WRSTH 2013 - 2nd World Research Summit for Tourism and Hospitality: Crossing the Bridge

2nd World Research Summit for Tourism and Hospitality: Crossing the Bridge
15 ? 17 December, 2013
UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management, Orlando, Florida, USA
The 2nd World Research Summit for Hospitality and Tourism will provide a timely and interactive international platform for academics and industry practitioners from diverse backgrounds and interests to meet, discuss and debate critical issues that will affect the future direction of hospitality and tourism research and practice. The Summit intends to promote mutual dialog, interaction and understanding of various stakeholders of hospitality and tourism research outputs, including academic researchers and scholars, industry professionals, and government/quasi-government officials. As such, in addition to academic research presentations, the Summit will feature key industry practitioners who will share and highlight industry trends and research gaps from a pragmatic and applied perspective.
Presentations and discussions will include, but are not limited to, the following themes/topics within the domain of hospitality and tourism:
Tourism Statistics and TSA
Policy, planning, and governance
Marketing, branding and management
Consumer behavior, decision making, experience and satisfaction
Sport tourism, festivals and events, lodging and MICE marketing and management
Competitiveness, sustainability and corporate social responsibility
Service excellence and service quality
Social media, emerging technologies and e-tourism
Human resources management and strategic leadership development
Innovation, creativity and change management website
Economics and forecasting
Education and training
Financial and performance management
Emerging research methods and methodologies
Other topics of contemporary significance in hospitality and tourism with a global focus
Who should attend?
Academics in tourism and hospitality fields
Tourism/hospitality researchers and industry consultants
Interregional organizations with interest in tourism and hospitality research
Tourism policy makers and national tourism organizations
Graduate students in tourism and hospitality
Administrators of tourism and hospitality management educational programmes
Tourism and hospitality industry executives and representatives of multinational firms
Financial institutions and tourism industry investors