International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research: Volume 16 Issue 1
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Promoting awareness of sex trafficking in tourism and hospitality
Joshua Aston, Jun Wen, Edmund Goh, Oswin MaurerThis cutting-edge short commentary is intended to raise awareness of sex trafficking in the tourism and hospitality industry. The purpose of this paper is to also advocate for…
Understanding students as hosts: moving beyond sightseeing
Tanja Petry, Birgit Pikkemaat, Chung-Shing Chan, Ursula Scholl-GrissemannNeither visitors of visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel nor hosts are homogeneous segments (Griffin & Guttenberg, 2020). For this reason, this study aims to address…
New avenues for business competitiveness: the case of a community of practice in the hotel sector
Sofia Almeida, Ana Cláudia CamposThis paper aims to better understand community of practice (CoP)’s dynamics with a focus on the hotel sector and perceived benefits to members and business performance.
How leadership affects organisational citizenship behaviour – a study of independent hotels
Alireza Nazarian, Peter Atkinson, Pantea Foroudi, Rezvan Velayati, Dilini Edirisinghe, Asieh Hosseini TabaghdehiThe purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that managers in independent hotels can influence to improve organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) by examining the…
Residents’ attitudes toward tourism development at Al-Juhfa, Saudi Arabia
Ali Ahmad Algassim, Akhmad Saufi, Diswandi Diswandi, Noel ScottAl-Juhfa is a small village located near Rabigh City, between Makkah and Madinah, Saudi Arabia, with significant archaeological and religious resources. The purpose of this paper…
A new conceptual framework for memorable Airbnb experiences: guests’ perspectives
Erose Sthapit, Peter Björk, Dafnis N. Coudounaris, Matthew J. StoneThis qualitative study aims to explore the activities that guests perform while staying in Airbnbs, emotions associated with these experiences and the components of memorable…
The culture of gifting with the emergence of online tourism experiential gift-giving
Sarah Gardiner, Alexandra BecThis study aims to explore the evolution of the culture agapic (personal) gift-giving with the advent of new online gifting platforms that provide the opportunity to gift tourism…
The use of migration matrices to test the sustainability of the top ranked restaurants: a methodological note
J. François OutrevilleThe purpose of this paper is to present a new methodology to estimate the migration of grades of top rated restaurant and the default rate over time.
Cooperation for the implementation of digital applications in rural cultural tourism marketing
Sarah Lisa Schuhbauer, Andrea HausmannThis study aims to identify pitfalls in the use of cooperation for the implementation of digital applications in rural cultural tourism marketing and derive practical implications…
Early adopters’ responses to a virtual tourism product: Airbnb’s online experiences
Irene Cenni, Camilla VásquezIn April 2020, Airbnb launched “Online Experiences,” (OE) a virtual tourism product responding to pandemic-related restrictions on physical travel. The purpose of this study is to…
Hedonic experiences at heritage attractions: the visitor’s perspective
Ana Carolina Bender, Manuela Guerreiro, Bernardete Dias Sequeira, Júlio MendesThe purpose of this study is to explore the hedonic experience and its formation at heritage attractions.
How to manage and minimize food waste in the hotel industry: an exploratory research
Vera Amicarelli, Alina-Cerasela Aluculesei, Giovanni Lagioia, Rodica Pamfilie, Christian BuxThe hospitality industry is responsible for significant amounts of waste, more than one-third of which is food waste. Through the comparison between an Italian and a Romanian…
Airbnb and hotels during COVID-19: different strategies to survive
Kristóf GyódiThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the traditional hotel industry and Airbnb in nine major European cities. The author examines…
Anticipated positive evaluation of social media posts: social return, revisit intention, recommend intention and mediating role of memorable tourism experience
Amit Mittal, Harveen Bhandari, Pawan Kumar ChandThe purpose of this study is to examine how the anticipated positive evaluation of a tourist’s social media posts by significant others, known as social return (SR), impacts the…
Exploring the role of personal and job resources in professional satisfaction: the case of the hotel sector in Algarve
João Viseu, Patrícia Pinto, Sérgio da Borralha, Saúl Neves de JesusThis study aims to follow the Job Demands-Resources model to understand how: job resources (organisational health and organisational support) were related to work engagement…
Humour: coping with travel bans during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sari Lenggogeni, Ann Suwaree Ashton, Noel ScottThis study aims to extend the use of psychology in the field of tourism crisis and disaster management using coping theory. It examines how resident emotions change in the…
The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on tourists’ personal prestige – an experimental study
Friedericke Kuhn, Florian Kock, Martin LohmannThe severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has drastically affected the public discourse on tourism in news reporting and on social media…
Comparing shopping experiences in department stores and street markets: a big data analysis of TripAdvisor reviews
Chayanon Phucharoen, Tatiyaporn Jarumaneerat, Nichapat SangkaewBased on big data analytical and statistical techniques, this study aims to examine tourists’ shopping experiences at department stores and street markets in Phuket.
The connection between VFR experience based and sociocultural dimensions of international students and mainland Chinese students
Chung Shing Chan, Birgit Pikkemaat, Dora Agapito, Qinrou ZhouThis paper aims to present the host experience of student hosts in Hong Kong, a popular educational destination for international students from mainland China and other countries…
Activating an artisanal saltpan: tourism crowding in or waterbirds crowding out?
Jorge Ramos, Patrícia Pinto, Pedro Pintassilgo, Anabela Resende, Luís Cancela da FonsecaThere is an increasing interest in visiting protected areas in the Algarve (Portugal). Tourists are interested in contact with nature activities. However, protected areas are…
The impact of organizational culture on supply chain integration in the hotel sector
Mahmoud Gebril Taha, Tomás F. Espino-Rodríguez, Antonia M. Gil-PadillaSupply chain integration (SCI) has become a key strategy for hotels in facing their environment. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of the organizational culture…
Insights from sentiment analysis to leverage local tourism business in restaurants
Ting Yu, Paulo Rita, Sérgio Moro, Cristina OliveiraSocial media has become the main venue for users to express their opinions and feelings, generating a vast number of available and valuable data to be scrutinized by researchers…
Interconnections between the cultural and creative industries and tourism: challenges in four Ibero-American capital cities
Claudia Helena Henriques, Silvina Renee EliasThis paper aims to investigate the European and Latin America urban cultural policies that could enhance cultural and creative sustainable tourism products development.
The relationship between employer image and employee commitment in family-run hospitality firms
Katrin Schwaiger, Anita ZehrerAmong all forms of commitment, affective commitment has been shown to be the most desirable for enterprises. However, research on commitment among employees in family-run…
The challenges of presenting traditional music in gastronomic establishments – the case of Slovenian Istria
Gorazd SedmakThrough investigation and comparisons between tourists and restaurant managers regarding their understanding of traditional music and their attitudes, expectations and assigned…
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