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Tourism is considered to be a highly information-intensive business, and there can be no doubt that information and communications technologies (ICTs) have made an impressive contribution in recent years by influencing and forming the market in an innovative way at both the process and product levels. The use of the Internet, in particular, has made destinations and their service providers aware of numerous possibilities and chances to optimise their performance and competitiveness. Virtual networks can assist small structures in saving time and money and increasing flexibility and quality while boosting receptiveness to innovation. This paper pursues two basic objectives. First, it discusses the significance of participating in a Virtual Tourism Network System for Small and Medium Sized Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs). Second, it introduces a prototype designed for the Austrian tourism industry that is based on these assumptions.
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Egger, R., Hörl, J., Jellinek, B., Jooss, M. (2007). Virtual Tourism Content Network TANDEM - A Prototype for the Austrian Tourism Industry. In: Sigala, M., Mich, L., Murphy, J. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2007. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-69566-1_17
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