Advances in Hospitality and Leisure

by Joseph S. Chen (Editor)

Overview

"Advances in Hospitality and Leisure", a peer-review journal published annually, delivers refreshing insights of a host of scientific studies pertaining to hospitality, leisure, and tourism, while providing a forum to stimulate discussions on contemporary issues and emerging trends essential to theory advancement, as well as professional practices from a global perspective. The main focus of the series is to divulge the innovative methods of inquiry, so as to inspire new research topics that are vital and have been in large neglected. The series attempts to address the needs of the populace willing to disseminating seminal ideas, concepts and theories derived from scholarly investigations. 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:	9780762312849
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	03/01/2006
Series:	Advances in Hospitality and Leisure , #2
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Joseph S. Chen, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

Table of Contents

A Comparative Analysis of Multicultural Involvement in Culture and Art Activities. (Sangkwon Lee, J.T. O'Leary). The Impact of Training on Interfirm Dynamics Within a Destination Quality Network: The Case of the Fuchsia Brand, Ireland. (M. Woods, J. Deegan). The Hidden Costs of Cheap Group Tours A Case Study of Business Practices in Australia. (B. Prideaux et al.). Theme Park Visitors' Dynamic Motivations. (Hsin-You Chuo, J.L. Heywood). Impacts of No-Escape Natural Disaster on Tourism: A Case Study in Taiwan. (Tzung-Cheng Huan, Chin-Fa Tsai, L.B. Shelby). Predictive Model for Repeat Visitors to Singapore. (Hui Tak-Kee, D. Wan). Swedish Hotel Service Quality and Loyalty Dimensions. (P. Schofield, N. Katics). Value Relevance of Equity, Earnings and Capital Structure in the Restaurant Industry. (A. Upneja, N. Hua). The Relationship Among Trustworthiness, Time Lapse, and Online Reservation in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry. (D.Y. Chang, F. Belanger, M. Uysal). Youth Patrons' Trip Preferences and Perceptions of Accommodations in Switzerland. (C. Johnson et al.). Trends in Tourism Accommodation Investment in Australia. (M. Haque). International Visitors' Perceptions of Oklahoma. (Suosheng Wang). The Effects of Airfares and Foreign Exchange Rates on Global Tourism. (H.G. Iroegbu). Customers' Preferences to Healthy Meals. (W. Legrand, P. Sloan). An Investigation of Perceived Justices and Customer Satisfaction. (D.E. Severt).

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