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Developing A Business Information Data Warehouse For The Australian Tourism Industry — A Strategic Response

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To meet various competitive challenges and to take advantage of recent developments in information technology a business information data warehouse is being developed to supply business intelligence and related products and services for the Australian tourism industry. This paper outlines the concept and reports on the research issues and the current state of the project to build the prototype data warehouse.

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Sharma, P., Carson, D., DeLacy, T. (2000). Developing A Business Information Data Warehouse For The Australian Tourism Industry — A Strategic Response. In: Fesenmaier, D.R., Klein, S., Buhalis, D. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2000. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6291-0_13

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