Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes: Volume 8 Issue 6

Editorial

What global trends are challenging tourism organizations and destinations today?: Strategic question overview

The main aim of this paper is to introduce the articles of this theme issue and explain the pertinence of the strategic question.

Key issues for tourism development – the AM-UNWTO contribution

This paper aims to present the contribution of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Afiliate Members’ Programme, its knowledge generation, prototypes and research…

Barometer of tourism: A methodological proposal for scanning the tourism business environment

In this paper, the barometer of tourism (BoT), as a new approach to environmental scanning, is presented and discussed. A unique research methodology developed by IPDT, with the…

Forecasting tomorrow’s tourist

This study aims to present a very recent literature review on tourism demand forecasting based on 50 relevant articles published between 2013 and June 2016.

Tourism services: facing the challenge of new tourist profiles

This paper sought to examine the pertinent literature to identify trends that lead to the emergence of new tourist profiles. The study simultaneously focused on analysing the…

World trends and the state of Portuguese tourism – round table on opportunities for businesses development

This paper aims to identify the current state of the Portuguese tourism, its opportunities and challenges based on the conclusions of the International Tourism Forum…

Profile of female tourists visiting Porto and North of Portugal

This paper aims to characterize the profile of non-resident female tourists visiting Porto and North of Portugal (PNP) and highlights the importance and evolution of the women…

Trends in hotel pricing: Identifying guest value hotel attributes using the cases of Lisbon and Porto

The aim of this paper is to analyze and compare the effect of different hotel characteristics and room attributes on room rates of hotels in the cities of Lisbon and Porto, the…

Redefining travel commerce: the Travelport perspective

This paper aims to explain how Travelport has responded to the trends and challenges of the travel industry by building a travel commerce platform. The platform facilitates travel…

Azores tourism: a development and marketing strategy

The purpose of this paper is to present and analyse the recently launched strategic and marketing tourism plan for the Azores and how this is being used to foster tourism…

Madeira: developing a new tourism paradigm

The purpose of this paper is to introduce Madeira’s new tourism strategy and demonstrate how it will lead the region to a new paradigm focused on a culture of service.

Global trends challenging tourism organisations and destinations today: What are the likely solutions?

The main purpose of this paper is to critically review the contributions made by this theme issue to the literature by examining key trends in worldwide tourism and approaches for…