Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes: Volume 4 Issue 2

Challenges faced by the hospitality industry in India: an introduction

Vinnie Jauhari, Meghna Rishi

This paper aims to introduce the theme issue and the reasons for focusing on the strategic question: “What are the challenges faced by the hospitality industry in India?”

Strategic growth challenges for the Indian hotel industry

Vinnie Jauhari

The purpose of the study is to explore the strategic growth challenges for the hospitality industry in the context of India. As the tourism industry is growing, Indian and global…

Emerging sales and marketing challenges in the global hospitality industry: A thematic analysis of customer reviews from the world's top two tourist destinations

Meghna Rishi, Sanjaya S. Gaur

This paper attempts to identify the emerging themes that can shed light on the sales and marketing issues and challenges being faced by global hospitality organizations.

Challenges for the global hospitality industry: an HR perspective

Sonia Bharwani, Neetu Butt

This research aims at evaluating and discussing developments and key challenges for the hospitality industry in an emerging global context and the impact of these changes on human…

Financial challenges in the Indian hospitality industry

Gunjan M. Sanjeev, Kanika Gupta, Rumki Bandyopadhyay

The purpose of this paper is to provide a practitioners' perspective on financial challenges prevalent in the Indian hospitality industry. The paper also makes an attempt to give…

Issues and concerns in technology decisions: the hotel operator's perspective

Anjana Singh, Sandeep Munjal

This paper aims to explore the challenges in adopting and executing technology within the hospitality industry in India. The paper recognizes the upcoming trends and their impact…

Managing diverse stakeholders in the context of destination marketing

Sushma Bhat, Sanjaya S. Gaur

This paper aims to address the issue of balance of power among stakeholders in the context of destination marketing and to offer direction for managing its diverse set of…

Summing up key challenges faced by the hospitality industry in India

Vinnie Jauhari

This paper aims to review and summarize the theme issue outcomes in relation to the strategic question: What are the challenges faced by the hospitality industry in India?

Editorial

Richard Teare