A comparison of social media adoption and use in different countries: The case of the United States and Switzerland

P Milwood, E Marchiori, F Zach - Journal of Travel & Tourism …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study was to identify differences in the adoption and management of
cutting edge social media tools in two major travel markets: the United States and …

Social media as a destination marketing tool: its use by national tourism organisations

S Hays, SJ Page, D Buhalis - Current issues in Tourism, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Social media are gaining prominence as an element of destination marketing organisation
(DMO) marketing strategy at a time when public sector cuts in their funding are requiring …

[PDF][PDF] Social media in travel, tourism, and hospitality: Theory, practice and cases

M Banyai - Annals of Tourism Research, 2012 - academia.edu
Social Media in Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality is a compilation of case studies and
research findings presented by an international group of academic researchers and industry …

Theoretical models of social media, marketing implications, and future research directions

B Pan, JC Crotts - Social Media in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
The National DMOs surveyed did exhibit a high level of awareness and understanding
concerning the global marketing and customer engagement potential of new media and …

Understanding the role of social media in destination marketing

W Lange-Faria, S Elliot - Tourismos, 2012 - tourismosjournal.aegean.gr
Social media in the context of destination marketing is a growing area of study, and judging
by the exponential growth in social networks over recent years, the demand for research will …

A review of:'Social media in travel, tourism and hospitality: theory, practice and cases' Marianna Sigala, Evangelos Christou and Ulrike Gretzel, Ashgate Publishing …

J Cusick - 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The explosive impact of the Internet in contemporary societies hits all sectors of society and
the editors of Social Media in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality provide windows into the …

Social media as a marketing tool for Greek destinations

E Perakakis, N Trihas, M Venitourakis… - …, 2016 - tourismosjournal.aegean.gr
Abstract Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) have to redefine their marketing
strategies, in order to meet current challenges in tourism, such as the emergence of new …

Destination marketing organizations' social media usage: A research on Balkan countries

M Bayram, S Arıcı - … Conference on Economic and Social Studies, 2013 - gcris.pau.edu.tr
Social media has fundamentally reshaped the way tourism related information is distributed
and the way people plan for and consume travel. Since social media sites, such as …

How'social'are destinations? Examining European DMO social media usage

A Uşaklı, B Koç, S Sönmez - Journal of destination marketing & …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study explores how European DMOs use social media to promote and market their
destinations and extends extant research on social media in tourism by:(1) using a larger …

The use of social media in destination marketing: An exploratory study

A Alizadeh, RM Isa - Tourism: An International Interdisciplinary Journal, 2015 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Social media provides customers and businesses of modern times with an
unprecedented growth in ways of commu-nication and interaction. Tourism organisations …