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Sports education – a priority for Caribbean sports tourism
Sinclair, Donald - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 17 (2005) 6, pp. 536-548
strong foundation in sport, the institutional arrangements and formulae for developing sports tourism are either lacking or … in the growth of sports tourism in the Caribbean. Design/methodology/approach – This paper reviews some of the key … definitions offered in the literature for sports, tourism, sports tourism and sports education. It then discusses the status of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014762735
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Golf tourism – World Cup Cricket 2007 – Guyana prospects
Sinclair, Donald G.; Boger, Ernest P. - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 18 (2006) 7, pp. 583-592
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to advance the sport of golf as a compelling enhancement of the Caribbean region … tourism product and assess prospects for the development of golf tourism in Guyana, catalysed by World Cup Cricket, 2007 …'s international steep growth curve and global tourism implications. Additional theoretical issues include environmental consequences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014762791
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Modernizing the Croatian tourism industry
Bunja, Dani - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 15 (2003) 2, pp. 126-128
quality of service and utilization of the Croatian tourism and hotel industry. To bring about change, modern management …Describes some of the characteristics and possibilities for improving the Croatian tourism industry. The main … understand these and the operating environment. Concludes that the existing personnel and management can do little to improve the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014762582
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Clusters and gaps in hospitality and tourism academic research
Ingram, Hadyn - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 8 (1996) 7, pp. 91-95
four broad categories ‐ general management issues hospitality, tourism, and current or “hot” research issues. Identifies …Content‐analyses the academic entries in the WHATT‐CD International Hospitality and Tourism Research Register using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014763390
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A new forecasting approach for the hospitality industry
Claveria, Oscar; Monte, Enric; Torra, Salvador - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 27 (2015) 7, pp. 1520-1538
Purpose – This study aims to apply a new forecasting approach to improve predictions in the hospitality industry. To do so, the authors developed a multivariate setting that allows the incorporation of the cross-correlations in the evolution of tourist arrivals from visitor markets to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014764401
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Increasing customers' loyalty in a skiing resort
Alexandris, K.; Kouthouris, C.; Meligdis, Andreas - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 18 (2006) 5, pp. 414-425
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is three‐fold: first, to propose a model for measuring service quality in a skiing resort; second, to investigate the contribution of place attachment on the prediction of customers' loyalty, and third, to examine the influence of service quality on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014762776
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Groupthink and sports: an application of Whyte’s model
Koerber, Charles P.; Neck, Christopher P. - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 15 (2003) 1, pp. 20-28
This paper utilizes Whyte’s groupthink recast framework to analyze the Major League Umpires Association resignation decision. Our analysis supports the importance of high collective efficacy to groupthink and thus defective decision making. Implications for both research and practice are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014762570
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Enhancing destination competitiveness through disability sport event legacies
Dickson, Tracey J.; Misener, Laura; Darcy, Simon - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 29 (2017) 3, pp. 924-946
tourism and events, the potential social legacy for communities and destinations from disability sport or parasport events … remains absent from most sport, event and tourism literature. The findings and resultant typology from this study provide an … interdisciplinary approach to value add to the disability sport event and destination management sectors. The combined understanding of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014764988
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The lodging industry’s contribution to Hong Kong’s gross domestic product
Chan, Wilco W.; Lam, Joseph C. - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 12 (2000) 2, pp. 86-98
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014762441
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The role of electronic commerce in creating virtual tourism destination marketing organisations
Palmer, Adrian; McCole, Patrick - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 12 (2000) 3, pp. 198-204
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014762453