Acknowledging the significant advancement of social media, the role and impact of social
media has been widely discussed in tourism research. As a result, it has become …

The goal of this tutorial is to expose participants to the current research on social
recommender systems (ie, recommender systems for the social web). Participants will …

In recent years, large review-hosting platforms have extended their functionality to allow
their users to submit tips: short pieces of text that deliver valuable insight on a specific aspect …

In the past decade, the rise of social media, the proliferation of user-generated content
(UGC), and, consequently, the effect of electronic word-of-mouth (eWoM) have …

Video bloggers, also known as vloggers, continuously create and share authentic videos on
popular platforms like YouTube. Travel influencer vloggers (called vloggers in this study) …

Product reviews play an important role in guiding users' purchase decision-making in e-
commerce platforms. However, it is challenging for users to find helpful reviews that meet …

As the e-commerce market grows worldwide, personalized recommendation services have
become essential to users' personalized items or services. They can decrease the cost of …

Obtaining information about destinations and services they provide is ever more based on
user-generated content (UGC), which includes reviews of tourism services as well as …

Product descriptions play an important role in the e-commerce ecosystem, conveying to
buyers information about a merchandise they may purchase. Yet, on leading e-commerce …

Integrating collaborative data in data-driven Business Intelligence (BI) system brings an
opportunity to foster the decision-making process towards improving tourism …