ENTER22 e-Tourism Conference

Preparing for travel’s return – the new future of e-Tourism

January 11- 14, 2022

Call for Contributions

ENTER22 e-Tourism Conference

Preparing for travel’s return – the new future of e-Tourism

January 11- 14, 2022

Call for Contributions
ENTER22 eTourism conference

What is ENTER22 e-Tourism Conference?

ENTER is the annual conference, organised by the International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT).  The conference brings together the Tourism and IT industry, academia, government, and other organisations. It offers a worldwide and unique forum for the attendees to actively exchange, share, and challenge state-of-the-art research and industrial case studies on the application of information and communication technologies in travel and tourism. ENTER22 will become the 29th conference of the IFITT Community.

Why participating in ENTER22?

ENTER22 conference is designed to generate engagement and impact of your research as we work together towards the IFITT mission of sharing knowledge, experience, and passion for ICT in travel and tourism. As of July 2021 proceedings of ENTER2021 have been downloaded more than 444k times.

Research papers

  • 2 formats: full papers and short papers
  • ensured research rigour by double-blind peer review
  • publication in the 18th most influential tourism and hospitality source according to Google Scholar
  • high visibility with an open access book by Springer
  • opportunities for recognition: best research papers will receive awards
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Xchange Sessions

  • multiple formats: ongoing research, findings, business solutions, emerging ideas, research problems, and proposals for collaboration.
  • no hassle of publishing: present without disclosing the insights in print.
  • get recognised: all participants receive certificates of presentation.
  • free promotion:  presentations will be published at IFITT media channels

PhD workshop

  • present, discuss and receive feedback on your research by leading scholars in the IT and Tourism field.
  • extend your network with peers, senior researchers and industry experts.
  • learn to write and submit articles to leading academic journals with their editors.
  • accepted proposals will be published in the ENTER PhD Proceedings.
  • best proposals will receive awards.
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Student Innovation Challenge

  • opportunity for students  to compete by submitting their innovative ideas and concepts together with a demonstrator
  • free registration for all student teams
  • the top 5 concepts will be invited to be presented online during the ENTER22
  • the members of the best team will be given a free one-year IFITT membership
  • the winning teams will be promoted via IFITT media channels

What is the Agenda?

ENTER22 theme is “Preparing for travel’s return – the new future of e-Tourism”. The conference will focus on the role of information technology in addressing the new challenges and opportunities for the tourism industry introduced by the global COVID-19 pandemic. While submissions of any research related to IT and Travel & Tourism are welcome, the ENTER22 Conference will place special emphasis on the topics of the Main Sessions. In addition to the key topics, the members of the e-Tourism community volunteered to organize special sessions during the ENTER22 Conference.

Main Sessions

  • Governance, Sustainability and Tourism
  • e-Tourism: Theories, Methods, Studies
  • Humanities, Education, Society and Tourism
  • Physical, Digital or Hybrid Tourism
  • Artificial Intelligence and Tourism

Special Sessions

  • The sharing economy in travel and tourism: experiences and social networking
  • Big data and smart tourism
  • Digital Education and Training in Tourism and Hospitality
  • Travel in the Metaverse: The Future of Smart Tourism Cities
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When and Where?

Submission deadlines:

  • Research papers: closed
  • PhD proposals: 15 September 2021 23 September 2021
  • Xchange sessions: 17 October 2021
  • Innovation Challenge: 1 October 2021

The ENTER22 Conference will be held from 11 to 14 January 2022 online.

How much it costs?

IFITT aims to support meaningful communication among all travel, tourism & technology movers and shakers – and beyond. Therefore, we are delighted to offer attractive prices for all participants.

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ENTER as a conference singlehandedly developed the global eTourism community and provided the birthplace for many innovations that have transformed the international tourism world. IFITT engages the community and supports a range of events, activities, scholarships and plays a leading role in global engagement to address key challenges in the tourism and technology sphere.
Prof. Dimitrios Buhalis, Faculty of Management, Bournemouth University / UK
The ENTER conference provides an outstanding venue for researchers, students and industry representatives to come together and share and discuss the latest research in eTourism. This year, all accepted full and short papers will be published in digital conference proceedings by Springer with Open Access, for added visibility and impact.
Prof. Wolfgang Wörndl, Department of Informatics, Technical University of Munich / DE
IFITT and ENTER have been, and are, an incredible environment for the evolution of the whole eTourism field and for my personal development as a scholar. Besides that, it is a wonderful community in which discussions, collaborations, chats and friendships develop almost spontaneously and with great value for all those who are involved
Prof. Rodolfo Baggio, Bocconi University Milan / IT

I was first introduced to the IFITT community as a PhD student attending the ENTER Conference in 2013 and I felt like I belonged immediately.  IFITT, through the ENTER Conference and other initiatives such as the eTourism Master class, creates a unique platform for engaging with a network of academics and professionals in order to discuss cutting-edge topics related to IT and Tourism & Technology. We learn from each other, challenge each other, and together take responsibility for shaping the future of IT and Tourism and wider impacts on society.  I remain an active member of IFITT in order to support IFITT in its Mission and because my involvement in this community continues to lead me to new ideas, new opportunities, and new friendships.

Assistant Prof. Jason Stienmetz, Modul University Vienna / AT
IFITT is the reference community for people interested in eTourism, both from the academia as well as from the industry at large. ENTER eTourism Conference has become a milestone that records changes and trends within the field, and a compass to navigate such a complex and very fast moving filed.
Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni, USI – Università della Svizzera italiana Lugano / CH / Chair-holder of the UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites

I have attended every single ENTER conference since 1999, and every year I wish I had a clone because there are way too many interesting sessions happening at the same time and too many people I would like to discuss e-Tourism with. I also really enjoy the diversity of the ENTER community.

Dr. Ulrike Gretzel, Senior Fellow, USC Center for Public Relations, Annenberg School of Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California
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Organisers Details:

Overall Chair of the ENTER2022 Conference:

Hanqin Qiu, Nankai University, China (qiuhanqin@nankai.edu.cn) and Anyu Liu

ENTER2022 research track chairs:

ENTER2022 PhD workshop chairs:

ENTER2022 marketing director:
Katerina Volchek, Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Germany

The President of IFITT:
Zheng Xiang, Virginia Tech, US

Some random numbers about the IFITT Community:

28

Conferences

1

Online Conferences

1482

Papers published

2103

Participants