ENTER22 e-Tourism Conference
Preparing for travel’s return – the new future of e-Tourism
January 11- 14, 2022
ENTER22 e-Tourism Conference
Preparing for travel’s return – the new future of e-Tourism
January 11- 14, 2022
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 conference 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?
Each format for sharing research at the 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.
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 following topic areas:
When and Where?
The ENTER22 Conference will be held from 11 to 14 January 2022 online.
The format could be extended to a blended mode subject at Nankai University in Tianjin, China, which is subject to the policy restriction in China. Delegates from around the world will have the choice of attending online, or, if possible, attending the conference physically at Nankai University.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Organisers Details:
Overall Chair of the ENTER2022 Conference:
Hanqin Qiu, Nankai University, China (qiuhanqin@nankai.edu.cn) and Anyu Liu
ENTER2022 research track chairs:
- Dr. Jason Stienmetz, Modul University Vienna (jason.stienmetz@modul.ac.at)
- Dr. Berta Ferrer-Rosell, University of Lleida (berta.ferrer@udl.cat)
- Dr. David Massimo, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen (davmassimo@unibz.it)
ENTER2022 PhD workshop chairs:
- Dr. Sai Liang, Nankai University (liangsaink@hotmail.com)
- Dr. Kasha Minor, Cardiff Metropolitan University (kminor@cardiffmet.ac.uk)
ENTER2022 marketing director:
Katerina Volchek, Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Germany
The President of IFITT:
Zheng Xiang, Virginia Tech, US