... The purpose of this paper is to develop insight into the scholarly communications trends in hospitality and tourism management by looking at the practice of publishing Special Issues (SIs) in top-ranked hospitality and tourism management (HTM) academic journals: examining the relationship of SIs to journal...

...Lawrence Hoc Nang Fong; Rob Law; Candy Mei Fung Tang; Matthew Hong Tai Yap Purpose – This paper aims to examine the prevalence and trend of experimental research in hospitality and tourism. Hospitality and tourism researchers have long been encouraged to increase their use of experimental designs...

... and financial performance of more than 200 private clubs. Provides a statistical analysis of data from PKF’s Clubs in Town & Country publication in order to identify top line trends emerging in the North American club market. Membership, revenue and expense trends are explored over a 20‐year time...

... quality”. This ideal has been reflected in the trend towards specialisms in food concepts (fast food, ethnic) which cater for specific market segments and offer a standard service delivery system. It is suggested that the operational characteristics of hospitality include: service...

... the six‐year period from 1989‐1994 (social trends in tourism, tourism planning and the airline industry). The tourism industry is facing many challenges and many trends. The key concerns currently are sustainability, transport and product development. To elaborate on these points a review...

... and accounting practice; tourism and technology. Summarizes by highlighting the linkages between the themes and the related sub‐themes. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Catering industry Hospitality industry Strategy Technological change Tourism Trends The purpose of this review is to identify...

...‐1994 and reflect emerging trends in thinking and business practice. Tourism is an important international industry, generating welcome additional income for smaller countries, but needing to be carefully managed in an increasingly sophisticated market. The articles selected show the positive...

... themes for further discussion: airlines; the hotel sector; outbound travel; and the tourism industry. Traces the main issues and trends emerging in the fields of hospitality, travel and tourism and highlights possible areas/opportunities of interest for researchers and industrialists. As a result...

... of the tourism industry; quality; consumer orientation; employees; and strategic options, and follow the managerial practices that organizations are concerned with in order to gain competitive advantage. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Consumers Employees Hospitality industry Quality Tourism Trends...

.... Ninety were in the position of Hotel Controller (or similar). © MCB UP Limited 1994 Education Financial control Hotel and catering Hotels Management development Questionnaires Training Trends This research project commenced in 1990, reviewing initially the past and current...

...Graham Brown; Shane Raedler The Gold Coast is Australia′s premier tourist destination, attracting over 2,500,000 visitors annually. Discusses the characteristics of this rapidly growing region and examines recent tourism trends such as the development of international hotels. After analysing...