Pietro Beritelli

Predicting Online Travel Purchases: The Case of Switzerland (2009)

This study examines solo travel, and offers (1) a conceptual framework of solo travelers, (2) a profile of these types of travelers (by socio-demographic characteristics), and (3) a profile of...

Isabelle Engeler, Christian Laesser, Thomas Bieger, Pietro Beritelli

This paper examines why and under what conditions prospective travelers complete their bookings through online services compared to other methods. The study is based on a repre-sentative survey...

Health travel motivations and activities - The Swiss case (2008)

Pietro Beritelli, Isabelle Engeler, Christian Laesser

This study investigates predictors (stated motivation and reported leisure activities) of health travel as opposed to a control group incorporating all other travel of the Swiss resident population,...

Gigantismus im Schweizer Tourismus (2008)

Estimating renting behaviour of second home owners - The case of swiss Alpine destinations (2008)

Die Präsentation vertieft eine reihe von Thesen. Tourismus Entwicklung ist nur mit Grossprojekten möglich. Tourismus Grossprojekte schaffen - günstige Skalen- und Verbundeffekte (insbesondere für...

Pietro Beritelli, Isabelle Engeler, Christian Laesser, Robert Weinert

Many Swiss alpine destinations suffer from underutilization of its second home infrastructure, because second home owners are not renting out their property. This paper tries to identify reasons for...

Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Verkehrswirtschaft 2008 (2008)

Understanding second home owners who do not rent - insights on the proprietors of self-catered accommodation (2007)

The impact of the internet on information sourcing portfolios: Insights from a mature market (2007)

The objective of this study was to understand the actual self-concept and the concept of the second home as well as the behaviour of second home owners who do not rent. The low utilisation of these...

Christian Laesser, Thomas Bieger, Pietro Beritelli

This paper contributes to the study of information sourcing behavior of travelers, taking into special consideration the impact of the WWW on information sources composition. The case for this paper...

Do Location Based Services in Tourism Really get Assessed? - A Critical Analysis of Adopted Evaluation Methods and Techniques in Research Projects (2007)

Andreas Wittmer, Pietro Beritelli

Abstract Mobile technology becomes an increasingly important issue for tourists as well as tour operators. A proof for the importance of location based services and mobile applications in tourism are...

Understanding second home owners who do not rent - Insights on the proprietors of self-catered accommodation (2007)

Aladdin - A Business Model for Success (2007)

The objective of this study was to understand the actual self-concept and the concept of second homes as well as the behaviour of second home owners who do not let their properties. Low utilisation...

Pietro Beritelli, Thomas Riklin, Andreas Wittmer

10 Jahre touristische Marktforschung - Mythen und Fakten (2007)

Solo travel Explorative insights from a mature market (Switzerland) (2007)

Tourismusnachfrage und Reisemotive sind geprägt durch die Lebens- und Arbeitsumstände von Menschen, aber auch durch das Angebot an Tourismusdienstleistungen, die wiederum ganze Regio-nen in ihrem...

Christian Laesser, Pietro Beritelli, Thomas Riklin

This study examines solo travel, and offers a conceptual framework of solo travelers, a profile of these types of travelers (by socio-demographic characteristics), and a profile of travels (by...

Customer Value of Second Home Ownership: Insights from a Mature Market (Switzerland) (2007)

Robert Weinert, Christian Laesser, Pietro Beritelli

This paper discusses the customer value of second home ownership. Because non-rented second homes are an increasing problem in many Swiss alpine destinations (under-utilisation of costly communal...

Does size matter? On the productivity and profitability of cableway operation (2007)

Pietro Beritelli, Christian Laesser, Thomas Riklin

This paper discusses the impact of size, measured in turnover on profitability, i.e. EBITDA per turnover, exemplified by one of the leading industries in alpine tour-ism - cableways. It empirically...

Destination Governance: Using Corporate Governance Theories as a Foundation for Effective Destination Management (2007)

Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Tourismuswirtschaft (2007)

There is an ongoing debate on the performance of corporate versus community based destina-tion management models. New forms of integrated centrally managed destinations challenge the business models...

Kundennutzen des Eigentums von Zweitwohnungen (2007)

Pietro Beritelli, Christian Laesser, Robert Weinert

Soloreisen: Einblicke in ein wenig erforschtes Phänomen (2007)

Pietro Beritelli, Christian Laesser

Bericht zur Evaluation movingAlps (2007)

Thomas Bieger, Christoph Metzger, Klaus-dieter Schnell, Roland Scherer, Thomas Bieker, Pietro Beritelli

Demographic and economic change and their impact on second home utilisation in Swiss tourist destinations (2006)

Thomas Bieger, Pietro Beritelli, Robert Weinert, Fabian Widmann

Making sense of destination promotion - On the impact of promotional measures on overnight stays and income from tourism (2006)

Pietro Beritelli, Christian Laesser, Fabian Widmann

This paper studies the effectiveness of promotional measures. For that the relations are investigated between the composition of promotion in terms of content and a number of potential success...

Das WWW als Informationsquelle im Tourismus: Ersatz oder Ergänzung? (2006)

Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Tourismuswirtschaft 2005/ 2006 (2006)

Market segmentation by reasons and influences to visit a destination: The case of international visitors to Australia (2006)

Christian Laesser, Geoffrey Crouch, Pietro Beritelli

This paper is about segmenting international holiday travelers on the basis of their motivations to travel to a certain destination in this case Australia. For this task, using a two-step...

Travel expense estimation by hedonic regression - The case of Switzerland (2006)

Dienstleistungsmanagement in Netzwerken. Wettbewerbsvorteile durch das Management des virtuellen Dienstleistungsunternehmens (2006)

This paper estimates the expenditures of Swiss travellers by means of a hedonic regression. Based on the constituting elements of a trip (number of travel companions from the same household, duration...

Thomas Bieger, Pietro Beritelli

Travel expense estimation by hedonic regression - The case of Switzerland (2006)

Aladdin - Der Weg zum virtuellen Reiseveranstalter? (2005)

This paper estimates the expenditures of Swiss travellers by means of a hedonic regression. Based on the constituting elements of a trip (number of travel companions from the same household, duration...

Pietro Beritelli

Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Tourismuswirtschaft 2004/2005 (2005)

Wertschöpfungskette Holz - vom "Push" zum "Pull" (2005)

Thomas Bieger, Pietro Beritelli

Building trust and identity on the Web - New IT transaction platforms to overcome psychological barriers to rent (2005)

Thomas Bieger, Robert Weinert, Andreas Wittmer, Pietro Beritelli

Information behaviour of the VFR market - The case of Switzerland (2005)

Krisenbewältigung durch Krisen-PR - Beispiele aus der Praxis. In Pechlaner, H., Glaesser, D.: Risiko und Gefahr im Tourismus (2005)

The paper studies the information sourcing behaviour of the VFR (visit friends and relatives) market, as compared to all other leisure travel (i.e. not motivated or characterized by the wish to visit...

Pietro Beritelli, Philipp Boksberger

Kundenwert durch neue Preissysteme im Tourismus - Ein neues Feld für Dienstleistungsinnovation (2005)

Hot Beds - Überwindung sozio-ökonomischer Barrieren bei der Vermietung von privatem Wohneigentum in Schweizer Tourismusregionen (2004)

Pietro Beritelli, Robert Weinert

Strategy process in destination management - deliberate versus emergent strategies in different destination types (2004)

Pietro Beritelli, Thomas Bieger, Ruggero Sainaghi

Tendance de la demande sur le marché mature des voyages aux sports d'hiver. Le cas des touristes suisses (2004)

The role of friends and relatives in tourism marketing - The case of Swiss international travellers. (2004)

Thomas Bieger, Pietro Beritelli, Christian Laesser

In this paper, the role of friends and relatives (F&R) as information sources is studied. It particularly focuses on the impact of F&R on the degree of importance of comple-mentary sources of...

Typologies of destination strategy processes - Structural variables and contextual conditions (2004)

Pietro Beritelli, Thomas Bieger, Ruggero Sainaghi

Zweitwohnungen - Chancen und Gefahren eines Phänomens (2004)

Pietro Beritelli, Thomas Bieger

Typologies of destination strategy processes Structural variables and contextual conditions (2004)

Thomas Bieger, Pietro Beritelli, Ruggero Sainaghi

An integrated concept of financing hallmark sport events (2004)

Pietro Beritelli, Philipp Boksberger, Robert Weinert

Das Kano-Modell für die Analyse der Kundenqualität bei einer Bergbahn (2004)

Demand patterns in mature winter travel markets - The case of the Swiss alpine touirst (2004)

Destinations-Auditing - Ein integrativer Ansatz zur Evaluation der Effektivität und Effizienz im Destinationsmanagement (2004)

This paper contributes to the study of consumer behaviour in alpine tourism in winter. Based on comprehensive and extensive data, a descriptive quantitative overview of a mature market by example of...

Thomas Bieger, Pietro Beritelli, Philipp Boksberger

Do cooperations really pay? Contribution based on strategy process theory for the case of small and medium sized ski area companies (2004)

Informationsquellen für Reiseentscheidungen - ein prozessorientierter Ansatz (2004)

Kompetenzmanagement in virtuellen Dienstleistungsunternehmen (2004)

Dieser Beitrag untersucht das Verhalten der Informationsbeschaffung im Reiseentscheidungsprozess. Er konzentriert sich auf den Unterschied zwischen Informationsbeschaffung vor und nach einer...

Thomas Bieger, Harald Pechlaner, Andreas Liebrich, Pietro Beritelli

Markteintritt von low cost airlines (LCA): Folgen für die Verkehrsmittelwahl zwischen Schweiz und Deutschland (2004)

Christian Laesser, Thomas Bieger, Pietro Beritelli

Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit der Verkehrsmittelwahl bei mittleren Strecken (500 1'000 km) und berücksichtigt sämtliche mögliche Varianten (Bahn, Flug, Auto). In den vergangenen Jahren sind...

Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Tourismuswirtschaft 2003 / 2004 (2004)