International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research

Progressing Excellence in Management Research & Journal Rankings for the Service Industries

Bournemouth, UK, 17 February 2010

The overall aim of the Forum is to improve the impact of Tourism/Hospitality/Retail/Events/Service Management publications and journals and to consider the economic and social benefits that research on these areas can bring to society at large. The event organized by the International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research (ICTHR) in the School of Services Management and the Business School, Bournemouth University in collaboration with the Kent Business School, University of Kent aims to explore the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) /Research Excellence Framework (REF) quality criteria, and the methodology used for constructing the ABS Journal Quality Guide list.

15th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism

Washington, D.C. USA, 7 - 9 January 2010

In its fifteenth year, the Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism is an annual event that brings together students, faculty, hospitality management scholars, and graduate program administrators for presentations, discussions, and social interaction.

Attendees have the opportunity to meet and present ideas on research in hospitality, listen to leading researchers in the field, and explore ways to look at contemporary issues in the hospitality industry.
 

ENTER 2010 - eTourism Conference

Lugano, Switzerland, 10 - 12 February 2010

ENTER2010@Lugano the 17th ENTER eTourism Conference will bring together international experts in all aspects of  Information and Communication Technologies in Travel and Tourism – the technologies which are changing the world of hospitality!

Organized by the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel & Tourism (IFITT), in 2010 ENTER will move on to the city of Lugano, Switzerland and will be hosted by the webatelier.net, a laboratory of the Università della Svizzera italiana, directed by Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni.

ENTER2010 will offer a unique forum for academic, industry, destination managers, marketers and government representatives to explore the future of ICTs in Tourism through research and dynamic dialogue within the social network of the IFITT community.
 

INVTUR 2010 - Tourism Research: State of the Art and Future Perspectives

Aveiro, Portugal, 10 - 13 March 2010

The INVTUR 2010 international conference aims at providing a unique opportunity to discuss the role of tourism research in academic disciplines, with special attention on the results of thesis, dissertations and applied research projects, and their relevance to the industry.

The conference includes thematic parallel sessions where a wide variety of papers and international experiences will be presented, focusing in areas such as the state of the art of tourism research, emerging research areas and issues, national experiences, how tourism research should be oriented in the future, liaisons between tourism research and the tourism sector, among others. In addition, worldwide recognized academics will provide ground of discussion concerning the importance of tourism research and its value to the industry.