Seven members of the Academy were at the 66th meeting of the International Association of Experts in Scientific Tourism (AIEST) which this year was held in Malta. Founded just after the Second World War, AIEST is the oldest such body of tourism specialists in the world and its members come from all parts of the world. Shown in the picture are: Dave Weaver (Australia), Egon Smeral (Austria), Norbert Vanhove (Belgium), Sara Dolnicar (Australia), Christian Laesser (Switzerland), David Airey (UK), Peter Williams (Canada)
Dimitrios Buhalis
Conference
October 11-12, 2016. Tourism Management Institute Annual Convention, Bournemouth UK
November 7-9, 2016. World Travel Market (WTM), London, UK; http://www.wtmlondon.com/
November 7, 2016. Monday, 10:30 - 12:15 WTM Inspire Theatre – EU475
eTourism: Disrupting Innovations for Tourism and Hospitality https://bu-ifitt-wtm.eventbrite.co.uk
Dimitrios is new Editor in Chief of Tourism Review
As of October 1st Dimitrios was appointed as the new Editor in Chief of Tourism Review Journal taking over from fellow Academician Professor Christian Laesser who did an excellent job to develop the journal. He welcomes manuscripts from academy members and is open to suggestions for special issues as well as requests to support academic conferences.
Dimitrios was invited as keynote speaker at the following conferences:
University of Pretoria South Africa Conference on Universal Accessibility in tourism Pretoria South Africa Friday 9 Sept
Hospitality and Tourism Congress in Cali Colombia organised by COTELCO is the Hotel and Tourism Association of Colombia 29-30 September
Second International Smart Tourism to be held on 23-24 October 2016 Hangzhou, China coorganised by Zhejiang University, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Zhejiang Provincial Tourism Administration and Zhejiang Tourism Groups,
TURITEC Conference organised by University of Malaga on 27 and 28 October 2016.
Smart Tourism Congress Barcelona 2016 9-11th November 2016 Barcelona Spain http://www.cett.es/smartourismcongress/en/
Richard Butler
Richard was keynote speaker at the 2nd INTACT (International Academic Conference on Tourism) on Archipelago Tourism, held September 28-29th, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The conference was organised by Gadjah Mada University following the central theme of INTACT conferences of Marine Tourism. His paper was titled "Archipelago Tourism - More Questions than Answers?".
Kaye Chon
Kaye was awarded Martin Oppermann Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual conference of the International Society of Travel & Tourism Educators (ISTTE), held in Hangzhou, China, on 11-14 October 2017.
Eric Cohen
Erik had presented a Key-note Address to the ISA RC In-between Conference 3016 in Chiang Mai, April 5-8 2016.
Eric's publications in 2016 include:
Cohen, E. and Fennell, D. 2016. The elimination of Marius, the giraffe: humanitarian act or callous management decision? Tourism Recreation Research 41(2): 168-176.
Cohen, E. 2016. Cosmic Strangers: Humans and Aliens on Space Travel Cartoons. Tourism Analysis 21: 131-143.
Cohen, E. 2016. Ethnic tourism in mainland Southeast Asia: the state of the art. Tourism Recreation Research 42(3)
Cohen, E. 2016. The Permutations of Thailand's "Floating Markets." Asian Journal of Tourism Research 1(1): 59-98.
Cohen, E. 2016. The paradoxes of space tourism. Tourism Recreation Research {Published on-line 6 October 2016).
Cohen, E. 2016. Contested Narratives: The Koh Tao Tourists Murders. Asian Anthropology. (published on-line 7 October 2016)
Sarah Dolnicar
Awards
Sara and her co-authors Associate Professor Astrid Kemperman and Dr Logi Karlsson won the Emerald Best Contribution Award for the overall best contribution at the 2016 AIEST conference for their analysis of what makes peer-to-peer accommodation networks like AirBnB so radically different from other tourism accommodation options.
Sara has also been presented with the Sentinel of Science Award for being among the 10% most prolific reviewers in Business, Management and Accounting worldwide. Currently, Sara is the most active peer reviewer in tourism internationally (http://prw.publons.com/).
Publications
Hajibaba, H., Boztuğ, Y. & Dolnicar, S. (2016) Preventing Tourists from Cancelling in Times of Crises. Annals of Tourism Research, 60: 48-62.
Karlsson, L. & Dolnicar, S. (2016) Does Eco Certification Sell Tourism Services? Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Observation Study in Iceland. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 24(5): 694-714.
Dianne Dredge
Dianne (together with Szilvia Gymothy of Aalborg University, Denmark) completed a report for the European Commission's DG GROWTH to examine the impact of regulatory approaches targeting collaborative economy in the tourism accommodation sector in the cities of Barcelona, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris. The report was presented at the European Commission is hosting its Tourism Forum in Bratislava, Slovakia on 11-12 October in Bratslava, Solvakia.
Brian King
Journal articles
Backer, E & King, B.E.M. (2016) VFR Traveller Demographics: The Social Tourism Dimension. Journal of Vacation Marketing DOI: 10.1177/1356766716665439
Tolkach, D., King, B.E.M. & Whitelaw, P.A. (2016) Creating Australia's National Landscapes: Issues of collaborative destination management. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management 5(2): 117-132
Jorgensen, M.T., Law, R., & King, B.E.M (2016) Understanding the Past, Anticipating the Future - A Critical Review of China Outbound Tourism Research. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2016.1220889
Tang, C, King, B.E.M. & Pratt, S. (2016) Predicting Hotel Occupancies with Public Data: An Application of OECD Indices as Leading Indicators. Tourism Economics DOI:10.1177/1354816616666670
Lee, C & King, B.E.M (2016) Determinants of Attractiveness for a seniors-friendly destination: a hierarchical approach Current Issues in Tourismhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2016.1250725.
Conference Presentations
Tourism TribuneAnnual Conference on China Tourism Research, Luoyang, China Oct 2016
Keynote speech. International Co-operation & Capacity Building in Tourism Education: Hong Kong, China and the World.
Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP).
Panelist – Emerging Markets. Intercontinental Hotel, Hong Kong. October 2016
Metin Kozak
Metin co-edited the following books:
Kozak, M., & Kozak, N. (2016). Tourist Behaviour: An International Perspective. Oxon: CABI.
Kozak, M., & Kozak, N. (2016). Tourism & Hospitality Management. Bingley: Emerald.
He was on a sabbatical leave for two months at Bournemouth University, UK to work on a project of cross-border destination marketing.
Douglas Pearce
Pearce, D.G., Guala, C., Veloso, K., Llano, S., Negrete, J., Rovira, A., Gale, T. & Reis, A. (2016) Destination management in Chile: objectives, actions and actors. International Journal of Tourism Research. DOI: 10.1002/jtr.2083
Pearce, D. G. (2016) Destination management: plans and practitioners' perspectives in New Zealand. Tourism Planning& Development, 13: 52-71.
Pearce D. G. (2016). Modelos de gestión de destinos: síntesis y evaluación. Estudios y Perspectivas en Turismo, 25: 1-16.
Pearce D. G. (2016). Interdependent destination management functions. Tourism Recreation Research, 41: 37-48.
Arch G. Woodside
New Books
Arch G. Woodside (2016), Bad to Good: Achieving High Quality and Impact in Your Research, Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishers.
Arch G. Woodside (2016), Case Study Research: Core Skills in Using 15 Genres. Bingley, UK: Emerald.
