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ICT and e-business in the tourism industry ICT adoption ... - empirica

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Tourism<br />

Exhibit 3-21: Sourc<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> procurement processes supported by specific <strong>ICT</strong> solutions<br />

100<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

69<br />

F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g suppliers <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> market<br />

63 58 58<br />

Invit<strong>in</strong>g suppliers to<br />

quote prices<br />

76<br />

75<br />

Order<strong>in</strong>g<br />

goods/services<br />

2<br />

7<br />

Runn<strong>in</strong>g onl<strong>in</strong>e<br />

auctions<br />

Tourism (EU-10)<br />

All 10 sectors (EU-10)<br />

Base (100%): Companies us<strong>in</strong>g specific <strong>ICT</strong> solutions for e-procurement. N (for sector, EU-10) =<br />

89. Weight<strong>in</strong>g: <strong>in</strong> % of firms. Questionnaire reference: E8.<br />

Source: e-Bus<strong>in</strong>ess W@tch (Survey 2006)<br />

Ma<strong>in</strong> location of suppliers <strong>in</strong> e-procurement<br />

Most <strong>tourism</strong> companies report that <strong>the</strong>y order onl<strong>in</strong>e ma<strong>in</strong>ly from suppliers <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir own<br />

country, but with no special focus on <strong>the</strong>ir own region. About 59% of <strong>tourism</strong> companies<br />

that order onl<strong>in</strong>e consider national suppliers as <strong>the</strong>ir ma<strong>in</strong> geographic market for<br />

procurement activities, compared to 26% <strong>and</strong> 16% which identified, respectively, regional<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternational suppliers (see Exhibit 3-22).<br />

Overall, <strong>the</strong>se results are comparable to <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r sectors studied this year by e-Bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />

W@tch. Aga<strong>in</strong>, <strong>the</strong>re are significant variations between different <strong>tourism</strong> sub-sectors:<br />

e-procurement from regional suppliers is most important <strong>in</strong> gastronomy <strong>and</strong> from<br />

<strong>in</strong>ternational suppliers it is most important for travel agencies <strong>and</strong> tour operators.<br />

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