Destination Recommendation Systems

Introduction: Destination Recommendation Systems for the Internet Section 1: Behavioral Foundations for Destination Recommendation Systems 1: Information Search for Travel Decisions, Y-H Hwang, Dong-A University, Korea, U Gretzel, Texas A &M University, USA, Z Xiang and D R Fesenmaier, Temple University, USA 2: Travel Destination Choice Models, Y-H Hwang, U Gretzel, Z Xiang and D R Fesenmaier 3: Information Search and Navigation on the Internet, B Pan, College of Charleston, USA, and D R Fesenmaier 4: Tourist Decision Making and Travel Destination Recommendation Systems, B G C Dellaert, Maastricht University, Netherlands, and G Haeubl, University of Alberta, Canada 5: A Behavioral Framework for Destination Recommendation Systems Design, U Gretzel Y-H Hwang and D R Fesenmaier Section 2: Design of Destination Recommendation Systems 6: Case-based Travel Recommendations, F Ricci and D Cavada, ITC-irst, Italy, N Mirzadeh, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands and A Venturini, eCTRL Solutions, Italy 7: Destination Recommendations based on Travel Decision Styles, A H Zins, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria, and K Grabler, Manova, Austria 8: Travel Personality Testing for Destination Recommendation Systems, U Gretzel, N Mitsche, University of Sunderland, UK, Y-H Hwang and D R Fesenmaier 9: Building Adaptive Systems: A Neural Net Approach, J Mazanec, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria 10: Narrative Design for Travel Recommender Systems, U Gretzel 11: Interface Metaphors on Travel Related Websites, Z Xiang and D R Fesenmaier 12: Playfulness on Web site Interactions: Why can't travel recommendation systems be fun? D-Y Kim, Purdue University, USA and C Morosan, Temple University Section 3: Case Studies in Destination Recommendation System Development 13: Domain Specific Search Engines, K W Woeber, Vienna University, Austria 14: DIETORECS: A Case-Based Travel Advisory System, F Ricci, D R Fesenmaier, M Mirzadeh, H Rumetshofer, University of Linz, Austria, E Schaumlechner, A Venturini, K W Woeber and A Zins, Vienna University, Austria 15: Evaluating Travel Recommender Systems: A Case Study of DIETORECS, A H Zins and U Bauernfeind, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria 16: TourBO: A Prototype of a Regional Tourism Advising System in Germany, T Franke, Norisbank, Germany 17: MobyRek: A Conversational Recommender System for On-the-move Travelers, F Ricci and Q N Nguyen, University of Trento, Italy Section 4: Recommendation Systems and Travel - An Exciting Future 18: Futuring Travel Destination Recommendation Systems, O Stock, ITC-irst, Italy, H Werthner, University of Innsbruck, Austria and M Zancanaro, ITC-irst, Italy