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Cover -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- Contemporary issues in events, festivals and destination management -- Thematic trends in event management research -- Event innovation induced corporate branding -- "We've never measured it, but it brings in a lot of business" -- Sport mega-events and nation...
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This paper identifies policies that have played influential roles in shaping British Columbia’s wine tourism value … chain. It identifies those policies that have moulded the province’s current approach to wine tourism attraction development … responsible and responsive polices related to these two components of the wine tourism value chain. However, it recommends that …
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After achieving great success in developing international travel business, China’s tourism authorities, the local and … China’s domestic tourism business. By using a comparison approach, this study examines the current features of China …’s domestic tourism. Various aspects of China’s domestic tourism are analyzed and discussed in a way of comparison with the USA …
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market is relatively small compared with that of the UK, Canadian travelers are a significant source of tourism to Mexico and … practices. Existing responsible tourism practices in the destinations they operate were also gauged. Findings – CSR is gaining …/implications – The study examines Canadian mass tourism package tour operators and further research is needed to assess all tour …
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Purpose Social entrepreneurship by hoteliers in “going green” promotes a better future for the environment and arguably also for the human race. However, going green potentially increases costs for both hoteliers and their guests. Environmental education (EE) is possibly a useful vehicle for...
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The Travel and Tourism Research Association‐Canada Chapter held its 27th annual conference in Niagara Falls, Canada … development and marketing, challenges associated with them and, finally, the relationship between food, wine and tourism. Two … workshops were held on the effective use of online surveys and on the process of developing a tourism optimization management …
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Based on the operation results of Chinese hotels from 1991‐2000, this paper analyzes problems facing the Chinese lodging industry and proposes solutions. Chinese hotels’ performance, in terms of both revenue and profit, has been deteriorating since the early 1990s. While overcapacity has...
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This paper examines some of the trends, issues and challenges associated with tourism development in Jamaica. It argues … that for the tourism product to be more competitive, there is a need to rethink the kind of tourism product currently on … offer to the world. It is being suggested that Jamaican tourism planners, drawing on the experiences of a number of …
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Discusses economic and employment patterns in Portugal as they relate to tourism and the economic downturn following … linked with the SARS outbreak and international terrorism. Relates macro tourism trends to the challenges facing the tourism … a code of ethics for human resource management in the Portuguese tourism sector.  …
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Provides an overview on the current human resource challenges facing the Caribbean hospitality industry, drawing on a presentation made at the second annual Caribbean roundtable discussion, held in Barbados during April 2004, attended by 33 participants and observers from industry and academia....
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