Zusammenfassung Innovationen im Tourismus sind aufgrund des zunehmenden Wettbewerbs in der Branche Voraussetzung für den langfristigen wirtschaftlichen Erfolg. Sich ändernde Kundenbedürfnisse und Konkurrenzprodukte führen entlang des Produktlebenszyklus auch bei früher erfolgreichen...

Zusammenfassung Die Förderung von nachhaltiger Mobilität ist eine verantwortungsvolle und herausfordernde Querschnittsaufgabe der Politik. Vor dem Hintergrund zunehmender globaler Tourismusströme und dem damit verbundenen Verkehrsaufkommen ist die Bereitstellung von Fördermitteln und...

Purpose – There is a clear consensus of opinion that virtual environments and virtual currencies pose a money laundering and terrorism financing threat. What is less clear, however, is the level of risk that they pose. This paper aims to clarify the suitability of virtual environments for...

Freight forwarders are intermediary companies involved in Logistics. Their task is to manage all functions involved in transport after the buy process of merchandise is complete. The main objectives of the present work are to evaluate the criteria on which production companies choose particular...

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the European and Latin America urban cultural policies that could enhance cultural and creative sustainable tourism products development. Design/methodology/approach The methodological framework is based on a comparative case study regarding the importance,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the main driving factors behind the recent increase in the event market size in Qatar from a public policy perspective. It reports on a case study of the 2006 15th Asian Games that assisted in further examining both the underlying and implicit...

Purpose – Although research on the impacts of the Olympic Games on Athens addressed the impact of the Games on economy, generic tourism, and urban restructuring, there has not been given to date attention on the prospects for sport tourism development in Athens as a result of hosting the...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to validate an explanatory structural equation model for the evaluation of territorial branding tourism policies for local development and its application in cities in Mexico and Colombia. Design/methodology/approach A sample was calculated for finite...