Trends and Issues in Global Tourism 2007

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Conrady, Roland (Editor), Buck, Martin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Business.; Tourism.; Management.; Economic geography.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Human geography.; Business and Management.; Tourism Management.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Economic Geography.; Human Geography.

As other industries, the global travel and tourism industry has been facing - mense challenges and highly visible upheaval since the beginning of the new m- lennium. The International Tourism Exchange ITB Berlin, the world’s leading travel trade fair, aims at pinpointing the most important challenge...

Table of Contents:

• Mega trends and their impact on the tourism industry
• Demographic change and its impact on the travel industry: Oldies — nothing but goldies?
• Eve-olution: Women’s rising power in travel decisions
• Polarization of markets: Luxury and budget hotels
• Smart shopping in the European low cost flight market
• Aviation management
• The global phenomenon of “low cost” carrier growth
• Consolidation in the airline business
• Effectively planning and managing European airport capacity
• Destination management
• FIFA World Cup 2006 and its legacy on tourism
• Traveling to a shopping adventure
• Alpine destination life cycles: Challenges and implications
• Marketing and sales management
• Commission systems in tourism
• New stationary distribution channels for tourism
• Travel technology
• Travel technology in the era of Web 2.0
• Website accessibility in the cruise market
• Business travel management
• Trends and issues in global business travel management
• Long-term perspectives in the tourism industry
• Space tourism
• The future of leisure travel.