Parallel Sessions I

11:00-13:00  Parallel Sessions I
Room "Auditório 1" - Tourism and Hotel Management
Chairperson: Manuela Sarmento, Professor of Management and Tourism, School of Economics and Business, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Portugal 
121 Juan Prieto-Rodriguez, M. Fernández-Barcala, M. González-Díaz   Spain Hotel quality appraisal at the Internet: A market for lemons?
129 Juan Pulido-Fernández, A. Sáez-Cala, C. Figueroa-Domecq   Spain Critical external factors for hotels investing in innovation and technology in emerging urban destinations. The Case for Madrid 
50 Lorenzo Zirulia   Italy Hotel characteristics and prices in a mature tourist destination: the case of Rimini
119 Maria Rubio-Misas, J. L. Crespo-Muñoz, J. A. Aguilar-Gutiérrez   Spain Sources of Productivity Growth in the Hotel Industry using the Malmquist Analysis
109 Tea Golja, Marinela Krstinić Nižić   Croatia Environmental Attitudes of Hoteliers in Dubrovnik Area and Their Contribution to Sustainable Development of the Community
Room "Auditório 2" - Transport Systems and Tourism Development
Chairman: Álvaro Matias, Professor of Economics and Tourism Research, School of Economics and Business, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Portugal 
110 Antónia Correia, Adriano Pimpão, Oriana Silva   Portugal Competitive Positioning of Low Cost Airlines 
111 Michael P. Vogel    Germany Monopolies at Sea: The Role of Onboard Sales For The Cruise Industry's Growth And Profitability
127 Marie Delaplace, Sylvie Bazin, Christophe Beckerich   France High speed rail, specific assets enhance value and urban tourism development
145 Susana Teles, M. Sarmento, A. Matias   Portugal Tourism and Strategic Competition in the Air Transport Industry
Room "Auditório 3"  - Modelling and Forecasting Tourism Demand I
Chairperson: Margarida Queiroz de Mello, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
34 Stefan Schubert, Juan Gabriel Brida   Italy Tourism and Externalities - Dynamic Optimal Taxation
45 Costas Leon, Bruno Eeckels   Switzerland A Dynamic Correlation Approach of the Swiss Tourism Income
100 Nazarii Salish, Paulo M. M. Rodrigues    Ukraine Panel Seasonal Unit Root Application for Touristic Data in Portugal
15 Laurent Botti, W. Briec, N. Peypoch, B. Solonandrasana   France Productivity Growth and Biased Technological Change in Tourism Industry
Room E10 - Tourism Marketing and Management Issues I
Chairman: Alfonso Vargas Sanchez, Full Professor, Management & Marketing Department, University of Huelva, Spain 
137 Lluis Garay Tamajon, G. Cànoves Valiente   Spain Seis décadas de desarrollo turístico contemporáneo en Cataluña. Un análisis desde la perspectiva del Ciclo de Evolución del Destino y la teoría de la regulación
22 Malgorzata Ogonowska, Christian Longhi, Dominique Torre    France Is there a best opaque booking system for an online travel agency?
63 Tomás López-Guzmán, Sandra Mª Sánchez Cañizares, Victor Pavón Vázquez   Spain Community Tourism as a Tool of Cooperation to National Development. A Case Study
28 Tanja Dmitrovič    Slovenia Assessing the Quality of Tourism Supply by Using Formative Indicators: Implications for Destination Management
13:00  Lunch at Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa