Saud University	Saudi Arabia	Yes
Ali Essa Al-shabbi	Prince Sultan College	Saudi Arabia	Yes
Hafedh AlShihi	Sultan Qaboos University	Oman	Yes
Faiz Anuar	Texas A&M	USA	Yes
Floor Bleeker	Jumeirah Group	UAE | Dubai
Chris Cooper	Oxford Brookes University	UK
Diana Derval	Derval Research	Netherlands
Roman Egger	Salzburg University of Applied Sciences	Austria
Mohammed Ibrahim Eraqi	Fayoum University	Egypt	Yes
Daniel R. Fesenmaier	Temple University	USA
Thouraya Gherissi-Labben	Lausanne Hotel School	Switzerland	Yes
Matthew Gray	Australian National University	Australia
Ulrike Gretzel	Texas A&M	USA
Ghada Aly Hammoud	Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, Helwan University	Egypt	Yes
Noor Hazarina Hashim	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia
Charles Hofacker	Florida State University	USA
David Horrigan	Glion Institute of Higher Education	Switzerland
Eleri Jones	University of Wales Institute, Cardiff	UK
Jane Klobas	Bocconi | University of Western Australia	Italy | Australia
Hanine Lakkis	IOETI	Lebanon	Yes
Rob Law	Hong Kong PolyU	China
Hoda Latief	Fayoum University	Egypt	Yes
Michael McGrath	Victoria University	Australia
Ali Medabesh	Jazan University	Saudi Arabia	Yes
Jamie Murphy	University of Western Australia	Australia
Sanjay Nadkarni	Emirates Academy	UAE | Dubai
Lawrence Neale	Queensland University of Technology	Australia
Abd El Halim Nur El Din	Cairo University	Egypt	Yes
Peter O'Connor	ESSEC	France
Roland Schegg	HES-SO Valais	Switzerland
Noel Scott	University of Queensland	Australia
Ahmed Seffah	Lausanne Hotel School	Switzerland	Yes
John Sutton	Emirates Academy	UAE | Dubai
Paul Williams	American University of Sharjah	UAE | Sharjah
Karl Wöber	MODUL University Vienna	Austria
Samina Yasmeen	University of Western Australia	Australia