Volume 4 , Number 1
Hotel
Information
Technology
Adoption:
The Case
of the
Philippines
Edieser L. de la Santa
Asian Institute of
Tourism, University
of the Philippines
E-mail:
edieser.de_la_santa@up.edu.ph
Myra Vina D. Agatep
College of Business
Administration,
University of the
Philippines
This paper attempted to examine the extent of use of information technology among Philippine hotels, their speed in adopting technology, the degree to which these hotels actually use new technology; and to investigate factors that influence their decision to adopt or not technology. The study found that Philippine hotels, though quite late in technology adoption, own a mixof information technologies that appear to slant towards improving guest service. The intrinsic characteristics of technology seem to be the main factor in the decision to adopt technology while IT illiteracy and the prohibitive cost are the main reasons for non-adoption. The research likewise affirmed that ownership structure and firm size positively affect adoption behavior. The results manifest organizational rationalism and recognize the power of social and cultural forces to shape IT adoption behavior. Possible implications were raised regarding strategies that address IT literacy and cost, and enhancing absorptive capacity of small hotels.
Key words: Information technology, technology adoption, Philippine hotels
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Using
Stated
Preference
Data to
Explore
the Factor
Affecting
Tourists'
Cruise
Vacation
Preference
Chaang-Iuan Ho
Department of
Leisure, Recreation
adn Tourism
Management, Chao
Yang University of
Technology, Taiwan
E-mail:
ciho@mail.cyut.edu.tw
This study aims to identify thhe factor that affect tourists' preferences regarding cruising between Taiwan and its minor islands. To some extent, such cruise serve as a hypothetical travel product.
Key words: Stated preferences, cruise tourism, binary logit model
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Motivations
for
Choosing
To Study
Tourism
and
Hospitality
Management:
A
Comparison
of
Mainland
Chinese
and
Taiwanese
Undergraduate
Students
Kuo-Ching Wang
Graduate Institute
of Recreation,
Tourism, and
Hospitality
Management, National
Chiayi University,
China
Lei Li
Tourism Department
of Fudan University,
Shanghai, China
Shuling Song
Tourism Department
of Fudan University,
Shanghai, China
Ying-Zhi Guo
Tourism Department
of Fudan University,
Shanghai, Cina
E-mail:
yingzhig@sh163.net
More and more students choose Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) as their subject field in the universities and colleges in both Mainland China and Taiwan. The objective of this study was to investigate motivations of undergraduate students in choosing a HTM program for both Mainland China and Taiwan.
Key words: Students, motivation, Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM), Mainland China, Taiwan
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Developing
Ecotourism
in Yunnan:
The Key
Role of
Educationn
in
Achieving
Long Term
Sustainability
Bruce Prideaux
School of Business,
James Cook
University,
Quensland, Australia
E-mail:
Bruce.Prideaux@jcu.edu.au
Ying Tao
Department of
Tourism Management,
Yunnan Finance and
Trade Institution,
Yunnan, PRC China
Possessing a unique range of high value ecosystem, landscapes, heritage and indigenous cultures, Yunnan (China) has embraced ecotourism as the major form of tourism activity promoted by the provincial authorities.
Key words: Yunnan, sustainability, ecotourism, education, China
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Tourism
Cooperation
and
Peace-An
Example
from the
Divided
Nation of
Korea
Young-Sun Shin
Department of
Tourism Management,
University of Honam,
South Korea
E-mail:
yshin@honam.ac.kr., ysshin67@yahoo.com
This paper addresses a numebr of key issues related to tourism cooperation and peace, using the case study of the divided nation between South Korea and North Korea. On a small country with limited resources as two Koreas, tourism can constitute a development tool, which may contribute to the long term viability of the economy.
Key words: Tourism cooperation, divided nations, peace, political boundary, Korea
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Is PBL
Culture
Fair? The
Influence
of Group
Cultural
Compositions
on Student
Performance
in a
Problem
Based
Learning
Setting
H. Otting
Klaas Eringa
Lientje Siehoyono
Hotel Management,
Petra Christian
University,
Surabaya, Indonesia
E-mail:
slintje@peter.petra.ac.id
W. Zwaal
This paper reports the result of an explanatory study of the application of Terenzini et.al (2001) and Eringa et.al (2002) to an educational institution, one of the Netherlands' higher education in which apply PBL as an educational system. Recently, the International Hospitality Management (IHM) undergraduate program has decided to deploy internationalization and culturalization as a strategic instrument for the diversification of its curriculum.
Key words: Group cultural compositions, problem-based learning, student performance, student background, tutor background, nationalities
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Impacts of
Tourism
Development
in
Malindi:
An
Analysis
of Gender
Differences
in
Perception
Wanjohi Kibicho
MOI UNiversity,
Department of
Tourism Management,
Kenya
E-mail:
kibichowanjohi@yahoo.co.uk
Tourism is the largest component of Malindi's local economy. The growth of industry is not without some socio-cultural impacts in the coast region, thus calling for a critical examination of tourism development and the hosts' socio-cultural dynamics.
Key words: Kenya, Malindi, socio-cultural impacts, tourism development
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