Web Portals as an Exemplar for Tourist Destinations

2011 ◽  
pp. 1157-1160
Author(s):  
Michelle Rowe ◽  
Wayne Pease ◽  
Pauline McLeod
Keyword(s):  
Web Portals ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Tourist Destinations

Continuing on from an earlier article in this publication that considers portals and their relevance to destination tourism, this article investigates the case study of the Margaretriver.com Web portal. Margaretriver.com is based on a brokerage model of portals and this structure has been important to its development. Also critical to its success is the collective approach taken by small and medium tourist enterprises (SMTEs) as they have coalesced around shared assets that belong to the region.

scholarly journals Modular Web Portal Approach for Stimulating Home Renovation: Lessons from Local Authority Developments

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1270
Author(s):  
Minyoung Kwon ◽  
Erwin Mlecnik
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Web Portals ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Neutral Information

Web portals have the potential to promote sustainable environmental ideas due to the capacity of digital media, such as easy accessibility, openness, and networking. Local authorities (LAs) are responsible for activating carbon savings in homes, and they are key actors when it comes to providing neutral information to their citizens. Local authority web portals may thus create environmental awareness, particularly regarding owner-occupied single-family home renovation. Nevertheless, the experiences of LAs developing web portals have rarely been studied. Therefore, this paper analyses the development process of various LA web modules and investigates how LAs foster modular web portals to stimulate the adoption of home renovation with parameters to assess LAs’ actions in terms of the management of web-modules development. A homeowner renovation journey model is applied to map current local authority developments. Case study research and interviews were done to analyse and evaluate the adoption of modular web portals developed and tested by six local authorities in four countries in Europe. Based on the development and use of the modular web portal, lessons have been derived emphasising the importance of co-creation, integrating with offline activities, and a strategic management plan.

Integrating Web Portals with Semantic Web Services

2012 ◽  
pp. 326-336
Author(s):  
César J. Acuña ◽  
Mariano Minoli ◽  
Esperanza Marcos
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Semantic Web ◽  
Data Integration ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Integrated Systems ◽  
Semantic Web Services ◽  
Web Portals ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Integration Architecture

Several systems integration proposals have been suggested over the years. However these proposals have mainly focused on data integration, not allowing users to take advantage of services offered by Web portals. Most of the mentioned proposals only provide a set of design principles to build integrated systems and lack in suggesting a systematic way of how to develop systems based on the integration architecture they propose. In previous work we have developed PISA (Web Portal Integration Architecture)—a Web portal integration architecture for data and services—and MIDAS-S, a methodological approach for the development of integrated Web portals, built according to PISA. This work shows, by means of a case study, how both proposals fit together integrating Web portals.

scholarly journals E-service portal for freelance community: case study in photography business

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 1759
Author(s):  
Supaporn Chai-Arayalert ◽  
Supattra Puttinaovarat ◽  
Nattaporn Thongsri
Keyword(s):  
Information Sources ◽  
Performance Ratings ◽  
Web Portals ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Channel Information ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Potential Customers ◽  
Effective Design

This study revealed the limitations of freelancers’ inability to perform portfolios and biographies, their performance ratings to a large community of customers. The difficulties were evident in searching for reliable, qualified and experienced freelancers from multi-channel information sources. These limitations might impact the ability of freelancers selected by customers to perform the required task to the customers’ satisfaction. This research focused on the case study of the freelance community for photography business in southern of Thailand. This aims to establish an online facility in which freelance photographers can publicize their services and performance to potential customers. The concepts entailed in web portals and e-services were the key elements in the development and ensured that its functions worked efficiently. The study employed qualitative methods were used to assess the current practices of web portal and thus determining the requirements for the e-service web portal for freelance community. The practical contribution is that it can aid the effective design and implementation of an e-service web portal for the freelance community of photography business, and it is a massive step towards promoting the freelance community in Thailand.

Integrating Web Portals with Semantic Web Services

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
César J. Acuña ◽  
Mariano Minoli ◽  
Esperanza Marcos
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Semantic Web ◽  
Data Integration ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Integrated Systems ◽  
Semantic Web Services ◽  
Web Portals ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Integration Architecture

Several systems integration proposals have been suggested over the years. However these proposals have mainly focused on data integration, not allowing users to take advantage of services offered by Web portals. Most of the mentioned proposals only provide a set of design principles to build integrated systems and lack in suggesting a systematic way of how to develop systems based on the integration architecture they propose. In previous work we have developed PISA (Web Portal Integration Architecture)—a Web portal integration architecture for data and services—and MIDAS-S, a methodological approach for the development of integrated Web portals, built according to PISA. This work shows, by means of a case study, how both proposals fit together integrating Web portals.

scholarly journals Architecture of the Organic.Edunet Web Portal

2011 ◽  
pp. 759-773
Author(s):  
Nikos Manouselis ◽  
Kostas Kastrantas ◽  
Salvador Sanchez-Alonso ◽  
Jesús Cáceres ◽  
Hannes Ebner
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Web Portals ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Semantic Web Technologies ◽  
Web Technologies

The use of Semantic Web technologies in educational Web portals has been reported to facilitate users’ search, access, and retrieval of learning resources. To achieve this, a number of different architectural components and services need to be harmonically combined and implemented. This article presents how this issue is dealt with in the context of a large-scale case study. More specifically, it describes the architecture behind the Organic.Edunet Web portal that aims to provide access to a federation of repositories with learning resources on agricultural topics. The various components of the architecture are presented and the supporting technologies are explained. In addition, the article focuses on how Semantic Web technologies are being adopted, specialized, and put in practice in order to facilitate ontology-aided sharing and reusing of learning resources.

scholarly journals Architecture of the Organic.Edunet Web Portal

2011 ◽  
pp. 54-69
Author(s):  
Nikos Manouselis ◽  
Kostas Kastrantas ◽  
Salvador Sanchez-Alonso ◽  
Jesús Cáceres ◽  
Hannes Ebner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Web Portals ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Semantic Web Technologies ◽  
Web Technologies

The use of Semantic Web technologies in educational Web portals has been reported to facilitate users’ search, access, and retrieval of learning resources. To achieve this, a number of different architectural components and services need to be harmonically combined and implemented. This article presents how this issue is dealt with in the context of a large-scale case study. More specifically, it describes the architecture behind the Organic.Edunet Web portal that aims to provide access to a federation of repositories with learning resources on agricultural topics. The various components of the architecture are presented and the supporting technologies are explained. In addition, the article focuses on how Semantic Web technologies are being adopted, specialized, and put in practice in order to facilitate ontology-aided sharing and reusing of learning resources.

Social Media Marketing as a tool to promote regional investment web portals in the information environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 2167-2182
Author(s):  
Ya.Yu. Sokolenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Web Portals ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Regional Investment ◽  
Internet Portals

Subject. This article focuses on the investment web portal as a necessary communication tool and a way to govern the investment attractiveness of the region. Objectives. The article aims to conduct a comprehensive study of the problem of promoting regional investment web portals in the information environment. Methods. For the study, I used the methods of logical and statistical analyses, induction and deduction, comparison, and generalization. Results. The article describes the advantages of Internet portals of investment projects and the peculiarities of using Social Media Marketing (SMM) within public structures. It highlights the function of social networks in the process of interacting with the audience. Conclusions. Social Media Marketing is an integral tool for engaging with the investment community and one of the most effective ways to promote a regional investment web portal. The presented original methodology can be used by regional investment portals to analyze interaction with the audience and design a development strategy.

Is Gay Tourism More Than Tourism? A Case Study of Puerto Vallarta, MX

2021 ◽  
pp. 016059762110140
Author(s):  
Emma G. Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Gay Men ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Gender And Race ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Gay Community ◽  
Men I ◽  
Oppressed Group ◽  
Normative Standard

The reasons gay men seek out gay travel destinations has been well established in the literature. However, less research has been published on the consequences of that travel on the destinations themselves and the effect of gay tourism on the LGBTQ+ community as a whole. I use ethnographic research in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, a popular international gay tourist destinations for American and Canadian gay men. I focus on how gay destinations are constructed as sites where members of the gay community can experience acceptance and inclusion and I ask the following questions, is this acceptance and inclusion dependent upon consumption? Are the tourist site and expectations for behavior in those sites oppressively normal? That is, does the site create a normative standard of behavior for gay tourists? Furthermore, while gay tourists may experience inclusion and a level of acceptance, how does gay tourism affect the destination site itself? Is this acceptance and inclusion problematized by larger systems of inequality such as class, gender, and race? Lastly, as members of a historically oppressed group, does and should gay tourism rise above its commodification to produce just, equitable relationships within and beyond the LGBTQ+ community including the environment?

scholarly journals Pengembangan Permukiman Nelayan Kingking dan Karangsari Tuban Melalui Pendekatan Urban Assemblage

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-23
Author(s):  
Tyas Santri ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
The Government ◽  
Cultural Strength

Indonesia is an archipelago country with a sea larger than the mainland, so it is undeniable that in Indonesia there are many fisherman settlements. Often fishermen settlements in Indonesia are marginalized in the development of maritime and service industries and even become victims of the activities of the utilization of coastal areas by the private sector engaged in tourism, industry, and services. The fisherman settlement community is not getting a positive impact from the development, therefore this study aims so that the fisherman settlement community can get a positive impact from the development of the surrounding area. This research takes a case study in the fisherman settlements of Kingking and Karangsari in Tuban Regency, East Java. The approach used in this research is the urban assemblage approach to reveal socio-cultural knits as a cultural force that shapes the sustainability of the place. The urban assemblage approach will be supported by search methods which will then be analyzed descriptively qualitatively. The search was carried out through literature review and field surveys. This research presents the results in the form of a mapping of knits between culture, social, the economy as the cultural strength of the Kingking and Karangsari fisherman settlements with the surrounding tourist areas. The results of this study can be considered by the government and local communities in planning the development of coastal areas or fisherman settlements into tourist destinations.

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