Smart tourism: foundations and developments

Electronic Markets

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 179-188

  Gretzel, Ulrike ^a   Sigala, Marianna ^b   Xiang, Zheng ^c   Koo, Chulmo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Big data; Business models; Internet of things; Open innovation; Smart business ecosystems; Smart technology; Smart tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939268761     PISSN: 10196781     EISSN: 14228890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12525-015-0196-8     Document Type: Article

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