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An analysis of nudging as a social marketing technique using Front of Pack nutrition labels: A study of women's perceptions of food labels (2019)
Thesis
Soraghan, C. An analysis of nudging as a social marketing technique using Front of Pack nutrition labels: A study of women's perceptions of food labels. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2090514

Recently, social marketers have adopted the use of ‘nudging’ as a technique to influence behaviour through subtle tweaks to the environment (Thaler & Sunstein, 2008). Front of Pack (FoP) nutrition labels are an example of a nudge in practice, designe... Read More about An analysis of nudging as a social marketing technique using Front of Pack nutrition labels: A study of women's perceptions of food labels.

The Role of Interactive Technology in the Co-creation of Experience in Scottish Visitor Attractions (2019)
Thesis
Urquhart, E. A. The Role of Interactive Technology in the Co-creation of Experience in Scottish Visitor Attractions. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2090670

As a theoretical construct, co-creation has received significant attention in the service management field and is increasingly being applied to experiential industries such as tourism. Central to this emerging body of knowledge, is the presence of te... Read More about The Role of Interactive Technology in the Co-creation of Experience in Scottish Visitor Attractions.

Critical assessment of mountaineering tourism on Peak Lenin, Kyrgyzstan: Current problems and possible solutions. Results of the 2018 study (2019)
Journal Article
Taylor, S., & Komissarov, V. (2019). Critical assessment of mountaineering tourism on Peak Lenin, Kyrgyzstan: Current problems and possible solutions. Results of the 2018 study. Tourism of Kyrgyzstan: Practice; Problems and Perspectives, 15(1), 47-65

This reports the findings of a wide ranging investigation of mountaineering tourism on the 7,134metre Lenin Peak on the Kyrgyz/Tajikistan border. The nature of current tourism demand and supply are investigated and a range of key issues and proble... Read More about Critical assessment of mountaineering tourism on Peak Lenin, Kyrgyzstan: Current problems and possible solutions. Results of the 2018 study.

Sustainable mountaineering tourism on Lenin Peak, Kyrgyzstan: current issues and potential solutions (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, S., & Komissarov, V. (2019, June). Sustainable mountaineering tourism on Lenin Peak, Kyrgyzstan: current issues and potential solutions. Paper presented at 7th ATRA International Adventure Conference, Laggan, Gatehouse of Fleet

Introduction
This paper is concerned with the impacts of mountaineering tourism on the 7,134 metre Lenin Peak, the most popular high mountain in Kyrgyzstan. Like Mont Blanc or Mount Everest, it constitutes a “honeypot” attracting tourists from acro... Read More about Sustainable mountaineering tourism on Lenin Peak, Kyrgyzstan: current issues and potential solutions.

The Impact of Non-customers with High Influencer Value in Social Networks (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Azer, J., & Ranaweera, C. (2019, June). The Impact of Non-customers with High Influencer Value in Social Networks. Paper presented at QUIS16, The 16th International Research Symposium on Advancing Service Research and Practice!, Karlstad, Sweden

This paper provides new insights about customer influencer value in social networks. Thereby, identifying customers with high degrees of influence, not only by their network size but also the type of online social ties they have within their networks... Read More about The Impact of Non-customers with High Influencer Value in Social Networks.

After-hours events at the National Museum of Scotland: a product for attracting, engaging and retaining new museum audiences? (2019)
Journal Article
Easson, H., & Leask, A. (2020). After-hours events at the National Museum of Scotland: a product for attracting, engaging and retaining new museum audiences?. Current Issues in Tourism, 23(11), 1343-1356. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2019.1625875

Cultural heritage is recognised as one of the major contributors to the economy and has traditionally been funded from the public sector. Museums have had to become more commercial as a result of declining core funding sources and changing visitor ex... Read More about After-hours events at the National Museum of Scotland: a product for attracting, engaging and retaining new museum audiences?.

GCHQ Cyber Zone at Cheltenham Science Festival (Curator) (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
Kerr, G. GCHQ Cyber Zone at Cheltenham Science Festival (Curator). [https://issuu.com/cheltenhamfestivals/docs/science_festival_2019_brochure]. 4 June 2019 - 9 June 2019

Step into a fascinating digital world…come into the GCHQ Cyber Zone and see what it’s like to be a code cracker, ethical hacker and cyber security expert. Escape to cyber space using our VR headsets and try your hand at coding, solving puzzles and g... Read More about GCHQ Cyber Zone at Cheltenham Science Festival (Curator).

Technological mediation in the future of experiential tourism (2019)
Journal Article
Urquhart, E. (2019). Technological mediation in the future of experiential tourism. Journal of Tourism Futures, 5(2), 120-126. https://doi.org/10.1108/jtf-04-2019-0033

Purpose – This article considers the role that technology may play in the future of experiential tourism. This viewpoint paper begins to question future developments in technological mediation and how these may challenge our view of experiences and t... Read More about Technological mediation in the future of experiential tourism.

Do attractions attract tourists? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chu, A. (2019, May). Do attractions attract tourists?. Paper presented at 2019 APacCHRIE & EuroCHRIE Joint Conference, Hong Kong

Many studies revealed travelers’ motives to travel a destination but do not answer explicitly what specific features of a destination influence travelers’ decisions. Dann’s (1976) “push and pull” factors best capture the relationship between the con... Read More about Do attractions attract tourists?.

City sites and sights: using artists’ approaches in subverting the tourist gaze (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Todd, L. (2019, April). City sites and sights: using artists’ approaches in subverting the tourist gaze. Paper presented at Visual Methods & Ethnography in Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series, Edinburgh Napier University

Increasingly, travel and tourism practices have become a strategy for taking and sharing photographs. This is particularly apparent through the exponential growth of digital social media platforms as means of recording and displaying tourism settings... Read More about City sites and sights: using artists’ approaches in subverting the tourist gaze.

The effect of exporting hospitality and tourism degrees overseas on the home campus: a conceptual model. (2019)
Journal Article
Lagiewski, R. M., Barron, P., & Leask, A. (2019). The effect of exporting hospitality and tourism degrees overseas on the home campus: a conceptual model. Journal of hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism education, 24, 211-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlste.2019.03.005

Hospitality and tourism programmes have, over the recent decades, been involved in the delivery of their degrees in international locations through a variety of export models. A case strategy approach was used to explore programmes delivering their... Read More about The effect of exporting hospitality and tourism degrees overseas on the home campus: a conceptual model..

Hotel Industry Leadership in Greater China—A Biographical Comparison (2019)
Journal Article
Chu, A. M. C., & King, B. E. M. (2019). Hotel Industry Leadership in Greater China—A Biographical Comparison. Journal of China Tourism Research, 15(4), 563-588. https://doi.org/10.1080/19388160.2019.1577781

The relationship between leaders and followers plays a major role in shaping organizational cultures. There is an established literature within many disciplines showing evidence of how leaders seek to influence their followers. This article extends t... Read More about Hotel Industry Leadership in Greater China—A Biographical Comparison.

“From souvenirs to 3D printed souvenirs”. Exploring the capabilities of additive manufacturing technologies in (re)-framing tourist souvenirs (2018)
Journal Article
Anastasiadou, C., & Vettese, S. (2019). “From souvenirs to 3D printed souvenirs”. Exploring the capabilities of additive manufacturing technologies in (re)-framing tourist souvenirs. Tourism Management, 71, 428-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.10.032

Souvenirs, whether mass-produced commodities made elsewhere or local artisanal handicrafts, are static objects that lack the capacity to mediate or generate the co-creative, active or immersive experiences that tourists desire. The expansion of addit... Read More about “From souvenirs to 3D printed souvenirs”. Exploring the capabilities of additive manufacturing technologies in (re)-framing tourist souvenirs.

'Edinburgh the ‘festival city’ and hallmark event tourism': invited research lecture and seminar (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Todd, L. (2018, October). 'Edinburgh the ‘festival city’ and hallmark event tourism': invited research lecture and seminar. Presented at Leisure Talks' series, Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester

The ‘festival city’ has become a topic of theoretical debate within tourism and events research. In strategic destination management practice a festival city presents a significant and sustained portfolio of planned festivals and events as a means of... Read More about 'Edinburgh the ‘festival city’ and hallmark event tourism': invited research lecture and seminar.

Critical Event Studies: Issues and Perspectives (2018)
Journal Article
Robertson, M., Ong, F., Lockstone-Binney, L., & Ali-Knight, J. (2018). Critical Event Studies: Issues and Perspectives. Event Management, 22(6), 865-874. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599518x15346132863193

In considering critical event studies, a brief reference to critical pedagogy is made before an initial look at Critical Management Studies (CMS) prior to consideration of Crtical Event Studies (CES). As most students of education and teaching will k... Read More about Critical Event Studies: Issues and Perspectives.

Event Design in outdoor music festival audience behaviour (a critical transformative research note) (2018)
Journal Article
Robertson, M., Hutton, A., & Brown, S. (2018). Event Design in outdoor music festival audience behaviour (a critical transformative research note). Event Management, 22(6), 1073-1081. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599518x15346132863157

This work, a conceptual forward-looking paper, examines the management of audiences at music festivals now and indicates a critical manoeuvre of focus for the future. The theoretical objectives and conclusions of a body of work by Robertson – discuss... Read More about Event Design in outdoor music festival audience behaviour (a critical transformative research note).

Digital Revolution or Plastic Gimmick? Authenticity in 3D Souvenirs (2018)
Book Chapter
Anastasiadou, C., & Vettese, S. (2018). Digital Revolution or Plastic Gimmick? Authenticity in 3D Souvenirs. In J. M. Rickly, & E. S. Vidon (Eds.), Authenticity & Tourism Materialities, Perceptions, Experiences (165-179). Emerald

Mass-market production of souvenirs, their disposability and their mixed up, interpretive styling may detach the tourist from
the actual experience. Conversely, it is the personal relationship that
is formed between the tourist and the souvenir tha... Read More about Digital Revolution or Plastic Gimmick? Authenticity in 3D Souvenirs.

Guest editorial (2018)
Journal Article
Platt, L., & Ali-Knight, J. (2018). Guest editorial. Journal of Place Management and Development, 11(3), 262-265. https://doi.org/10.1108/jpmd-08-2018-131

Authors are guest editors of special issue of Journal to Place Management and Development.