Travel Management Information System

Author: Di Dehai
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: The tourism industry is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world today. While tourism enterprises in various countries provide high-quality travel services to the public, they also make significant contributions to their national production. With social progress and technological development, science and technology, especially modern information technology based on computer and communication technologies, play a crucial role in the modern tourism industry. This book summarizes the application of information technology in tourism and tourism management both domestically and internationally. Combining information system methods and the latest e-commerce technologies, it introduces the theory and practice of tourism management information systems through complete case studies, making it a relatively practical textbook for tourism management. The book strives to maintain a close connection between theory and practice, emphasizing operational feasibility. The content is divided into seven chapters, organized into three parts: Chapters 1 and 2 broadly introduce management information systems and their related concepts and applications. Chapters 3 and 6 discuss the development methods and organizational management methods of management information systems. Chapters 4, 5, and 7 present complete case studies of different tourism management information systems. Compared to traditional management information systems textbooks, this book highlights the following features: First, it integrates practical content through comprehensive case studies, introducing the development, organizational management, and application of tourism management information systems, which is suitable for cultivating students' ability to combine theory with practice. Second, it introduces the latest information technologies and methods from a comprehensive perspective and their applications in the tourism industry, enriching the traditional content of management information systems. Third, it introduces the application of basic computer information processing technologies from an operational perspective, with the expectation of improving students' hands-on skills through in-class computer operations, enabling them to apply what they learn.