Awards and Prizes

1st Meritorious (4th Runner-up) to the best paper award at ATMC in Maribor, Slovenia.

elected as Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism

Bursary award for a PhD thesis based paper, 40th European Marketing Academy Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

2nd Place ENTER 2011 Conference Best Paper Award, ENTER Conference (www.enter2011.org [5]), Innsbruck, Austria.

2nd place in the category 'structural foundations', presented by the the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research

Johann Strauss Gold Medal for outstanding achievements for tourism in Vienna, Awarded by the Vienna Tourist Board, Vienna, Austria

EuroCHRIE 2010 Student Award, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Ulysses Award for Innovation in Tourism Enterprises, presented by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Best Ph.D. Workshop Paper Award, awarded by the International Federation for Information Technologies in Travel and Tourism at ENTER@Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Winner of the "Online Communities, Web 2.0 and Social Networks" category of the Austrian National Award for Multimedia and e-Business

FIT-IT Award: 3rd Prize

Charles R. Goeldner Article of Excellence Award in Journal of Travel Research

Digital Earth 3D Visualization Grand Challenge Winner

Semantic Web Challenge Finalist

Tourissimus Award, awarded by the Austrian Society of Applied Research in Tourism (ÖGAF)

Rudolf Sallinger-Award, awarded by the Austrian Economic League

Vice Chancellor's Award for Programs that Enhance the Student Experience for 'Student at Risk Project' with Wayne Binney and Fiona Henderson, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

Business Creation Center Salzburg Award (BCCS)

Austrian Network for e-Tourism Award (anet)

Martin Oppermann Memorial Award: JTTM Best Article of the Year 2004

Award of the Dr. Alois Mock Europastiftung

Award of the Austrian Science Foundation for International Communication

Dr. Maria Schaumayer Award

Martin Oppermann Memorial Award: JTTM Best Article of the Year 1999

Senator Wilhelm-Wilfling-Award

Senator Wilhelm-Wilfling-Award

Senator Wilhelm-Wilfling-Award

Gustav A. Lienert-Award in the 'Methods' section, awarded by the German Psychological Society

Erwin Schrödinger Research Grant, awarded by the Austrian Science Fund

OeNB-WU Research Prize, awarded by the Austrian National Bank

EMAC Best Paper-Award

Stephan Koren-Award, awarded by the Vienna University of Economics & Business Administration

Excellent Doctoral Thesis Award, awarded by the University of Vienna

Rudolf Sallinger-Award, awarded by the Austrian Economic League

Research award, awarded by the Austrian Society for Applied Research in Tourism

Rudolf Sallinger-Award, awarded by the Austrian Economic League