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Gender and economic performance: Evidence from the Spanish hotel industry [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2012-09)Recent research suggests that the stereotype of underperformance attributed to female management may not be the result so much of poorer management skills as to using unsuitable comparative performance measures, as well ... -
Gender Differences in Deal Hunting: What Motivates Consumers to Search and Book Hotel Deals? [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2019-02-19)This study aimed to investigate whether gender differences existed in deal-hunting behavior during the hotel booking process. The research model was structured to understand the factors that influence consumers to search ... -
Gender Differences in Responses to Written Touch References in Hospitality Print Advertisements [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-03-17)An emerging body of research indicates that males and females often respond differently to advertising stimuli. Therefore, this research used a between-subjects experimental design in study 1 to illustrate that a written ... -
General open and closed queueing networks with blocking: A unified framework for approximation
(INFORMS, 2000)In this paper, we develop a unified framework for approximating open and closed queueing networks under any general blocking protocol by extending and generalizing the approximation algorithm for open tandem queues under ... -
Generational Diversity in the Workplace: A Systematic Review in the Hospitality Context [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-13)This report marks the first systematic review of the period from 2000 to 2016 based on demographic disparity at the hospitality workplace. This study arose from an interest in analyzing the trend of longitudinal studies ... -
GES Launches Global Event Tracker to Map Where Events Can Take Place
(2021-01-27)The Global Event Tracker by GES tracks events that have taken place in the previous 90 day period to access the ability of major trade-show cities to host events based on attendance participation and the mitigation ... -
Get Your Hotel Operations Team Onboard The Tricycle of Guest Service
(Hotel online, 2018-02)As hospitality industry trainers know, using symbols and models can help trainees grasp abstract concepts and make seemingly-complex paradigms easy to understand. Seems like is a good time for the hotel industry to update ... -
Ghost kitchens help to maximize hotel F&B space
(Hotel News Now, 2020-12-14)It is introduced how the ghost kitchen concept has been applied to Hotel F&B department. During the pandemic, focusing on the to-go and delivery, hoteliers try to make a profit from the F&B by increasing the number of ... -
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GMs forecast operations, guest behavior after pandemic
(2020-10-09)This is a collection of comments that how things will change for their hotel and the industry after the pandemic by hotel general managers all around the world. Their opinions are very diverse from the economic outlook to ... -
Good discounts earn good reviews in return? Effects of price promotion on online restaurant reviews [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-12)Online consumer reviews (OCRs) are valuable to consumers and sellers. Online price promotion is commonly used by local merchants to increase sales. However, knowledge of the differences in OCRs between consumers who received ... -
A Good Night’s Sleep Matters for Tourists: An Empirical Study for Hospitality Professionals [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-12)Hotels should incorporate a variety of wellness habits in hotel rooms to help build good hygiene for their guests' beds. Sleep-wake cycles, eliminating napping, caffeine, nicotine and alcohol 4 to 6 hours prior to bed, ... -
Google eliminates fees for hotel booking links
(PhocusWire, 2021-03-08)Google has changed its hotel advertising model to accommodate for a more "user friendly" model. They are switching from paid advertisements to advertising freely to ensure user have the most accurate information before ... -
Google launches hub to aid destinations, hotels and partners in recovery
(PhocusWire, 2020-12-07)Google has launched three new tools in hopes of aiding the travel and tourism industry back to pre-pandemic levels. Destination Insights, Hotel Insights, and Travel Analytics all aim to assist a variety of sectors across ... -
Governance, technology and citizen behavior in pandemic: Lessons from COVID-19 in East Asia
(Virginia Tech, 2020-04-15)Corona Virus (CODID-19) was first reported in Wuhan in December 2019, then spread in different parts of China, and gradually became a global pandemic in March 2020. While the death toll is still increasing, the epicenter ... -
Governing community relocation after major disasters: An analysis of three different approaches and its outcomes in Asia [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-04-15)Over the past decade, post-disaster recovery efforts have increasingly aimed to relocate communities, with the idea that well-designed plans and implementation will lead to increased resilience. While the rationale has ... -
The Great COVID Do-Over? Looking for a Silver Lining in Dismal Group and Transient Demand Trends
(Lodging Magazine, 2020-12-21)Lodging Magazine suggests that the COVID-19 crisis can be looked as a way to start clean for both meeting planners and hotels as the industry begins the slow re-building process. Although ADR and RevPAR have nearly plummeted, ...
