Welcome to OTS Academy
BETAJoin a dynamic community designed specifically for tourism scholars, industry professionals, students, and innovators to share cutting-edge research, ignite fresh ideas, and forge valuable connections bridging academia and the global travel industry.
OTS Academy is more than just a social network; it's a comprehensive ecosystem built to empower the tourism and hospitality community in all aspects of their professional lives. Here's a detailed breakdown of its capabilities:
- Tailored Profiles: Create rich academic and professional profiles highlighting your research, industry experience, publications, interests, and affiliations within the tourism sector.
- Import & Showcase: Easily import your metrics and publications from sources such as Google Scholar and ORCID to show the world what you have done!
- Dynamic Feed: Engage with an activity feed, allowing you to quickly share updates, insights, and discover what your connections and the wider community are discussing.
- Curated Newsfeed: Access a newsfeed specifically curated based on your personal interests, providing unfiltered news from thousands of sources across the internet.
- Direct & Group Messaging: Connect and communicate privately with individual peers or collaborate in group conversations, fostering direct interaction and project coordination.
- Connection & Following: Build a valuable network by connecting with colleagues, mentors, and potential collaborators from academia and industry, and follow profiles to stay updated on their work.
- Personal & Collaborative Calendars: Efficiently manage your own schedule and collaborate on shared calendars with project teams or colleagues, with seamless two-way syncs to Outlook Calendar and Google Calendar to keep everything in one place.
- Seamless Meeting & Webinar Invitations: Easily invite other OTS Academy users to meetings and webinars, with direct integrations for popular platforms like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams.
- Full-Fledged Webinar & Conference Hosting: Uniquely, OTS Academy allows users to create, host, and manage their own webinars and conferences directly on the platform, including custom event pages, registration management, content hosting, certificate generation, and more.
- Editorial Flow: Conference managers can assign scientific committee members to conduct double-blind reviews for both abstracts and full papers, streamlining the peer-review process.
- Digital Mobile Passes & QR Generation: Create digital mobile passes and QR codes for seamless attendee check-in.
- Custom Domain Names & Flexible Capacities for events of all sizes.
- Research Paper Writing Tool: An integrated environment for writing research papers supporting Rich Text Editing, Version Control, and real-time Collaborative Editing.
- Research Paper Sharing & Discovery: Upload your published works (PDFs), preprints, and drafts to increase their visibility and impact.
- Extensive Scholarly Database Integration: Leverage a vast database integration to discover cutting-edge research, track citations, identify trends, and find collaborators.
- Professional Journal Website: We provide a customisable, modern website template to establish a professional, branded online presence.
- Secure Domain & Hosting: Your journal will have a secure domain with robust managed hosting and daily backups.
- Permanent Article DOIs: We handle the assignment of permanent Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for every article published via Zenodo.
- Expert Indexing Support: We provide hands-on technical guidance to ensure your journal meets standards for indexing in Google Scholar and DOAJ.
- Dedicated Technical & Editorial Support: Our ongoing assistance alleviates the administrative burden of managing a journal.
- Built-in International Audience: Your journal benefits from automatic circulation to the established professional network of the Journal on Tourism & Sustainability (JOTS) and the wider OTS Academy community.
- Maya AI - Intelligent Chat Assistant: Our integrated Maya AI chat system can search the internet and answer questions directly within the platform.
- Acts as a powerful research assistant to quickly find information, summarize articles, generate ideas, and refine writing.
- Job Board: Post and search for job opportunities specifically within the academic and professional tourism and hospitality sectors, connecting talent with relevant positions.
Choose the plan that's right for you. Our free tier provides all the essential tools to build your network, while the premium tier is built for power users who need advanced tools for collaboration, event management, and research.
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Free Membership
Connect & Discover. Our free plan is always FREE. We're constantly developing new free features and welcome feedback.
Core Social Networking & Community Building
- Academic & Professional Profile
- Dynamic Activity Feed
- Direct & Group Messaging
- Build Your Network
Research Sharing & Discovery
- Share Your Work (Upload PDFs)
- Scholarly Database Search
Basic Calendar & Event Participation
- Personal Calendar
- Attend Events
Career Opportunities
- Job Board Access
Limited AI Assistance
- Limited Maya AI queries per month
Premium Membership
Coming SoonAccelerate & Lead. Unlock the full power of OTS Academy for collaboration, event management, and research.
MonthlyAnnually
£9 / month
Includes everything in the Free Membership, PLUS:
Advanced Profile & Networking
- Import from Google Scholar & ORCID
- Curated Newsfeed
Full-Fledged Event & Conference Hosting
- Create & Host Webinars/Conferences
- Custom Event Pages & Registration
- Digital Passes & QR Check-in
- Certificate Generation
- Academic Editorial Flow
- Custom Domain Names
Integrated Calendars & Seamless Meetings
- Collaborative Calendars & Two-Way Sync
- Integrated Meeting Invitations (Zoom, Google Meet, Teams)
Collaborative Research & Publication Suite
- Integrated Research Paper Writing Tool
- Advanced Scholarly Search (citation tracking, trends)
Unlimited AI-Powered Assistance
- Unlimited Maya AI access
Career & Opportunity Hub
- Post Job Opportunities