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A critical review of literature in the rising tide of social media towards promoting tourism
(Universidad de Huelva, 2020)Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has been the focus of the tourism industry in recent decades, specifically for the travel and hospitality sector. The increase of usage and dependency on the Internet has ... -
A fuzzy-analytic hierarchy process of tourism supply chain performance: Customer perspectives
(Universidad de Huelva, 2021)Evaluation of end-to-end tourism supply chain performance from the end customer (tourist) perspective is missing from literature, which necessitates for investigation. As the end customers are involved throughout all stages ... -
A macro-level view of tourism sector: between smartness and sustainability
(Universidad de Huelva, 2017)Adopting the interpretative lens provided by the studies on T-shaped, the paper proposes a conceptual framework to support a better understanding of managerial and organizational contributions in the field of tourism ... -
A model of service quality aspects conveyed in hotel advertising
(Universidad de Huelva, 2017)Advertisements play a significant role in communicating product information, guarantees and service excellence. This study aims to investigate the role played by hotel advertisements in building customers’ expectation of ... -
A multidisciplinary approach to sport tourism education in a digital era
(Universidad de Huelva, 2017)Sport tourism has enjoyed a plethora of definitional and theoretical perspectives over the last three decades proposing a dynamic alternative to mass tourism with specific structural features and modus operandi. However, ... -
Achieving service recivery through service innovation in the hotel industry: The critical role of employee empowerment
(Universidad de Huelva, 2021)Research in service recovery and service innovation has attracted significant attention in recent years but few studies have focused on achieving service recovery through service innovation. The current study aims to ... -
Adoption of software as a service (SaaS) in small and medium-sized hotels in Tirana
(Universidad de Huelva, 2019)Technology moves with a rapid pace and it has touched every aspect of the hospitality industry. Nowadays, this huge industry is facing significant technological changes especially in the hotel sector. With the continuing ... -
An Agency Theory approach to disintermediation in the MICE distribution channel from the perspective of the hotel industry
(Universidad de Huelva, 2022)MICE Tourism is a segment of the tourism industry that deals with the organisation of Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions, which are experiencing a major process of disintermediation. This article applies the ... -
An approach to cultural tourists' segmentation in post-Unesco Coimbra
(Universidad de Huelva, 2021)This paper falls within the scope of cultural tourism studies, focusing on a World Heritage Site and intends to contribute to tourism literature by trying to better understand the differences between the tourists visiting ... -
An empirical assessment of tourist's risk perception and its impact on destination loyalty: a study of Kashmir Valley
(Universidad de Huelva, 2022)The aim of this study was to assess the risk perception of domestic tourists visiting volatile destinations such as the Kashmir valley (India) and reveal the impact of various types of perceived risk on destination loyalty ... -
An investigation into the attitudes of key tourism providers regarding "carbon neutral" tourism in county Clare, Ireland
(Universidad de Huelva, 2021)The global tourism industry is inextricably linked with climate change, and, faced with a ‘climate emergency’, there is an increasing emphasis on finding environmentally sustainable tourism models. One such model is ... -
Analysis of spa tourist motivations : a segmentation approach based on discriminant analysis
(Universidad de Huelva, 2016)Changes in lifestyle and a growing awareness of the importance of health and quality of life are leading to a growing interest in health tourism in general and spa tourism in particular. For this reason, spa tourist motivations ... -
Anglophone hegemony in tourims studie today
(Universidad de Huelva, 2011)Building on a recent co-edited work (Dann and Liebman Parrinello, 2009), this account seeks to demonstrate that tourism studies as a field has been unjustifiably dominated by English speakers. The point is illustrated ... -
Are myths and legends used in tourism communication as a resource? : the case of Algarve online brochures
(Universidad de Huelva, 2015)Tourist destinations are in search of differentiation in order to improve their attractiveness. According to the literature, myths and legends can play an important role as a tourism resource and, therefore, institutio ... -
Assessing motivation and satisfaction in an emerging kind of sports tourism : paddle tennis
(Universidad de Huelva, 2014)This article aims to analyse two major research questions on paddle tennis as a new type of sports tourism. Using data collected through a survey of paddle tennis tourists playing in Islantilla (Spain), motivation and ... -
Assessing the effect of airline service quality on image and post purchase behavioral intention
(Universidad de Huelva, 2020)The present study aimed to investigate the effect of airline service quality on image and post-purchase behavioral intention among the passengers. The exploratory cum descriptive research design was adopted. The purposive ... -
Astrotourism: A literature review and framework for future research
(Universidad de Huelva, 2021)Astrotourism consists of activities focused on observing night skies and celestial phenomena in natural spaces, which contributes to communities’ involvement, empowerment and participation and to regional development. In ... -
Awareness of Turkish society about accessible tourism
(Universidad de Huelva, 2016)Turkey is among the countries which cannot have a share of accessible tourism although it is challenging and has a big market in tourism. People with disabilities represent a significant market share and Turkey can have a ... -
Building a tourist destination brand from the relational perspective: The italian project "south destination network"
(Universidad de Huelva, 2018)The paper deals with a case study regarding an Italian tourism project analysed through the lens of a multiple perspectives framework based on the Relational View (RV), Stakeholder Engagement (SE), and Value Cocreation (VCc). ... -
The business ecosystem approach applied to the industrial heritage management
(Universidad de Huelva, 2016)The purpose of our work is to deepen the knowledge about the Business Ecosystem approach and apply it to the management of Industrial Heritage (IH). Our approach comprises new organizational forms that do not easily fit ...
