International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research: Volume 1 Issue 3

Studying hospitality: beyond the envelope

Conrad Lashley

An emerging hospitality studies focus amongst British academics prioritizes the study of host and guest transactions as a key feature of hospitality research and publications…

The hospitality phenomenon: philosophical enlightenment?

Kevin D. O'Gorman

The emergent paradigm of hospitality studies does not have a coherent philosophical foundation. In seeking to identify a philosophy of hospitality this paper explores Derrida's…

Uncontested space: Case studies of the Irish involvement in the hospitality industry in colonial Victoria

Barry O'Mahony

The purpose of this paper is to reveal insights into the relationship between migrant communities and the hospitality industry by examining the case study of Irish migrants into…

Discovering hospitality: observations from recent research

Conrad Lashley

This discussion paper aims to provide an introduction to revised ways of understanding and approaching the study of hospitality.

Consumer participation in commercial hospitality

Peter Lugosi

This paper examines customers' participation in the production of commercial hospitality. Drawing on a study of queer consumers (i.e. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…

Hospitality through poetry: control, fake solidarity, and breakdown

Martha G. Robinson, Paul A. Lynch

The purpose of this paper is to explore issues of control, fake solidarity and breakdown in hospitality. Following Robinson and Lynch, the need to explore the subjective…

Hospitality and eroticism

Hazel Andrews, Les Roberts, Tom Selwyn

This paper aims to provoke discussion and reflection on the role of the erotic in the cultivation of spaces of hospitality, and to provide a theoretical consideration of the…