Combining the semantic web with dynamic packaging systems

With the growth of demand for customized tourism itineraries, agencies seek technology that provides their customers the flexibility to put together unique dynamic packages from a range of alternatives, without having to be aware of the intricacy of contract rules and pricing issues. In recent years, one important type of e-tourism applications that has surfaced to support these requirements is dynamic packaging systems. Our objective is to develop a platform to enable the development of dynamic packaging systems using the latest semantic Web technologies, since it has been recognize that the tourism industry is a perfect application area for the semantic Web since information dissemination and exchange are the key backbones of the travel industry.

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