...Rawabi Aldawsari; Dimitrios Buhalis; Gelareh Roushan Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the potential for tourism and hospitality education and training through immersive metaverse learning. This study examines familiarity levels, perceived benefits and challenges and proposes...

... 03 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Leadership development Hospitality industry Servant leadership Human resources Hospitality education Contemporary issues The rapidly growing hospitality industry is facing...

... of tourism firms (Jauhari, 2006) and destination competitiveness (Suh et al., 2012). Russia Competences Sustainability Employability Hospitality education Destination competitiveness A key aspect of a country’s ability to grow and develop is without question the quality of its...

... regarding the dominant paradigm in the field. Hospitality services Hospitality education Services marketing Hospitality researchers are constantly involved with reviewing past research efforts and suggesting future research directions. Categorizing and synthesizing extant research...

... work‐ready skills. Hospitality educators are therefore likely to challenge particular aspects of the industry (such as the hierarchical nature of the workforce) rather than just explain how they work. In this mode, degree students can develop generic skills in a hospitality context. Indeed, the nature...

... and develop hospitality employees. Valentini Kalargyrou can be contacted at: valentini.kalargyrou@unh.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Human resource development Hospitality education Training Hospitality management Competences Billions of dollars are spent yearly...

... believe that you have an obligation to demonstrate your gratitude by giving back to those who need a helping hand. Entrepreneurship Leadership Hospitality management Hospitality education The twenty‐first century has ushered in changes that have been both unprecedented and unpredictable...

... Change management Hospitality education United Kingdom What is this new territory? Airey and Tribe (2000) , themselves suggest that there is room to encourage reflection alongside action. Morrison and O'Mahony (2003 , p. 38) conducted a meta analysis of articles covering a 20 year period...

...Arthur Ingram; Emily Pianu; Rita Welsh Purpose The purpose of the paper is to explore the issues of dyslexia and the management of learning support within two Scottish suppliers of premier HE hospitality education: Napier and QMU universities of Edinburgh. Design/methodology/approach...

... experience and the growing clamour for a more liberal approach to hospitality education. Findings The paper identifies and discusses two UK programmes that have made significant changes to their operations provision. Originality/value The paper further explores issues around the debate...

... that structures could be put into place in order to alleviate unnecessary stress. Adolescents Young adults Group behaviour Hospitality education In our contemporary world many students are sent abroad to improve on their fundamental education or simply as a form of initiation into the wider world...

... performance. Hospitality education National cultures Students Hospitality management Switzerland Scotland The hospitality industry often depends both on a multi‐cultural clientele, and a multi‐cultural workforce. This is especially the case in most of the world's large cities, where ethnic...

... of management in the real world via a “hands‐on” learning experience. Today, almost all hospitality programs throughout the world incorporate internship practices in their curriculum, in one form or another. Hospitality management Hospitality education Personality Cyprus Whether it offsets...

... and that poses an interesting challenge to the teaching, training and exposure of business ethics (White and Taft, 2004). Ethics Students Hospitality education Cross‐cultural studies United States of America Europe © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Raymond S. Schmidgall can...

... that they were on the property's side was an idea that worked well. The most important skills required to solve these problems as identified by Kempinski are: Hotel and catering industry Hospitality management Hospitality education Globalization Emerging markets Using a case study...

... in relation to the ongoing development of managers in the workplace. Originality/value Focuses on the development needs of the Indian hospitality industry. Hospitality management Competences Hospitality education India The link between competency mapping for a particular industry...

... was not a recruitment requirement for a management or supervisory position. In relation to the necessity for experience, 100 per cent of respondents said that experience was necessary for a management or supervisory position. Hospitality management Ireland Hospitality education Since the mid 1990s...

... be used in the staff recruitment process and considers personality characteristics and linkages with service delivery. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Hospitality management Hospitality education Skills “To put it simply, both hospitality and hostility imply the possibility...

... in order to develop a form of expectations‐perceptions “gap analysis”. Hospitality management Hospitality education Skills Graduates Australia Vocational degree programs, including those in hotel and hospitality management, are intended to satisfy an industry need for skilled future...

... for the relevant systems. A typical comment from tourism lecturers was, “We use Galileo, Sabre travel systems. And hospitality educators also registered operational software that was widely used. Typical of several respondents on interviewee said: We use a system called “Guest Master” a reservation...