Call for Papers for the JITT Workshop Series at the 2nd Annual Arab International Conference on eTourism and eMarketing

Endorsed and supported by MBI Al Jaber Foundation partner MODUL University 

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 of full papers, working papers and extended abstracts: 20 Sept, 2009 • Notification of Acceptance: 15 October 2009 • Final submissions: 15 November 2009

Submissions should include:

1. Title page including complete contact information of author(s): name, affiliation, postal address, phone, fax, email and website.

2. As a rule, submissions, particularly full papers, should include the following sections:

a. Introduction and Research Objectives b. Literature Review c. Methods d. Main Results e. Conclusions

3. Submissions should follow the JITT guidelines available at http://ojs.modul.ac.at/index.php/jitt/about/submissions

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

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 (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.

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.

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:

• Information search • Management information systems • Decision support systems • Revenue and yield management • Online marketing information systems • Forecasting systems • Online marketing research • B2B networks • Search and Web 2.0 • Search engine marketing • Mobile marketing • Tourism Portals • Destination marketing • eTourism technology • User technology adoption • Location based marketing • Search engines • Search engine optimization • Mobile search • User experience/User modeling • User generated content (text, photos, video) • Benchmarking • Program evaluation • Data mining