International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research: Volume 8 Issue 4

Exploring effects of hotel chain loyalty program

Pedro Pimpão, Antónia Correia, João Duque, José Carlos Zorrinho

– The main purpose of this work is to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of a hotel’s chain loyalty program from a behavioral perspective.

Driving first-time and repeat spectators to a motor sport event

Giacomo Del Chiappa, Cem Tinaz, Douglas Michele Turco

This paper aims to examine the differences in expenditure and satisfaction level between first-time and repeat spectators to a motor sport event, as well as differences in their…

Creative tourism: a preliminary examination of creative tourists’ motivation, experience, perceived value and revisit intention

Lan-Lan Chang, Kenneth F. Backman, Yu Chih Huang

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between tourists’ motivation, experience, perceived value and revisit intentions to creative tourism destinations…

Emotions and visitors’ satisfaction at a museum

Giacomo Del Chiappa, Luisa Andreu, Martina G. Gallarza

This research aims to investigate whether emotions can be considered as a suitable variable to segment visitors at a museum. Furthermore, it seeks to analyse whether emotions…

The Slow Food Movement and sustainable tourism development: a case study of Mold, Wales

Timothy H. Jung, Elizabeth M. Ineson, Amanda Miller

This paper aims to discuss stakeholders’ understanding of sustainable tourism development and their experiences regarding the contribution of these movements to sustainable…

A study of a service brand process in a cruise context: the perspective of the service employees

Hugo Skaalsvik, Bjørn Olsen

– The purpose of the paper is to examine the service branding process of the historic tourist attraction, the Norwegian Coastal Voyage (Hurtigruten).

Interpretation and tourism: holy grail or emperor’s robes?

Gianna Moscardo

– This paper aims to address the question – is heritage interpretation an effective tool in tourism?

Guest editorial

Antónia Correia, Metin Kozak, Juergen Gnoth, Alan Fyall, Luisa Andreu