... the carbon footprint of their businesses and what barriers hinder them from doing so. Design/methodology/approach Empirical data were collected by conducting ten semi-structured interviews with owners, senior executives, consultants, certification bodies and hotel management companies. The set...

... The paper presents the findings of research into the barriers to and drivers of environmentally sustainable policies and practices (ESPPs) in the Australian hotel industry. This study aims to explore these drivers and barriers from the perspective of hotel managers and involve a range of hotels...

...Eric S.W. Chan The term “carbon footprint” emerged during the early 2000s, but many hotels remain unaware of what they should do to implement a comprehensive programme to reduce carbon footprint despite having some environmental measures. This study aims to investigate the barriers...

...Yim King Penny Wan Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the barriers identified by people with disabilities in visiting casinos. Design/methodology/approach – Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 12 people with disabilities recruited from the investigator's clinical...

...Chak‐keung Simon Wong; Wai‐Ling Loretta Pang Aims to identify the job‐related barriers to creativity as perceived by managers and supervisors in the Hong Kong hotel industry. Two pilot tests using individual in‐depth interview and dichotomous selection test were conducted to identify possible...

...Lan Li; Roberta Wang Leung The number of female managers in the hotel industry is increasing worldwide. What does it take for female hotel managers to succeed? Do they face different types of barriers between entry into management and upward mobility within management? This paper presents...

... compelled to engage in impression management; one manager put it succinctly, “I have to filter information to make it more positive”. Others stated that upper management was “not open” or that they ran into gatekeeper‐type “barriers and fences”. Several managers also felt they did not receive enough...