Advances in hospitality and leisure. Vol. 4 / edited by Joseph S. Chen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chen, Joseph S.

Series:

Advances in hospitality and leisure, 1745-3542

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospitality industry.

Tourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley : JAI, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advances in Hospitality and Leisure, a peer-reviewed series, delivers refreshing insights from a host of scientific studies in the domains of hospitality, leisure, and tourism. It provides a platform to galvanize thoughts on contemporary issues and emerging trends essential to theory advancement, as well as professional practices from a global perspective. The main focus of this series is to transcend the innovative methods of inquiry so as to inspire new research topics that are vital and have been in large neglected. The series is keen to address the needs of the populace having interests in disseminating ideas, concepts and theories derived from scholarly investigations. Potential readers may retrieve useful texts to outline new research agendas, suggest viable topics for a dissertation work, and augment the knowledge of the subjects of interest.

Contents:

Service performance measurement : developing customer perspective calculators for the hotel industry / Choon-Chiang Leong

Experience use history and typology of substitutability among hikers / Chung-Chi Wu, Shih-Yun Hsu, Wei-Ching Wang

At-destination referrals, tie strength, and satisfaction / Paul D. Rompf, Denver E. Severt

Service quality evaluation and multiattribute attitude measurement : the case of a chain steakhouse in Taiwan / David Y. Chang, Katerina Annaraud

Using population projections to identify aspects of future tourism demand / Petra Glover, Bruce Prideaux

What type of outsourcing relationship should hotels maintain? A model based on internal and relational strategic value / Tomás F. Espino-Rodríguez, Manuel Rodríguez-Díaz

Chinese tourists visiting Singapore : pull and push factors / Tak-Kee Hui, David Wan, Miau Feng Chi

Tourism economic impacts : the case of equine camping in southern Illinois / Kyungmi Kim, Zaher Hallab, Matthew Smith

Exploring unspoken words : using ZMET to depict family vacationer mental models / Po-Ju Chen

Predictors of turnover intentions of highly educated employees in the hospitality industry / Robert J. Blomme, Debbie M. Tromp, Arjan van Rheede

Intervention analysis of inbound tourism : a case study of Taiwan / Jennifer C.H. Min

Analyzing Romania's competitiveness as a tourism destination / Ana Bobirca, Cristiana Cristureanu.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record

ISBN:

9786613682369

9781280771590

1280771593

9781849505246

1849505241

OCLC:

609843546