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Welcoming the Displaced: an exploration of how refugees are welcomed to Scotland/UK (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urie, G., & Moysidou, M. (2023, May). Welcoming the Displaced: an exploration of how refugees are welcomed to Scotland/UK. Paper presented at Imagining and Experiencing Hospitalities in a Mobile World, Edinburgh Napier University

This research project explores the concept of welcome experienced by refugees when entering Scotland/UK. The UK has recently seen an increase in refugees entering the country due to ongoing conflicts around the world. This has led to a growth in awar... Read More about Welcoming the Displaced: an exploration of how refugees are welcomed to Scotland/UK.

The Role of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Driving and Enabling a Circular Economy in the Hospitality Sector: Insights from the Orkney Islands (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sciacca, A., Anastasiadou, C., & Urie, G. (2023, May). The Role of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Driving and Enabling a Circular Economy in the Hospitality Sector: Insights from the Orkney Islands. Paper presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated significant challenges for tourism destinations (UNWTO, 2022) and particularly for small island destinations (SIDs) (e.g., Farrell et al., 2020). While the pandemic has uncovered the low resilience of SIDs, it has... Read More about The Role of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Driving and Enabling a Circular Economy in the Hospitality Sector: Insights from the Orkney Islands.

Home-food: Exploring identities around commensality and contemporary exchanges of hospitality (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urie, G. (2022, April). Home-food: Exploring identities around commensality and contemporary exchanges of hospitality. Paper presented at Gastronomy Summit 2022, Ulster University, Belfast

This study explores the connection of food, and the meal experience with the concept of home. The growth of a foodie culture and the development of technology has witnessed a popularity of more intimate, unique, and personal food experiences. The ph... Read More about Home-food: Exploring identities around commensality and contemporary exchanges of hospitality.

Slow hospitality: Family perspectives of holiday experiences at beach fale in Samoa (2022)
Journal Article
Schänzel, H., Urie, G., & Lynch, P. (2022). Slow hospitality: Family perspectives of holiday experiences at beach fale in Samoa. Hospitality and Society, 12(1), 95-116. https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00051_1

In Samoa, customarily most tourism accommodation is locally owned and operated. Against a backdrop of increasingly foreign-owned large hotels and resorts, local families have built low-cost beach fale accommodation (consisting of thatched beach huts)... Read More about Slow hospitality: Family perspectives of holiday experiences at beach fale in Samoa.

Liquid Otherness – network commensality and the transient social interactions of others (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urie, G. (2019, May). Liquid Otherness – network commensality and the transient social interactions of others. Paper presented at Critical Hospitality Studies Symposium, Groningen, The Netherlands

Urie, G. (2019, May). Liquid Otherness – network commensality and the transient social interactions of others. Paper presented at Critical Hospitality Studies Symposium, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Storytelling and Sense of Place - Beyond the Restaurant (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urie, G. (2019, April). Storytelling and Sense of Place - Beyond the Restaurant. Presented at Food Tourism Innovation 2019 Workshop: Storytelling and Sense of Place, Edinburgh

Urie, G. (2019, April). Storytelling and Sense of Place - Beyond the Restaurant. Presented at Food Tourism Innovation 2019 Workshop: Storytelling and Sense of Place, Interface, Edinburgh.

Pop-ups, Meetups and Supper Clubs: An exploration into Online Mediated Commensality and its role and significance within contemporary hospitality provision (2016)
Thesis
Urie, G. J. Pop-ups, Meetups and Supper Clubs: An exploration into Online Mediated Commensality and its role and significance within contemporary hospitality provision. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/995625

This thesis introduces the concept of Online Mediated Commensality (OMC) as an example of contemporary hospitality provision. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century an increase of exchanges of hospitality being mediated using online technolo... Read More about Pop-ups, Meetups and Supper Clubs: An exploration into Online Mediated Commensality and its role and significance within contemporary hospitality provision.

Online mediated commensality: The Home-Food Economy and its place within contemporary hospitality provision (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urie, G. (2016, July). Online mediated commensality: The Home-Food Economy and its place within contemporary hospitality provision. Paper presented at Critical Hospitality Studies Symposium, Edinburgh

Urie, G. (2016, July). Online mediated commensality: The Home-Food Economy and its place within contemporary hospitality provision. Paper presented at Critical Hospitality Studies Symposium, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh.

Educational Hospitality: Understanding the complexities of teacher-student relationships through a hospitable lens. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urie, G. (2016, June). Educational Hospitality: Understanding the complexities of teacher-student relationships through a hospitable lens. Paper presented at Innovations in Teaching and Supporting Learning, Edinburgh

Urie, G. (2016, June). Educational Hospitality: Understanding the complexities of teacher-student relationships through a hospitable lens. Paper presented at Innovations in Teaching and Supporting Learning, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh.

The Home-Food Economy: The alternative economy of Online Mediated Commensality (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urie, G. (2016, May). The Home-Food Economy: The alternative economy of Online Mediated Commensality. Paper presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, Belfast

Urie, G. (2016, May). The Home-Food Economy: The alternative economy of Online Mediated Commensality. Paper presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, Ulster University, Belfast.

Conditions of Commensality: exploring the social conditions of online mediated commensality. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urie, G., & Lynch, P. (2015, May). Conditions of Commensality: exploring the social conditions of online mediated commensality. Paper presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, Manchester

Urie, G., & Lynch, P. (2015, May). Conditions of Commensality: exploring the social conditions of online mediated commensality. Paper presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, Manchester Metropolitan Univer... Read More about Conditions of Commensality: exploring the social conditions of online mediated commensality..

‘Come Dine with Us’: the conceptual understanding of the online shared meal (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urie, G., & Lynch, P. (2014, May). ‘Come Dine with Us’: the conceptual understanding of the online shared meal. Paper presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, Buxton

Urie, G., & Lynch, P. (2014, May). ‘Come Dine with Us’: the conceptual understanding of the online shared meal. Paper presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, Buxton.

Home: a conceptual framework (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urie, G. (2013, May). Home: a conceptual framework. Paper presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, Edinburgh

Urie, G. (2013, May). Home: a conceptual framework. Paper presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.