Ever since the beginning of civilization, travel for various causes exists as an essential part
of human life so as travel recommendations, though the early form of recommendations …

A Proactive Recommender System (PRS) actively pushes recommendations to users when
the current context seems appropriate. Despite the advantages of PRSs, especially in the …

Mobile tourist guides have attracted considerable research interest during the past decade,
resulting in numerous standalone and web-based mobile applications. Particular emphasis …

Recommender systems have cemented themselves in the daily online activities of most
people, and they have been successfully applied across a range of different domains …

Nowadays, traveling has become more convenient thanks to many recent technological
advancements. However, the main problem is that, with non-customized offers, the risk for …

The amount of information available on the World Wide Web has increased considerably
over the past decade. Information on travel destinations and their associated resources …

Point-of-Interest (POI) recommender systems recommend POIs to users based on their
preferences. POI recommender systems can be utilized in a variety of mobile and web …

Most recommendation systems require some form of user feedback such as ratings in order
to make personalized propositions of items. Typically ratings are unidimensional in the …

Recommendations in complex scenarios require additional knowledge of the domain.
Planning a composite travel spanning several countries is a challenging, but encouraging …

Personalization is increasingly being perceived as an important factor for the effectiveness
of Recommender Systems (RS). This is especially true in the tourism domain, where …