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Managing sports experiences in the context of tourism
Perić, Marko - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 6 (2015) 1, pp. 85-97
Participation in sports activities combined with unique sports resources can provide people with extraordinary … experiences. It is especially true for tourism where sports activities are an important content of stay. The aim of this paper is … to analyse how sports experiences could be planned and managed for the tourism purposes from the aspect of sports …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011298796
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On the Tractability of the Piecewiselinear Approximation for General Discrete-Choice Network Revenue Management
Kunnumkal, Sumit; Talluri, Kalyan - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2014
The choice network revenue management (RM) model incorporates customer purchase behavior as customers purchasing products with certain probabilities that are a function of the offered assortment of products, and is the appropriate model for airline and hotel network revenue management, dynamic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851454
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The Effect of Gambling on Health: Evidence from Canada
Humphreys, Brad; Nyman, John; Ruseski, Jane E. - Department of Economics, University of Alberta - 2011
The relationship between gambling and health has important economic and public policy implications. We develop causal evidence about the relationship between recreational gambling and health using data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) cycles 2.1, 3.1 and 4.1. Recreational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367158
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The Impact of College Athletics on Employment in the Restaurant and Accommodations Industries
Lentz, Bernard F.; Laband, David N. - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2008
services and accommodations industries that climb with college sports revenue generation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005812939
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Slippery Slope? Assessing the Economic Impact of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah
Baumann, Robert; Matheson, Victor; Baade, Robert - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2008
This paper provides an empirical examination of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Our analysis of taxable sales in the counties in which Olympic events took place finds that some sectors such as hotels and restaurants prospered while other retailers such as general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005812943
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Slippery Slope? Assessing the Economic Impact of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah
Baumann, Robert; Matheson, Victor; Baade, Robert - Department of Economics and Accounting, College of the … - 2008
This paper provides an empirical examination of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Our analysis of taxable sales in the counties in which Olympic events took place finds that some sectors such as hotels and restaurants prospered while other retailers such as general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004167
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Bowling in Hawaii: Examining the Effectiveness of Sports-Based Tourism Strategies
Baumann, Robert; Matheson, Victor; Muroi, Chihiro - Department of Economics and Accounting, College of the … - 2008
We use daily airplane arrival data from Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to determine the net change in tourism for a variety of sporting events. We find two events generate a positive and significant net impact on arrivals: Honolulu Marathon and Pro Bowl. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004173
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Hotel Tax Collections and a Local Mega-Event
Coates, Dennis - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2009
Cities compete for the opportunity to host events that draw large crowds of visitors. The argument is that these visitors bring with them lots of spending in hotels and restaurants, providing jobs for workers in the service industry, and generating sales tax revenues for the city. In many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005687870
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Bowling in Hawaii: Examining the Effectiveness of Sports-Based Tourism Strategies
Baumann, Robert; Matheson, Victor; Muroi, Chihiro - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2008
We use daily airplane arrival data from Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to determine the net change in tourism for a variety of sporting events. We find two events generate a positive and significant net impact on arrivals: Honolulu Marathon and Pro Bowl. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005731661
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Infrastructure Investments and Mega-Sports Events: Comparing the Experience of Developing and Industrialized Countries
Baumann, Robert; Matheson, Victor - Department of Economics and Accounting, College of the … - 2013
Countries vigorously compete for sports mega-events in hopes of generating an economic impact during the event but also … of an economy legacy from the mega-sports event. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690310