Commercial air travel is a key global industry facilitating the complex daily movements of planes, people, goods, and services across the world. In this paper we analyse contemporary air travel through the conceptualisation of a culture of real virtuality. We contend that air travel now consists of passage through `code/space'. Such code/space includes travel websites, check-in, security checkp...

There are significant risks and inefficiencies associated with organ procurement travel. In an effort to identify, quantify, and define opportunities to mitigate these risks and inefficiencies, 25 experts from the transplantation, transportation and insurance fields were convened. The forum concluded that: on procurement travel practices are inadequate, there is wide variation in the quality of...

Drawing on recently published data, this paper examines some of the trends in travel e-commerce. Using a case study approach, the author examines in detail some of the e-business models impacting on the travel industry both in the Business-to-Business (B2B) and Businessto-Consumer (B2C) markets. Although B2C leisure transactions currently account for just 1 per cent of the value of global trave...

The Internet and electronic marketplaces have profoundly transformed the travel services industry and challenged the traditional value proposition of travel agencies: What is the reason for their existence if information is abundantly available and transactions can be flexibly conducted in direct buyer-seller interactions on the Internet? Traditional travel agencies are struggling to develop ne...

This report describes the pattern of tourism/recreational travel in the area of the Texas Gulf Coast. An examination is made of the tourism resources that are available along the Texas Gulf Coast. The patterns of highway development in the region are examined. The effectiveness of the highway network in meeting the demands of the tourism industry is evaluated.

The COVID-19 outbreak has caused a global turmoil which restricted movement and consequently, diminishing domestic international travel. One that is severely affected ecotourism in National Parks, involves visiting fragile, pristine undisturbed natural areas. of the major concerns for ecotourists destination decision-making travel risk could affect their safety. This study aims to examine perce...

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We are applying ACL (Agent Communication Language) agent technologies to practical domains, such as virtual marketplace for distribution industry, access to online databases, and travel planning. In these domains, ontologies to make accesses to disparate databases possible are quintessential, and we are developing one. In this paper, we will describe design criteria which we have found importan...