12 TURITEC: ICT and Tourism International Conference Palacio de Ferias y Congresos de Málaga Málaga, Spain, October 10-11, 2018

The aim of this conference is to foster knowledge exchange in ICT applied to tourism. To this end TURITEC has been since 1999 a framework of understanding and collaboration between university researchers in ICT, business professionals and institutions in Spanish tourism industry. TuriTEC offers a unique forum for attendees from academia, industry, government, and other organizations to actively exchange, share, and challenge state-of-the-art research and industrial case studies on the application of information and communication technologies to travel and tourism

The conference will consist of several sessions at which scientific and technical input and management experience in tourism and ICT will be presented.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Full papers.
• The contributions will be anonymous and must not exceed 12 pages (including tables and figure but not the abstract and references) written on A4 paper size, with margins of 2.5 cm. The font should be Times New Roman, size 12 and 1.5 line spacing. Communications shall be sent through the Easychair platform.
• When submitting through this platform authors shall provide their contact information (phone, e -mail and affiliation), add a summary of 200-250 words, a list of keywords and references indicate (following standard quotations and references APA – American Psychological Association).

List of Topics

• Application of ICTs to tourism
• Changes in online market structure
• Mobile technologies applied to tourism and wearables
• Destination Management Systems
• Databases management systems applied to tourism
• Web 2.0 and social networks
• Web 3.0 and Semantic Web
• G.D.S. , I.D.S. and reservation centers
• Artificial intelligence applied to tourism
• Models of decision making in tourism
• Big Data
• Social media and online reputation
• Transaction systems and security policies on e-business
• GIS and spatial databases
• Cibersecurity
• Technology in advanced information systems
• Intelligent Systems and Agents
• E-commerce systems in tourism
• Knowledge-based systems in tourist applications
• Information technology in teaching tourism. E-learnings and MOOCs
• Smart Cities and Smart Destinations
• ICT applied to Heritage
• Augmented Reality
• Recommender Systems
• Internet of things
• Blockchain
• Innovation and entrepreneurship

Venue

The conference will be held in Málaga

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to turitec_2018@uma.es