8 October 2008

Call for papers: Global Challenges for Hospitality, Travel and Tourism

Call for papers: Global Challenges for Hospitality, Travel and Tourism

A special issue of International Journal of Services, Economics and Management

Nothing in today’s chaotic tourism, travel and hospitality environment stays the same for long - achieving and sustaining success, either in the private or the public sector, is a major challenge for all relevant stakeholders. At the same time, the tourism, travel and hospitality industries have been fully globalised and are interdependent with any major and minor development on economics and management around the world.

The search for success through planning for the competitive and globalised future and learning from the past is always with us, and its impacts of are critical importance for tourism, travel and hospitality management. Any stakeholder in tourism, travel and hospitality, and any industry practitioner, educator or researcher, is facing vital questions such as:
  • How to prepare for the future?
  • How to manage change?
  • How to survive in the future?
  • How to sustain development and growth?
  • How to research for the future?
This special issue aims to foster state-of-the-art research in the area of hospitality, travel and tourism and is expected to focus on multidisciplinary aspects of these significant service industries by presenting fresh approaches and solutions to various challenges facing these service sectors.

The special issue will additionally select high quality papers from the 4th International Scientific Conference on Tourism, Travel & Hospitality to be held in Rhodes island in Greece the 3-5 April 2009.

Examples of topics related to the overall theme include, but are not limited to:
  • Challenges for education and tourism curriculum development issues
  • Marketing and management approaches in tourism, travel and hospitality
  • Human resources challenges for tourism enterprises
  • Information and communication technology developments in the sector
  • Tourism destination planning, development and management
  • Finance and economics in tourism enterprises
  • Service quality issues and visitor satisfaction
  • Developments and approaches for hospitality operations management
  • Travel and transportation in a globalised environment
  • Challenges for management of alternative forms of tourism
Important Dates
Draft submission deadline: 20 April, 2009
Final paper submission deadline: 20 June, 2009

1 comment:

freuonspeed said...

I want to participate. Can you provide an outline? Please contact me at this email address:

elmer at travelstrategybusiness.com

Probably either one of the two:
- Marketing and management approaches in tourism, travel and hospitality

- Information and communication technology developments in the sector