The 2010 Athens Tourism Symposium International Scientific Congress on Current Trends in Tourism Management and Tourism Policy Organised by the Department of Business Administration of the University of Patras and Heliotopos Conferences Dates: 10-11 February, 2010 Venue: Megaron Athens International Conference Center, Athens, Greece Congress Website: http://ats.conferences.gr 2 nd Call for Papers Deadline Extension: Submit your abstracts until November 25 th, 2009! The Department of Business Administration of the University of Patras and Heliotopos Conferences are launching a new scientific congress to be held in Athens in February 2010. The 2010 Athens Tourism Symposium aims at providing a forum for researchers, educators, students and professionals to explore the trends that are shaping the present and the future of the tourism economy both at the entrepreneurial and the policymaking level. The programme of this event comprises keynotes as well as presentations of submitted double-blind refereed research papers. The organisers welcome contributions that cover but are not limited to the following congress topics: Planning for sustainable tourism development by managing its environmental, social and economical impact Educating and developing human resources in tourism Utilising technology in tourism Identifying current trends in hospitality management Managing transportation trends Managing travel distribution trends Managing hospitality industry trends 1
Managing visitor attractions Conducting marketing research in the tourism market Developing marketing strategies for the tourism market Developing niche markets in tourism Developing products for the tourism market Communicating and selling in the tourism market Organising the destination management and marketing task Operating national and local tourism organisations Facilitating cooperation among public- and private-sector stakeholders and the local population Setting up business clusters in tourism Planning for the future of tourism Organised in parallel with IMIC, a well-established industry event held since 2004, the 2010 Athens Tourism Symposium will include joint sessions and roundtable discussions with leading tourism, hospitality and meeting professionals. Abstract Submission Please submit an abstract of up to 300 words by registering at: http://ats.conferences.gr/ats2010-papers.html. The deadline for submitting abstracts is November 25 th, 2009. All submissions will be double-blind reviewed and shall include the following information: Name(s) and affiliations of author(s) Contact e-mail(s) and postal address(es) Contact phone number Title of research paper Congress topic Abstract (up to 300 words) Select references Important Deadlines Deadline for abstract submissions: November 25 th, 2009 Notification of acceptance and referees comments to be sent to the authors: December 20 th, 2009 2
Deadline for submissions of full papers (up to ten pages) for inclusion in the conference proceedings: January 15 th, 2010 Deadline for congress registration: January 15 th, 2010 Αt least one of the authors of accepted papers is expected to register for the congress and present their paper. Select submissions will be considered for publication by leading scientific journals. More details on this and additional information on the congress will be posted on the website http://ats.conferences.gr. Organising Committee Chair: Gerassimos Zacharatos, University of Patras Vice Chair: Dimitris Koutoulas, Hellenic Open University Members: George Anastasopoulos, University of Patras Sotiris Avgoustis, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Dimitris Buhalis, Bournemouth University Haris Coccosis, University of Thessaly Ioannis Giannikos, University of Patras Andreas Papatheodorou, University of the Aegean Paris Tsartas, University of the Aegean Scientific Committee George Anastasopoulos, University of Patras, Greece Petros Anastasopoulos, Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA Kostas Andriotis, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Sofia Avgerinou-Kolonia, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Sotiris Avgoustis, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA John Beech, Coventry University, UK Eleni Briassouli, University of the Aegean, Greece Dimitrios Buhalis, Bournemouth University, UK Evangelos Christou, University of the Aegean, Greece 3
Leonidas Chytiris, University of Piraeus, Greece Haris Coccosis, University of Thessaly, Greece Alex Deffner, University of Thessaly, Greece Ioannis Giannikos, University of Patras, Greece C. Michael Hall, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Olga Iakovidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Stanislav Ivanov, International University College, Bulgaria Carina King, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA Dimitris Koutoulas, Hellenic Open University, Greece Metin Kozak, University of Mugla, Turkey Dimitris Lagos, University of the Aegean, Greece Constantine Lymperopoulos, University of the Aegean, Greece Andreas Papatheodorou, University of the Aegean, Greece Alex Paraskevas, Oxford Brookes University, UK Pantelis Pechlivanidis, University of Patras, Greece Alexis Saveriades, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Marianna Sigala, University of the Aegean, Greece Ioannis Spilanis, University of the Aegean, Greece Theano Terkenli, University of the Aegean, Greece Antonis Theocharous, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Paris Tsartas, University of the Aegean, Greece Stelios Varvaressos, TEI Athens, Greece Vassilis Voutsinas, University of Patras, Greece Suosheng Wang, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA Gerassimos Zacharatos, University of Patras, Greece Congress Secretariat: Heliotopos Conferences 45 Michalakopoulou Street, 11528 Athens, Greece Phone: +30 210 9730697 4
Fax: +30 210 9767208 E-mail: ats2010@heliotopos.net 5