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Illustrates alternative “green” strategies to indicate possible reactions of the hotel sector to the environmental issue and the extent of the “greening” process on the control system. Discusses the results of a questionnaire survey into the environmental standing of an hotel and the...
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the environment” in the hospitality management curriculum is explored. Hospitality educators have the opportunity to …
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on the sustainability reports published by the two market leaders in ocean cruising industry. Design/methodology/approach The paper begins with short reviews of the growing interest in the commitment to corporate sustainability and of...
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Purpose – The aims of the paper are to evaluate the relevance of environmental factors (seasonality, size and quality) on hotels’ performance and benchmarks; to measure the bias in efficiency resulting from a failure to control for these sources of heterogeneity; and to propose some...
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Focuses on the estimation of the contribution of the hotel industry to Hong Kong’s gross domestic product (GDP) and an analysis of the factors influencing the hotel industry’s recent and likely future contribution to the GDP. The investigation also covers a method of speeding up the...
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Co‐operation is crucial to the successful marketing of tourism destinations, and electronic commerce offers exciting … new opportunities for co‐operation among tourism suppliers. This article examines the reciprocal linking of Websites to … create “virtual” tourism destination organisations, whereby consumers can access information and purchase multiple components …
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Leisure‐based tourism constitutes an important part in China’s domestic tourist market. This article reports the …, modification of urban tourist attraction systems, effective exploitation of urban tourism resources and destination management and …
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of tourism and hospitality. Pinpoints the 34 current areas of interest and those identified as of strategic importance …
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International tourism as an industry is the outcome of China’s economic reform and open policy to the outside world … important changes in the past two decades. It analyzes the opportunities and challenges with which China’s international tourism … tourism development in the new millennium and on the threshold of joining the World Trade Organization.  …
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Tourism education in China plays an important role of supporting tourism development and ensuring the continuous supply … current tourism education in China in terms of the various educational programs. The attitude of tourism employers towards … quality personnel, as the tourism industry is growing rapidly in China. A key dilemma of tourism education in China is poor …
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