Agências de viagens do futuro: Um arquétipo para Portugal.
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2009
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A distribuição turística reconhece nos drivers da economia digital um efeito
incentivador da produtividade e da rendibilidade, conduzindo a vantagens
competitivas sustentáveis. O grande poder da Internet e a desregulamentação
de alguns sectores económicos, veio revolucionar os conceitos de negócio, os
processos organizacionais e sobretudo a gestão das cadeias de valor e de
oferta das agências de viagens. A ampla tipologia de canais de retalho deste
sector e as complexas relações entre eles, sugere uma colossal quantidade de
informação a ser processada, gerida, distribuída e comunicada. As agências
de viagens vivem actualmente num ambiente de negócios Darwiniano, onde
apenas as mais resilientes sobrevivem. A competitividade é assim uma
questão de sobrevivência e de liderança. Este enquadramento facilitou a
génese de um novo arquétipo de agências de viagens, que designaremos por
“Agências de Viagens do Futuro”, dominado por modelos organizacionais
virtuais resilientes e por inovadores Web-Systems interactivos do tipo Travel
Recommender Systems. A metodologia utilizada nesta tese, envolveu um
inquérito por questionário a agências de viagens independentes e a grupos de
agências de política fechada, em Portugal. O objectivo foi avaliar o nível de
utilização das TICs no negócio e conhecer o grau de sofisticação /
interactividade dos serviços disponíveis no front-office e nos seus sites, de
modo à sua classificação como agências de viagens do futuro.
The tourism distribution recognizes in the digital economy drivers an incentive to productivity and rendibility, leading to sustainable competitive advantages. The great power of the Internet and deregulation came to transform the business concepts, the process organization and over all the business chain management of travel agencies. The large typology of retail channels in this economic activity and the complex relationship between them, suggest a colossal amount of information to be processed, managed, distributed and communicated. The travel agencies live currently in a Darwinian environment business-oriented, where only resilient entrepreneurs are able to survive. The competitiveness is thus a leadership and survival question. This framing makes possible the geneses of a new archetype of travel agencies, that we will assign “Future Travel Agencies”. It is dominated by resilientes virtual organizations models and by interactive and innovators Travel Recommender Systems. The methodology used in this thesis, involved a survey inquiry for independent travel agencies and for closed politics groups travel agencies, in Portugal. The objective was to evaluate Tics level used in work processes and be acquainted with sites sophistication and interactivity degree of the available services in front-office, in order to classify them, as future travels agencies.
The tourism distribution recognizes in the digital economy drivers an incentive to productivity and rendibility, leading to sustainable competitive advantages. The great power of the Internet and deregulation came to transform the business concepts, the process organization and over all the business chain management of travel agencies. The large typology of retail channels in this economic activity and the complex relationship between them, suggest a colossal amount of information to be processed, managed, distributed and communicated. The travel agencies live currently in a Darwinian environment business-oriented, where only resilient entrepreneurs are able to survive. The competitiveness is thus a leadership and survival question. This framing makes possible the geneses of a new archetype of travel agencies, that we will assign “Future Travel Agencies”. It is dominated by resilientes virtual organizations models and by interactive and innovators Travel Recommender Systems. The methodology used in this thesis, involved a survey inquiry for independent travel agencies and for closed politics groups travel agencies, in Portugal. The objective was to evaluate Tics level used in work processes and be acquainted with sites sophistication and interactivity degree of the available services in front-office, in order to classify them, as future travels agencies.
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Distribuição turística, Drivers da economia digital, Agências de viagens do Futuro, GDS – Global Distribution Systems, Cadeia de valor, SAD – Sistemas de Apoio à Decisão, TRS – Tourism Recommender Systems, Tourism distribution, Digital economy drivers, Travel agencies, Value chain
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Salvado, J.O.M.G. (2009). Agências de viagens do futuro: Um arquétipo para Portugal. (Dissertação de Mestrado não publicada), Universidade de Aveiro.
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Orientação: Professor Doutor Carlos Costa.