Advances in Hospitality and Leisure

by Joseph S. Chen

Overview

"Advances in Hospitality and Leisure" ("AHL"), a peer-reviewed series, seeks to deliver refreshing insights from a host of scientific investigations pertaining to hospitality, leisure, and tourism while rendering an academic forum to stimulate discussion on current literature, contemporary issues and emerging trends essential to theory advancement as well as professional practices from a global perspective. The main focus of this journal is to divulge the innovative methods of inquiry so as to inspire new research topics that are vital and have been in large neglected. AHL strives to address the needs of the populace willing to disseminate seminal ideas, concepts, and theories derived from scholarly inquiries. Potential readers may retrieve useful texts helping outline new research agendas, suggest viable topics for a dissertation work, and augment the knowledge of the new subjects of learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781838679569
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	10/14/2019
Series:	Advances in Hospitality and Leisure , #15
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joseph S. Chen is Professor of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management at Indiana University(Bloomington), USA. His research centers on tourist behaviors, tourism impacts and sustainable development.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors vii

Aims and Submission Guidelines xi

Editorial Board xiii

Full Papers

Competitive Pricing in European Hotels Cathy A. Enz Linda Canina 3

Case Study of Tourist Revisit Behavior in Singapore Tak-Kee Hui David Wan Hsuan-Yi Cheng 27

Marathons as Serious Leisure Tourism Sylvia Smith Carol Costello Kyungmi Kim Warren Jahn 43

Exploring Communication and Marketing Strategies for Senior Travelers Andrew Mungall Roland Schegg François Courvoisier 59

The Need for Rejuvenation of Norfolk Island's Shopping Sector Bruce Prideaux Karen McNamara Kayla Blakeney 83

Evaluating Performance Factors of Art Festivals: A Case Study in Taiwan Wu-Chung Wu Wen-Xi Chen Tzung-Cheng Huan 99

The Relationships Between Psychological Strain, Organizational Support, Affective Commitment and Turnover Intentions of Highly Educated Hospitality Employees Debbie M. Tromp Arjan van Rheede Robert J. Blomme 117

Geographic Information System-Supported Segmentation Study of Visitors to Majorca Island Johannes Luberichs Helmut Wachowiak 135

A Review of Restaurant Sustainable Indicators Willy Legrand Philip Sloan Claudia Simons-Kaufmann Sarah Fleischer 167

A Fundamental Exploration of Administrative Views of Hospital Hospitality and Service Excellence Taryn Aiello Denver Severt Paul Rompf Deborah Breiter 185

Research Notes

The Influence of External Environmental Factors on Tourism Market Strategies in Africa Henry Iroegbu 215

Subject Index 223

Editorial Reviews

Contributed by management, hospitality and tourism, and other researchers from around the world, the 11 articles in this volume discuss topics in hospitality and leisure. They address the culinary preferences of international tourists to South Africa; Hong Kong's Quality Tourism Services scheme; the relationship between activity involvement, place attachment, and co-creation in a festival setting; customer retention among hotels in Ghana; the competitiveness of Chinese cities in the cruise market; attributes associated with tourist arrivals to forest parks in Taiwan; the impact of customer value co-creation behavior on the brand equity of online travel enterprises; the influence of management commitment on market orientation practices in Ghana's hotel industry; the structural relationships among humor leadership, psychological empowerment, innovative behavior, and job performance in the Korean hotel industry; tourism growth under India's new corporate social responsibility regime; and the connection between ethics and aesthetics in tourism.

Annotation ©2019

This year's volume contains eight full papers and two research reports. The topics include the emotional traveler: happiness and engagement as predictors of behavioral intentions among tourists in northern Norway, barriers to implementing green management in the hospitality industry, the inter-relationship between personality traits and psychological constraints on adventure activity participation, friends and relatives as a destination information source, and environmental-focused events: saving tourism landmarks for future generations.

Annotation ©2017

This year's volume contains eight full papers and two research reports. The topics include the emotional traveler: happiness and engagement as predictors of behavioral intentions among tourists in northern Norway, barriers to implementing green management in the hospitality industry, the inter-relationship between personality traits and psychological constraints on adventure activity participation, friends and relatives as a destination information source, and environmental-focused events: saving tourism landmarks for future generations.

Annotation ©2017

Contributed by management, hospitality and tourism, and other researchers from around the world, the 11 articles in this volume discuss topics in hospitality and leisure. They address the culinary preferences of international tourists to South Africa; Hong Kong's Quality Tourism Services scheme; the relationship between activity involvement, place attachment, and co-creation in a festival setting; customer retention among hotels in Ghana; the competitiveness of Chinese cities in the cruise market; attributes associated with tourist arrivals to forest parks in Taiwan; the impact of customer value co-creation behavior on the brand equity of online travel enterprises; the influence of management commitment on market orientation practices in Ghana's hotel industry; the structural relationships among humor leadership, psychological empowerment, innovative behavior, and job performance in the Korean hotel industry; tourism growth under India's new corporate social responsibility regime; and the connection between ethics and aesthetics in tourism.

Annotation ©2019