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Exploring markets with agent-based computer simulations

Do we always need to interview human beings in the flesh or can we get reliable information by observing thousands of I-individuals who are pre-programmed to follow the same utility function as their human counterparts? Where is the frontier? ...

Catalogue: Congress 2008: Frontiers

Authors: David Perroud, Roger A. Parker

September 26, 2008

Behaviour and attitudes of Chinese tourists

The China market has been acknowledged as one of the key emerging leisure markets in the world.This paper provides an overview of the China outbound travel market, and combines the findings from latest attitudinal studies on Chinese tourists.In...

Catalogue: Leisure 2006

Authors: Grace Wen Pan, Rene Bos

Company: Nielsen

October 8, 2006

Time as a factor of quality of life

To be under stress, to be short of time, to be late - these are all typical expressions in modern society. We envy - and despise - those who live on Indian time, who have not any time concept, who do not know what punctuality means, and so on....

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1996: Changing Business Dynamics

Author: Rudolf Bretschneider

Company: GfK

September 1, 1996

Let me show you our holiday video.....?

At the beginning of the 1990’s, it was recognised that the existing information on the volume and value of tourism and the characteristics of the visitor market was inadequate as an input to the forward planning and development of tourism on...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1995: Making The Decision

Authors: Chris Brock, Tom Costley

September 1, 1995

Tourism in Spain, not everything is under the sun

Tourism is one of the most important economical sectors in Spain. Several years ago the Government Department of Tourism lounched an advertising campaign abroad using the positioning propposal "SPAIN EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN". With the performance of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1991: Travel And Tourism Transition

Authors: Josep Chias, Teresa Buhigas

June 15, 1991

Country image

This paper divides into two main sections: the first section deals with background details to the Country Image study including the reasons why it was conducted, how it was designed, and the specific relevance of the study to the travel and tourism...

Catalogue: Seminar 1991: Travel And Tourism Transition

Authors: Eamonn Williams, Tim Clarke

June 15, 1991

A review of the challenges facing travel researchers

Research into travel and tourism probably only accounts for 5% of the research industry's total turnover in spite of the fact that leisure is the world's largest industry (in many European countries tourism is the major revenue earner). This reflects...

Catalogue: Seminar 1991: Travel And Tourism Transition

Author: Peter B. Hodgson

June 15, 1991

Leisure futures

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of key influences on the leisure sector in the 1990s. Taking a picture of current leisure patterns as a starting point, the presentation will go on to focus on the key economic and social changes...

Catalogue: Seminar 1991: Travel And Tourism Transition

Authors: Gerard O'Neill, Fiona Stewart

June 15, 1991

Senior citizens

There is no doubt: The "Senior Citizens Market" is growing all over Europe. Thus developing specific marketing strategies and the adaptation of the touristical offer to the prospective needs of the elderly tourists are becoming more and more...

Catalogue: Seminar 1991: Travel And Tourism Transition

Authors: Martin Lohmann, Astrid Kösterke

June 15, 1991