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Souvenir authenticity in the additive manufacturing age

Journal Article
Anastasiadou, C., & Vettese, S. (2021)
Souvenir authenticity in the additive manufacturing age. Annals of Tourism Research, 89, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2021.103188
The expansion of additive manufacturing or 3D printing as a novel (re)production method disrupts social consumption patterns and challenges existing conceptualisations of tour...

“From souvenirs to 3D printed souvenirs”. Exploring the capabilities of additive manufacturing technologies in (re)-framing tourist souvenirs

Journal Article
Anastasiadou, C., & Vettese, S. (2019)
“From souvenirs to 3D printed souvenirs”. Exploring the capabilities of additive manufacturing technologies in (re)-framing tourist souvenirs. Tourism Management, 71, 428-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.10.032
Souvenirs, whether mass-produced commodities made elsewhere or local artisanal handicrafts, are static objects that lack the capacity to mediate or generate the co-creative, a...

Making Tourist Experiences Through Personalisable 3D Printed Souvenirs

Journal Article
Vettese Forster, S., Anastasiadou, C., & Calder, L. (2016)
Making Tourist Experiences Through Personalisable 3D Printed Souvenirs. Making Futures, IV,
Gift shops are common in most museums and galleries that provide visitors with shopping experiences as well as the opportunity to transform their intangible experience of the ...

Marketing small hotels on the World Wide Web

Journal Article
Morrison, A. M., Taylor, S., Morrison, A. J., & Morrison, A. D. (1999)
Marketing small hotels on the World Wide Web. Information Technology and Tourism, 2(2), 97-113
Small hotels face an uphill battle, as the larger hotel companies become more dominant in die marketplace. The Internet and World Wide Web may offer the small hotelier a lifel...