American tourism is largely affected by the ability and ease with which one can travel to a tourist destination. Information availability, utility, and value of information on websites are essential in choosing and planning a vacation or business trip. This study compares visa and nonvisa...

Measuring and evaluating the effectiveness of a website can be very difficult and subjective. These sites can be evaluated in different ways, depending on which factor is considered as the most important one in promoting a website. Theory suggests some key factors when evaluating the...

Numerous travel websites have become popular in the past decade. Some destination websites allow travelers to book flights, hotels, restaurant visits, and tours. They also provide a great way for other tourists to leave feedback on the visits they had to specific travel destinations and provide...

Through the use of website usability literature and tourism website analysis and experience, this theory proposes that user satisfaction on the website relates to six key drivers. The six drivers are crucial offerings of a tourism website and without successfully applying them the website may...

While the idea of control packages goes back to the early 1980s, empirical management accounting researchers have been reluctant to examine this broader view of management control. Past research has addressed the use of management control for the organization as a whole, as well as for specific...

Das Websitemarketing nimmt im wachsenden Wettbewerb der Hochschulen um internationale Studierende, Nachwuchswissenschaftler und Forscher einen immer größeren Stellenwert ein. Diese Studie evaluiert ausgewählte Websites deutscher Hochschulen, stellt ausländische Benchmarks vor und gibt...

Frontmatter -- Dedications -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Identity and the World Wide Web: Methods of Analysis -- 3. Narrative of the Nation: Baltic Tourism Websites in the Post-Soviet Context -- 4. The Tourist as Pilgrim, the Pilgrim as Tourist: Santiago de...

The constant growth of the World Wide Web (WWW) creates a demand for new strategies that are useful for Internet searchers as well as for information suppliers. While relevant and structured results became harder to find by search engines, the importance for businesses to be found on visible...