...Loredana Di Pietro; Francesca Di Virgilio; Eleonora Pantano Purpose The aim of this paper is to investigate how social networks can become the main tool for achieving fast and detailed information for the choice of tourism destination, in order to deeply understand the benefits of these media...

... to examine the performance of those schedules. Design/methodology/approach A simulated hotel booking web site with basic reservation functions will be constructed. Participants should be randomly drawn and asked to encourage their friends from social networks to book with the participant to achieve...

...Michael L. Kasavana; Khaldoon Nusair; Katherine Teodosic Purpose Although the inplementation of online social networking (OSN) within the hospitality industry is relatively new, its parameters possess unique implications for hospitality industry constituencies including guests, staff members...