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2. Sustainable Strategies for Innovative Cooperation in Human Resources Training between the Business Sector and Universities through Internship Programs from the Pre- to Post-COVID-19 Period.
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Yfantidou, Georgia, Spyridopoulou, Eleni, Papaioannou, Alkistis, Koustelios, Athanasios, and Katsoni, Vicky
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Internships can foster educational alliances between industry (business environment) and academic institutions, which can facilitate both flexibility and accelerated innovation. The purpose of this research is to search for the factors that determine HRT through the implementation of the internship program among the students at the Democritus University of Thrace and reveal the correlation between the factors. Also, this paper investigated the impact of the COVID-19 Eras on human resource training (HRT) factors and, finally, investigated the correlation between the two variables "Recruitment in the specialization" and "COVID Eras". The sample of the research consisted of 1398 students at the DUTh who implemented internships during the academic years from 2015–2016 to 2021–2022. A questionnaire with 60 variables was created for data collection. A random sampling method was applied to collect the sample. From the results of the survey, ten factors were extracted for human resource training that explained 75.512% of the total variance, and for each one, Cronbach's Alpha reliability was tested, which was high. In detail, the factors revealed were Learning Outcomes, Efficacy, Emotional Commitment, Satisfaction, Participation, Empowerment, Role Ambiguity, Role Conflict, Supervisor, and Collaboration. From the results of the study, it was evident that HR training is a multidimensional concept and is a necessary condition for the competitiveness of the firms. Training can help to improve the flexibility of the firm, but also to motivate the staff by implementing multidisciplinary training programs. Overall, internship programs are beneficial for students to develop a wide range of skills, as the hands-on experience obtained enhances and supplements the theoretical learning from educational institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. A strategic policy scenario analysis framework for the sustainable tourist development of peripheral small island areas – the case of Lefkada-Greece Island
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Stratigea, Anastasia and Katsoni, Vicky
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- 2015
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4. Factors affecting value co-creation through artificial intelligence in tourism: a general literature review
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Solakis, Konstantinos, primary, Katsoni, Vicky, additional, Mahmoud, Ali B., additional, and Grigoriou, Nicholas, additional
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- 2022
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5. From Pausanias to Baedeker and Trip Advisor: Textual proto-tourism and the engendering of tourism distribution channels
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Katsoni, Vicky, primary and Fyta, Anna, additional
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- 2021
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6. Od Pauzaniasza do Baedekera i serwisu Tripadvisor: prototuryzm tekstualny oraz zagrożenia dla kanałów dystrybucji turystycznej
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Katsoni, Vicky, primary and Fyta, Anna, additional
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- 2021
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7. Individual and contextual variables affecting entrepreneurship, innovation and application of new technologies in Greece. Case study from the Greek tourism and transport sector
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Katsoni, Vicky and Sahinidis, Alexandros G.
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Start-ups, Entrepreneurial Characteristics, Culture, Tourism, ICTs - Abstract
One of the remaining gaps in the extant entrepreneurship literature relates to the insufficient understanding of the role of culture, and the need for elucidating its effects on the entrepreneurial process dynamics. Despite the crisis, Greece experiences a vibrant start-up scene and the entire capital city of Athens is buzzing with activity. Despite cultural differences between the North and South of Europe, it seems that there is a lot of cooperation between young people wanting to create their own businesses, since young Greeks are well-educated, speak English very well and like to get into business. Game-changing innovators drawn from many disciplines such as technology, tourism and entertainment, design, the sciences, the humanities, the arts, NGOs, business and more, coming from around the country, seem to join internationally renowned speakers and research centers from Universities from all of Europe by creating incubators and positively affecting interpersonal trust and the allocation of entrepreneurial action over newly emerging independent businesses and established organizations in society. This paper will address the issue of the making of an entrepreneur in Greece and the role of ICTs using case studies and the Greek tourism and transport sector. Characteristics of the people engaging in starting up a business will be discussed and the implications for policy makers will be analyzed, so as to help create more start-ups and improve the chances of survival of existing ones.
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- 2018
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8. Winery website loyalty : the role of sales promotion and service attributes
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Pelet, Jean-Eric, Lecat, Benoit, Khan, Jashim, Rundle-Thiele, Sharyn, Lee, Linda W., Vigar-Ellis, Debbie, Wolf, Marianne McGarry, Kavoura, Androniki, Katsoni, Vicky, Wegmann, Anne Lena, Pelet, Jean-Eric, Lecat, Benoit, Khan, Jashim, Rundle-Thiele, Sharyn, Lee, Linda W., Vigar-Ellis, Debbie, Wolf, Marianne McGarry, Kavoura, Androniki, Katsoni, Vicky, and Wegmann, Anne Lena
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Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between feelings toward buying wine on mobile phones and m-commerce website loyalty by examining the mediating role of sales promotion and the moderating role of service attributes of the m-commerce websites in influencing the mediation. Design/methodology/approach A total of 3,318 completed surveys were collected. Drawing on a large non-probability criterion-based purposive sample across six countries (France, Germany, Greece, South Africa, USA and Canada), mediation analysis was performed to examine the hypothesized relationships. Findings Results show that sales promotion mediates the relationship between feelings toward buying wine on mobile phones and m-commerce website loyalty. Moderated mediation reveals that the indirect pathways (sales promotion) through which feelings toward buying wine over mobile exert its effect on m-commerce website loyalty are dependent on the value of service (wine delivery) attributes of the website. The results demonstrate that sales promotion and service are of paramount importance to wineries and wine marketers. Research limitations/implications Wine producers and retailers should consider the use of sales promotion to enhance sales and loyalty to m-commerce websites. Practical implications Wine producers and retailers should consider use sales promotion (such as SMS or push notifications) to enhance sales and influence consumer feelings and hence their loyalty. Originality/value Wine m-commerce studies are limited, especially with an international perspective comparing six different countries: three from the old world (France, Germany and Greece) and three from the new world (North America with USA and Canada; and South Africa). Altogether, these six countries represent around 40 per cent of the world's wine consumption., QC 20180730
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- 2018
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9. A multidisciplinary approach to sport tourism education in a digital era
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Vrondou, Ourania and Katsoni, Vicky
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Tourism management ,Sport tourism education ,Curriculum ,Tourism ICTs - Abstract
Sport tourism has enjoyed a plethora of definitional and theoretical perspectives over the last three decades proposing a dynamic alternative to mass tourism with specific structural features and modus operandi. However, studies examining or suggesting the basic body of knowledge that would satisfy the educational needs of participants in this complex tourism form are lacking. The present study - through an analysis of the involved conceptual fields - aims to minor the gap between theoretical support and direction for tourism academics and the realistic skills needed by the sport tourism industry. The main focus of the study is to provide a theoretical platform based on the available paradigms that would facilitate the build of sport tourism related curriculums. The study embraces an analysis of available secondary sources, academic course outlines, official university’s sites, policy declarations, etc. and parallels theoretical models to produce the basic thematic dimensions of a relevant conceptual framework. Hopefully, the result will offer a vision on the further development of sport tourism education to meet the needs of one of the most promising leisure forms., El turismo del deporte ha disfrutado de una plétora de perspectivas de definición y teóricas durante las tres últimas décadas, proponiendo una alternativa dinámica al turismo en masa con características estructurales específicas y modus operandi. Sin embargo, faltan estudios que examinen o sugirieran el los conocimientos básicos que satisfagan las necesidades educativas de los participantes en esta forma compleja de turismo. El presente estudio, a través de un análisis de los campos conceptuales involucrados, pretende reducir la brecha entre el apoyo teórico y la dirección para el turismo académico y las habilidades realistas necesarias para la industria del turismo deportivo. El objetivo principal del estudio es proveer una plataforma teorética basada en los paradigmas disponibles que facilitarían la construcción de currículos relacionados con el turismo deportivo. El estudio abarca un análisis de fuentes secundarias disponibles, esquemas de recursos académicos, sitios oficiales de la universidad, declaraciones de políticas, etc. Y modelos teoréticos paralelos para producir las dimensiones temáticas básicas de un marco conceptual relevante. Esperamos que el resultado ofrezca una visión sobre el desarrollo la educación del turismo deportivo para satisfacer las necesidades de una de las más prometedoras formas de ocio.
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- 2017
10. A Supply Side Investigation of Medical Tourism and ICT Use in Greece
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Mary Geitona, Katsoni Vicky, and Ioannis Sarantopoulos
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Greece ,Measures of national income and output ,Medical tourism ,Legislation ,infrastructure ,Supply side ,Investment (macroeconomics) ,Information and Communications Technology ,investments ,ICTs ,medical care ,Revenue ,General Materials Science ,Business ,Marketing ,Tourism - Abstract
Greece is experiencing a deep economic crisis while seeking for new sources of revenues. Nowadays, medical tourism seems to be an effective mean of economic growth, which could facilitate the way out of the crisis. The aim of this paper is to investigate tourism companies’ readiness to invest in medical tourism in Greece and the ICT infrastructure underlying it. For this purpose, a nationwide survey was carried out in 2012. The target population consisted of all the 337 5-star hotels across the country and 28 companies-members of the Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers (HAPCO). Data was gathered by emailing a structured questionnaire to the executives of the abovementioned companies, which investigated the executives’ opinion and experience regarding the characteristics of the tourism facilities of their company, their evaluation of the existing medical tourist infrastructure in Greece and perspectives for future investment in the field. Descriptive and econometric analyses have been performed and logistic regression was applied. According to our findings, high class hotels seem to be willing to invest in medical tourism, since they have the ability and the relevant infrastructure to develop it. Obviously, medical tourism in Greece could constitute an important source of national income and consequently, an alternative for the country to exit the economic crisis, provided care is given to ICT infrastructure and legislation procedures.
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- 2014
11. THE ROLE OF ICTS IN REGIONAL TOURIST DEVELOPMENT
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Katsoni Vicky
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ICT, tourism regional planning, DMOs, organizational change ,jel:C21 ,jel:R11 ,jel:O18 - Abstract
Advances in electronic-based information and communication technologies (ICTs) are rapidly transforming social and economic conditions across the globe. As the cost of ICTs continues to fall and their capabilities increase, their applications are becoming even more vital to all sectors of the economy and society. Developments and continued growth in ICT and its application in the tourism sector have empowered the tourism consumer and are driving significant change within the tourism industry. The increasing spread and uses of ICT create new opportunities for countries to harness these technologies and services to promote social and economic development and human justice. Given the growing importance of technology in all organizational functions and areas, organizations can either adapt to technological changes or will have to face a decline in their organizational viability. This article is concerned with the administration of ICT in tourism regional planning and the concept of organizational change. The paper explores areas of ICT literacy, and concludes that a number of challenges must be addressed if the full benefit of the use and application of ICT in tourism. The article draws the attention of all the stakeholders in the tourism sector to the need to support and promote ICT as the most effective tool for tourism regional planning, tourist information access and dissemination as well as the tourism regional development participants need for organizational change.
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- 2011
12. PROFILING CULTURAL TRAVELERS ON THE BASIS OF A CONSUMER BEHAVIORAL APPROACH
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Katsoni Vicky, Papageorgiou Athina, and Giaoutzi Maria
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jel:C21 ,jel:R11 ,Cultural Tourism, cultural travellers, consumer behavioural approach ,jel:O18 - Abstract
This article identifies typical patterns of information sourcing behavior in the travel decision process of the cultural traveler. Trip characteristics, degree of packaging, choice of accommodation and sociodemographic variables are also discussed. Using data from the province of Arcadia, Greece, which serves as the research field of a longitudinal study, the present article provides some new insight into how information search affects cultural travelers. Tourists interested in learning about the local culture/history would primarily seek information on their destination place from recommendations made by friends and family and secondly by looking for information on the Internet. The findings suggest strategies for marketing management decisions and a comprehensive understanding of the cultural travel market segment from a consumer behavior perspective.
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- 2011
13. ICT applications in the hotel industry through an e-CRM systems theory approach
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Katsoni, Vicky
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- 2015
14. Game-based learning and Lifelong Learning for Tourist Operators
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Katsoni, Vicky, Pace, Rosaria, Dipace, Anna, Pace, Rosaria (ORCID:0000-0002-7121-815X), Katsoni, Vicky, Pace, Rosaria, Dipace, Anna, and Pace, Rosaria (ORCID:0000-0002-7121-815X)
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Today’s workplace challenges are based on the belief that the group can face current challenges better using collaboration than any individual can by yourself. This belief has prompted social solutions, such as communities of practice or knowledge and social peer-learning. Learning by playing a game is a very old method that is still applied in various contexts. Mainly in social-learning activities, the learner's motivation is crucial to program success. Games are fun and immersive by nature. By using games in lifelong learning contexts, it is possible to deliver continuous high attention and engagement for substantial learning.
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- 2015
15. NETWORK CREATION AND USE OF TOURISM INFORMATION CHANNELS IN A DESTINATION OF RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCΕ.
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Katsoni, Vicky and Kavoura, Androniki
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RELIGIOUS tourism ,TOURISM ,TOURISM websites ,FOOD tourism ,TOURISM marketing ,MARKETING ,FINANCIAL crises - Abstract
This paper examines the structure of the tourism information channels employed, as well as the existence of networks for the promotion of religious tourism in the prefecture of Arcadia, in Peloponnese, Greece. Quantitative methodology was employed with the use of a field survey research based on 775 valid questionnaires, in the province of Arcadia, including Greek and foreign tourists. Content analysis of 124 hotels websites which have an online presence also took place in order to examine the existence of networks in the area. Results regarding the type of the tourism information channels employed from the key stakeholders involved in the promotion of the region of Arcadia, reveal that the existence of networks in regard to religious tourism in Arcadia, Greece, is extremely limited, if not existing at all; religious tourists depend firstly on the traditional channel of word of mouth, as recommendations from friends and relatives is their first information channel choice, followed by the internet and thirdly, by hotel listings. However, all information channels do not take advantage of the density of the region and do not cooperate for marketing the area as a whole; the promotion of specific areas and businesses over others does not allow the expansion of networks to take place, as research has shown. The absence of network creation in the region under study illustrates an area that could be further improved, a goal of significant importance for economic development, especially in a period of economic crisis in Greece. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
16. A strategic policy scenario analysis framework for the sustainable tourist development of peripheral small island areas - the case of Lefkada-Greece Island.
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Stratigea, Anastasia and Katsoni, Vicky
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- 2016
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17. AGRITOURISM MARKETING DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY AND TYPOLOGY INVESTIGATION. THE CASE OF ARCADIA.
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Katsoni, Vicky and Dionysopoulou, Panagiota
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AGRITOURISM ,TOURISM marketing ,INFORMATION resources ,PSYCHOLOGY of tourists - Abstract
During last decades, agritourism started to grow significantly in Mediterranean area mostly due to its favourable climate. Within literature, there are many international studies that discuss the concept of agritourism in various ways. Wide-ranging definitions and labels concerning agritourism still create confusion as there is not a transparent and basic understanding of the characteristics that define it. This paper provides a comprehensive overview on behaviour patterns of agritourists by combining these patterns with the activity-based taxonomy of all definitions of agritourism into a structured framework. The research field of the case study is Arcadia, a prefecture in Peloponnese. The study contributes to the investigation of information sourcing behaviour in tourists' travel decision process and offers a comprehensive framework that can be used as a basis for more informed debate and discussion, as well as for further empirical research in future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
18. THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL NETWORK SITES ON TOURISM DESTINATION MARKETING.
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Katsoni, Vicky
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VIRTUAL communities ,SOCIAL networks ,TOURIST attractions ,PLACE marketing ,INTERNET ,MANNERS & customs - Abstract
Internet has an enormous diffusion and radically changed most of our economic and social life and impacted the way we communicate, work and conduct business. The emergence of Web 2.0 or Travel 2.0 brings together the concept of social networking/virtual communities and applies it to the tourism industry. The importance of Travel 2.0 features and tools, and specifically of social media environments, is growing fast and many tourism businesses are changing their approach to the manners of presenting themselves online (Au, 2010; Jones & Yu, 2010; Schegg et al., 2008). However, tourism operators have not yet fully understood the new technological world by and still many concerns, such as credibility of the information online, possibility to forge for particular interests by unscrupulous competitors, privacy, overload of useless information, in addition to the usual (in the technology arena) lack of resources or skill shortage are the most reported issues are brought forward. This study analyzes factors that influence tourists' involvement in virtual communities and asserts that virtual communities and social network sites (SNSs) support tourism organizations to develop and improve their marketing functions, as they can understand better their customers' satisfaction and behavior, to reach worldwide customers in a cost effective way, to engage in a direct dialogue with the customers and undertake corrective actions to improve their offering, and ultimately influence tourists' destination choice. Synergies and interdependence among those involved can reinforce relations and coordination of activities when all parts involved cooperate to promote a uniform and complete tourist experience. To this end, the role of social media and information technology is of significance for destination marketing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
19. FROM E-BUSINESS TO C-COMMERCE: COLLABORATION AND NETWORK CREATION FOR AN E-MARKETING TOURISM STRATEGY.
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Kavoura, Androniki and Katsoni, Vicky
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ELECTRONIC commerce ,TOURISM marketing ,TOURIST attractions ,TOURISTS ,BUSINESS travel - Abstract
The role of networks has been recently associated with tourism planning. It may lead to a win-win situation for the promotion of a destination, since all parts involved cooperate to promote a uniform and complete tourist experience. Visitors, residents and business organizations who are associated directly or indirectly with a market destination need to develop dynamic relations through co-operation. The paper argues for the necessity of public and private collaboration, an issue that needs to be taken into consideration when networks are created for tourism marketing. National tourism organisations can have a significant role to play in these networks. To this end, the role of social media and information technology is of significance for destination marketing. Incorporation of information and communication technologies and the adoption of c-commerce in a marketing tourism destination strategy may strengthen networks and alliances between the public-private sector for the implementation of a successful tourism development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
20. Use of innovation systems for an effective tourism marketing development strategy.
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Katsoni, Vicky and Venetsanopoulou, Maria
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TOURISM marketing ,ECONOMIC development ,CULTURAL capital ,SOCIAL development ,ECONOMIC policy ,SOCIAL marginality ,INFORMATION & communication technologies - Abstract
The exploitation of technology is critical for the tourism industry to achieve competitive advantage and to provide economic benefits for their locality, by reducing the asymmetric distribution of economic, political, and cultural capital globally. This study argues that the gap between the "ICTs -- included" and "the ICTs-excluded" widens, further jeopardizing the social, cultural, and economic development at the global level; the consequently created digital divide may lead to digital and social exclusion--when individuals, communities, and organizations are unable to fully participate in the network society and determine their own destiny. For tourists and destinations, this means being unable to participate in the emerging electronic market and benefit from arising opportunities. The authors assert that in this newly evolving production environment the most efficient relationships are based on the creation of alliances, partnerships and networks among firms, enhanced by the emergence of new information and communication technologies (ICTs). Only DMOs and other tourist stakeholders with an ability to learn quickly, to collaborate and to translate that learning into active sharing of online experience, will be able to gain competitive advantages in these high velocity marketplaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
21. USE OF TOURISM DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS AND MARKETING SEGMENTATION STRATEGIES.
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KATSONI, VICKY and VENETSANOPOULOU, MARIA
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TOURISM ,MARKET segmentation ,TOURIST attractions ,ECONOMIC impact ,SOCIAL impact ,INTERNET users - Abstract
Tourism destination organizations and individual businesses often find themselves making decisions concerning the development and distribution of their products, without having a full understanding of how the channel operators perceive and react to these strategic actions. If the proper distribution channels are developed, they can go a long way towards determining the patterns of destination use, penetrating target markets, and creating economic impact, as it is important to have an awareness of, and access to, effective distribution intermediaries. The specific objectives of this study were to compare the importance that international and domestic tourists attribute to various forms of information, both at tourism destinations and in the pre-trip context, and to carry out an analysis of their information sourcing behaviour, based on internal and external information sources, including the use of the Internet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
22. GoFit Erasmus project: a transdisciplinary approach for exercise, health and tourism
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Katsoni, Vicky, Spyriadis, Thanasis, Baralou, Evangelia, Daskalaki, Katerina, Georgiadis, Emmanouil, Malliou, Panagiota, Panagiotou, George, Katsoni, Vicky, Spyriadis, Thanasis, Baralou, Evangelia, Daskalaki, Katerina, Georgiadis, Emmanouil, Malliou, Panagiota, and Panagiotou, George
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GoFit (Go Functional Improvement and Tourism) program was conceived as an educational tool for experts in sport and exercise science. Its goal is to teach experts important skills to support tourists on the development of healthy habits when they are less busy and more open to suggestions over adapting new healthier habits. The GO Functional Improvement & Tourism (GO FIT) project addresses the gap in learning programs between HEI’s exercise and health experts with both educational and clinical expertise in collaboration with tourism manager’s specialists. The authors discuss the way the GO FIT project is conceived and designed so as to develop a new learning program, by using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) through the development of a web platform and a multimedia application. This transdisciplinary approach for exercise, health and tourism experts aims to achieve relevant and high quality skills and competences in designing the appropriate program for tourists and helping them to adopt a new healthy lifestyle.
23. GoFit Erasmus project: a transdisciplinary approach for exercise, health and tourism
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Katsoni, Vicky, Spyriadis, Thanasis, Baralou, Evangelia, Daskalaki, Katerina, Georgiadis, Emmanouil, Malliou, Panagiota, Panagiotou, George, Katsoni, Vicky, Spyriadis, Thanasis, Baralou, Evangelia, Daskalaki, Katerina, Georgiadis, Emmanouil, Malliou, Panagiota, and Panagiotou, George
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GoFit (Go Functional Improvement and Tourism) program was conceived as an educational tool for experts in sport and exercise science. Its goal is to teach experts important skills to support tourists on the development of healthy habits when they are less busy and more open to suggestions over adapting new healthier habits. The GO Functional Improvement & Tourism (GO FIT) project addresses the gap in learning programs between HEI’s exercise and health experts with both educational and clinical expertise in collaboration with tourism manager’s specialists. The authors discuss the way the GO FIT project is conceived and designed so as to develop a new learning program, by using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) through the development of a web platform and a multimedia application. This transdisciplinary approach for exercise, health and tourism experts aims to achieve relevant and high quality skills and competences in designing the appropriate program for tourists and helping them to adopt a new healthy lifestyle.
24. Od Pauzaniasza do Baedekera i serwisu Tripadvisor: prototuryzm tekstualny oraz zagrożenia dla kanałów dystrybucji turystycznej
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Vicky Katsoni, Anna Fyta, Katsoni, Vicky - Uniwersytet Zachodniej Attyki, Katedra Zarządzania Turystyką, Fyta, Anna - Athens College, Katedra Filologii Angielskiej, Katsoni, Vicky - katsoniv@uniwa.gr, and Fyta, Anna - annafyta@gmail.com
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opowieść cyfrowa ,Sociology and Political Science ,prototuryzm ,Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) ,Geography, Planning and Development ,digital storytelling ,Pauzaniasz ,Recreation. Leisure ,opowieść podróżnicza ,pauzaniasz ,przewodniki turystyczne ,Sociology ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) ,GV1-1860 - Abstract
Głównym celem autorek artykułu jest interdyscyplinarne spojrzenie na turystykę i jej diachroniczne wątki tekstualne w prototurystycznych pismach Pauzaniasza – greckiego autora opowieści o podróżach. Korzystając z periegetycznych tekstów podróżniczych, zaczerpniętych z jego obszernego dzieła Wędrówki po Helladzie (Periegesis tes Hellados; II w. n.e.), będącego punktem wyjścia do rozważań, autorki zamierzają pokazać, że strategie tekstualne Pauzaniasza wciąż stanowią podstawę współczesnej serii przewodników turystycznych, zapoczątkowanej przez K. Baedekera w XIX w. Celem opracowania jest również wykazanie, że po Baedekerze tradycyjne teksty podróżnicze Pauzaniasza nadal mają wpływ na epistemologię współczesnej turystyki: interakcje między tekstami podróżniczymi, zawierającymi informacje turystyczne, a kanałami dystrybucji prowadzą do pojawienia się generycznych hybryd, a starożytni greccy autorzy podróży utorowali drogę do tworzenia cyfrowych opowiadań, sieci i globalnych platform turystycznych.
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- 2021
25. From Pausanias to Baedeker and Trip Advisor: Textual proto-tourism and the engendering of tourism distribution channels
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Vicky Katsoni, Anna Fyta, Katsoni, Vicky - University of West Attica, Department of Tourism Management, Fyta, Anna - Athens College, English Department, Katsoni, Vicky - katsoniv@uniwa.gr, and Fyta, Anna - annafyta@gmail.com
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pausanias ,Digital storytelling ,History ,Sociology and Political Science ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Distribution (economics) ,Ancient Greek ,digital storytelling ,language.human_language ,Recreation. Leisure ,Presentation ,travel narrative ,travel guides ,language ,business ,proto-tourism ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Classics ,Tourism ,GV1-1860 ,media_common ,Pausanias - Abstract
The key aim of this article is to provide an interdisciplinary look at tourism and its diachronic textual threads bequeathed by the ‘proto-tourist’ texts of the Greek travel author Pausanias. Using the periegetic, travel texts from his voluminous Description of Greece (2nd century CE) as a springboard for our presentation, we intend to show how the textual strategies employed by Pausanias have been received and still remain at the core of contemporary series of travel guides first authored by Karl Baedeker (in the 19th century). After Baedeker, Pausanias’ textual travel tropes, as we will show, still inform the epistemology of modern-day tourism; the interaction of travel texts with travel information and distribution channels produces generic hybrids, and the ancient Greek travel authors have paved the way for the construction of networks, digital storytelling and global tourist platforms.
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- 2021
26. A Hashtag Campaign: A Critical Tool to Transmedia Storytelling Within a Digital Strategy and Its Legal Informatics Issues. A Case Study
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Vicky Katsoni, Amitabh Upadhya, Anastasia Stratigea, Giuseppina Passiante, Annapaola Paiano, Lara Valente, Vicky Katsoni, Amitabh Upadhya, Anastasia Stratigea, Katsoni, Vicky, Upadhya, Amitabh, Stratigea, Anastasia, Passiante, Giuseppina, Paiano, Annapaola, and Valente, Lara
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legal informatics, tourism, social network - Abstract
This paper dwells upon transmedia storytelling as a cutting-edge tourist-oriented approach to promote a territory in a smart perspective with a focus on the power of a hashtag campaign within a pilot Instagram tour occurred in 2015. Starting from the belief that involvement, participation and sharing are useful key to most industries and sectors, and especially to tourism, we study in-depth Salentoupndown case, as a successful example of 2.0 initiative in terms of creating new models for public engagement, visitor meaning-making (i.e. travel generated content) through the application of the “legal informatics by design and by default” logic, on the assumption that no digital solution today can be conceived without assessing it as by law enacted. Data collection and analysis show how Salentoupndown becomes, in terms of reach, exposure and engagement through the social media channels, a viral tourism web-based event. By integrating the conceptual discussion on the adoption of technology-based innovations in the tourism sector with a 2.0 tourist-oriented empirical experience, the study provides useful insights on the practical implementation of future location-based transmedia storytelling projects
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- 2017
27. Social Media Tools and (E)Destination: An Italian Case Study
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Anna Paola Paiano, Pasquale Del Vecchio, Lara Valente, Valentina Ndou, Katsoni, Vicky, Upadhya, Amitabh, Stratigea, Anastasia, Paiano, ANNA PAOLA, Valente, Lara, Ndou, Valentina, and DEL VECCHIO, Pasquale
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Incentive ,Digital strategy ,Order (exchange) ,Best practice ,Social media ,Business ,TOURISM, SOCIAL MEDIA, APULIA, DESTINATION MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION ,Marketing ,Destinations ,Consumer behaviour ,Tourism - Abstract
Social networks have a significant role in the tourism sector: both on the demand and on the supply. They are an important information source for travelers, allowing destination makers to ‘socialize’ and share information and comments with users and possible visitors. Leveraging off social media to market destinations has proven to be an excellent strategy as largely recognized in several studies focused on the comprehension of importance of social media in the online tourism market (Chung and Buhalis, 2008; Inversini and Buhalis 2009; Xiang and Gretzel 2010). Following these developments, tourism managers have started to put in practice new strategies that exploit social media tools in order to promote and incentive tourism in the area. Therefore, the primary purpose of the study is to show how digital strategies and, especially, the use of social media tools, may be critical to enable tourism destination competitiveness. The main objective is to analyse a destination digital strategy aimed to define the best features to perform a winning digital strategy that allows to promote and market a tourist destination on the web. Framed in the above premises, a benchmark of some Italian e-destinations best practice examples [ENIT 2015 Blogmeter 2015 have been conducted with the aim to comprehend trends and main features of the use of technologies and applications. The chosen cases are, then, analysed more in depth, through a qualitative online exploratory survey. The results obtained from a contemporary and successful Italian DMO, evidence the criteria enabling a competive 2.0 tourism strategy.
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- 2017
28. Dark cities? Developing a methodology for researching dark tourism in European cities
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Raymond Powell, James Kennell, Katsoni, Vicky, and Stratigea, Anastasia
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Dark tourism ,business.industry ,Tourism geography ,05 social sciences ,Urban tourism ,Destination marketing ,Geography ,Economy ,Content analysis ,0502 economics and business ,New product development ,050211 marketing ,business ,050212 sport, leisure & tourism ,Tourism - Abstract
Despite the recent growth of research into dark tourism (Dale & Robinson, 2011; Lennon & Foley, 2000 Thomson, 2000; Stone, 2013; Tarlow, 2005) and the growth of the dark tourism market (Biran & Hyde, 2013; Stone, 2005; Stone & Sharpley, 2008), there has been little interest shown in understanding the relationship between dark tourism and urban tourism (Page & Hall, 2002). This paper presents the initial findings of a research project that investigates the dark tourism products offered by European cities. A series of keywords were developed following a review of the dark tourism literature and this was used carry out a content analysis of the Destination Marketing Organisation websites for Europe’s ten most visited cities. The content analysis used Stone’s (2006) Dark Tourism Continuum to evaluate the dark tourism products offered in each destination and to present a descriptive overview of Europe’s city-based dark tourism offer. The paper concludes that there are a wide range of dark tourism products available to urban tourists in Europe, but that these are rarely conceptualised as such. The mixture of ‘light’ and ‘dark’ dark tourism products presents difficulties in categorisation and standardisation of the urban tourism offer, but this is a potential area of new product development for DMOs across Europe.
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- 2016
29. Russian Artistic Gymnastics as a Sports Tourism Product: Some Observations and a Research Agenda
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Elizabeth Booth, Olga A. Burukina, Jithendran Kokkranikal, and Katsoni, Vicky
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Geography ,business.industry ,St petersburg ,Advertising ,Russian federation ,Football ,Product (category theory) ,Public relations ,Investment (macroeconomics) ,business ,Tourism ,Sports tourism - Abstract
Tourism and its importance to the Russian Federation are very much in the headlines at present. Considering the huge investment made in facilities for the Winter Olympics, the building of new sports facilities for such mega events as the Football World Cup, and the status of St Petersburg as a candidate city for the 2028 Olympics, it is clear that Russia has long term plans to attract visitors to their sporting events. The purpose of this paper is to develop a research agenda to explore the potential of artistic gymnastics, a sport in which the Russian Federation has excelled for many years, as an agent of tourism development. \ud \ud The paper will take a case study approach, considering the nature of fandom and identifying features of artistic gymnastics as cultural heritage and sports tourism product. The national and international environment within which it is set are examined, prior to the development of a research agenda. A detailed review of literature on the historic, current and emerging trends in Russian artistic gymnastics; the place of artistic gymnastics in tourism development and sports tourism in Russia will be carried out. \ud \ud The paper’s findings will include considerations of:\ud • The nature of gymnastics fandom, both in Russia and internationally\ud • The nature of sports tourism development in the Russian Federation\ud • The nature of gymnastics as a sport and its competition cycle\ud • Artistic gymnastics as cultural heritage, and its potential as an autonomous means of promoting Russian national identity\ud • The relationship between Russia’s sometimes fading gymnastics competition results, and its potential to leverage the sport for tourism interest\ud • The potential for tourism product development linked to artistic gymnastics in the Russian Federation.\ud The paper contributes to the literature on the nature of sports tourism as it relates to artistic gymnastics in the Russian Federation in particular.
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- 2015
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