Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights: Volume 2 Issue 1

Coordinating regulatory agencies for improved tourism policy in Tanzania

Goodluck Charles

The purpose of this paper is to explore the institutional challenges of coordinating regulatory agencies and the costs associated with compliance requirements in Tanzania’s…

End consumer’s value creation in a nature-based tourism service

Leena Alakoski, Irma Tikkanen

The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding of end consumer’s value creation in the context of Finnish nature-based tourism from the viewpoint of the customer-dominant…

Peer-to-peer marketplaces: a study on consumer purchase behavior

Apostolos Ampountolas

The online travel environment continues to expand as the numerous peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplaces that comprise the “sharing economy” have also multiplied and expanded, resulting…

Residents as destination advocates: the role of attraction familiarity on destination image

Muhammet Kesgin, Rajendran S. Murthy, Linden W. Pohland

Emphasizing the role of residents as destination advocates, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of residents’ familiarity with, and, favorability of…

The role of social media as a distribution channel for promoting pricing strategies

Apostolos Ampountolas, Gareth Shaw, Simon James

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how using social media (SM) as a tool to influence demand motivates the distribution of different price promotion strategies to…

Perceived fairness of revenue management practices in casual and fine-dining restaurants

Jason Tang, Toni Repetti, Carola Raab

Restaurants typically have small profit margins and with the pressure of increasing food and labor costs, management is looking to revenue as a way to maintain and drive profits…