Purpose: This paper aims to summarize the current state of research on risk, crisis and disaster management in the generic field, and in tourism and hospitality. It identifies key themes and compares the main topics studied in both the tourism and hospitality management and marketing...

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a crisis for healthcare systems worldwide. There have been significant challenges to managing public and private health care and related services systems’ capacity to cope with testing, treatment and containment of the virus. Drawing on the...

Faulkner (2001) and Prideaux et al. (2003) note there are an increasing number of disasters, crises and shocks which affect the tourism industry, ranging from natural to human influenced disasters. Despite the potential influence of disasters, crises and shocks on the tourism industry, Faulkner...

There is much anecdotal evidence and academic argument that the location of a business influences its value. That is, some businesses appear to be worth more than others because of their location. This is particularly so in the tourism industry. Within the domain of the destination literature,...