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Materiality, memories and lived event tourism experiences (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Todd, L., Leask, A., & Ensor, J. (2017, June). Materiality, memories and lived event tourism experiences. Presented at Critical Tourism Studies: Understand Tourism- Change Tourism, Understand Ourselves - Change Ourselves

Our paper furthers understanding of lived experiences in tourism settings as remembered by informants. We propose the value of a phenomenological ‘artefact elicitation’ method in revealing rich insights into informants’ recollections of their lived t... Read More about Materiality, memories and lived event tourism experiences.

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.

Customisable 3D printed model of Robin Hood Gardens (2018)
Physical Artefact
Vettese, S., & Vones, K. Customisable 3D printed model of Robin Hood Gardens. [Physical Artefact]. Edinburgh Napier University

This research proposed to utilise the processes and experiences of designing and making 3D printed 'souvenirs of place', with regards to Modern 'overlooked' heritage. The public were asked to interact with 3D modelling technology, to personalise a pr... Read More about Customisable 3D printed model of Robin Hood Gardens.

Festival community networks and transformative place-making (2018)
Journal Article
Jarman, D. (2018). Festival community networks and transformative place-making. Journal of Place Management and Development, https://doi.org/10.1108/JPMD-06-2017-0062

Purpose Festivals are often explicitly connected to the destinations in which they take place, explored here as contributing to broader processes of place-making and engagement with local communities. Place is defined at a local scale, primarily as... Read More about Festival community networks and transformative place-making.

Event futures: innovation, creativity and collaboration (2018)
Journal Article
Jaimangal-Jones, D., Robertson, M., & Jackson, C. (2018). Event futures: innovation, creativity and collaboration. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 9(2), 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEFM-05-2018-0032

This special issue has at its centre the theme Event Futures: innovation, creativity and collaboration. This theme was the basis of the Association for Events Management Education (AEME) annual forum hosted at Cardiff Metropolitan University, 5-7 Jul... Read More about Event futures: innovation, creativity and collaboration.

Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable 3D - Printed Souvenirs (2018)
Book Chapter
Anastasiadou, C., Vettese, S., & Calder, L. (2018). Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable 3D - Printed Souvenirs. In L. Egberts, & M. D. Alvarez (Eds.), Heritage and Tourism : Places, Imageries and the Digital Age (151-171). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789462985353

This research set out to investigate whether technological innovations in design and the personalisation of tourist souvenirs through 3D printing, could offer opportunities to break away from stereotypically throwaway, low quality, mass manufactured... Read More about Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable 3D - Printed Souvenirs.

Lifestyling Entrepreneurs' Sociological Expressionism (2018)
Journal Article
Sweeney, M., Docherty-Hughes, J., & Lynch, P. (2018). Lifestyling Entrepreneurs' Sociological Expressionism. Annals of Tourism Research, 69, 90-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.01.006

This study explores the tourism host-home relationship investigated through documentary analysis of photographs choreographed through mutual negotiation between hosts and researcher (collaborative auto-driving) and participants' spoken narratives (ph... Read More about Lifestyling Entrepreneurs' Sociological Expressionism.

Eutrophication (2015)
Book Chapter
Briers, R. (2015). Eutrophication. In C. Cater, & B. Garrod (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Sustainable Tourism (226). CAB International Publishing

No abstract available.

Aquaculture (2015)
Book Chapter
Briers, R. (2015). Aquaculture. In C. Cater, B. Garrod, & T. Low (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Sustainable Tourism (58). CAB International Publishing

No abstract available.

Marketing small hotels on the World Wide Web (1999)
Journal Article
Morrison, A. M., Taylor, S., Morrison, A. J., & Morrison, A. D. (1999). Marketing small hotels on the World Wide Web. Information Technology and Tourism, 2(2), 97-113

Small hotels face an uphill battle, as the larger hotel companies become more dominant in die marketplace. The Internet and World Wide Web may offer the small hotelier a lifeline for business survival. Through a study of a group of small hotels in Sc... Read More about Marketing small hotels on the World Wide Web.

The Effectiveness of Convention and Exhibition Websites A Transatlantic Comparison and Future Scenario (2005)
Journal Article
Myung, S., Morrison, A. M., & Taylor, J. S. (2005). The Effectiveness of Convention and Exhibition Websites A Transatlantic Comparison and Future Scenario. Tourism Recreation Research, 30(3), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2005.11081486

Meeting planners are now frequently using the Web as a resource for finding site information, while the Internet has also become increasingly important on the supply side of the convention and exhibition business as a marketing tool. Meeting planners... Read More about The Effectiveness of Convention and Exhibition Websites A Transatlantic Comparison and Future Scenario.

Stakeholders' perceptions of the DCF method in hotel valuations (2004)
Journal Article
Verginis, C. S., & Stephen Taylor, J. (2004). Stakeholders' perceptions of the DCF method in hotel valuations. Property Management, 22(5), 358-376. https://doi.org/10.1108/02637470410570743

The main stakeholder of any valuation is the commissioning party and the outcome of the valuation process will determine for the commissioning party the value of the asset. The second key stakeholder is the valuer. Often, however, there is third stak... Read More about Stakeholders' perceptions of the DCF method in hotel valuations.

The perceived influence of centralising operations in chain hotels (2006)
Journal Article
Espino-Rodríguez, T. F., & Taylor, J. S. (2006). The perceived influence of centralising operations in chain hotels. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 6(4), 251-266. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.thr.6050022

This paper makes an exploratory study of the centralisation of operations in hotels that belong to a chain and are located in a tourist destination. Although hotels are increasingly using a strategy of operations centralisation, little research has a... Read More about The perceived influence of centralising operations in chain hotels.

The use of management contracts by international hotel firms in Thailand (2006)
Journal Article
Panvisavas, V., & Taylor, J. S. (2006). The use of management contracts by international hotel firms in Thailand. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 18(3), 231-245. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110610658634

Purpose Seeks to examine the extent to which management contracts used by international hotel firms in Thailand mirror those used in the USA. Design/methodology/approach The study builds on previous research carried out in the late 1990s that hi... Read More about The use of management contracts by international hotel firms in Thailand.

Restraining opportunism in hotel management contracts (2008)
Journal Article
Panvisavas, V., & Taylor, J. S. (2008). Restraining opportunism in hotel management contracts. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 8(4), 324-336. https://doi.org/10.1057/thr.2008.33

Management contracts are widely used throughout the world as a mechanism for separating the ownership of hotel properties and their management. The research reported here concerns how Thai hotel owners seek to control the international hotel chains w... Read More about Restraining opportunism in hotel management contracts.

Paradigm lost: the rise and fall of McDonaldization (1995)
Journal Article
Taylor, S., & Lyon, P. (1995). Paradigm lost: the rise and fall of McDonaldization. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 7(2/3), 64-68. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596119510080024

The application of McDonald′s product/production principles to other restaurant chains, and totally different social enterprises has been the subject of recent criticism. This “McDonaldization” is said to betoken a world of increased rationalization... Read More about Paradigm lost: the rise and fall of McDonaldization.

Hospitality retail operations types and styles in the management of human resources (1998)
Journal Article
Lashley, C., & Taylor, S. (1998). Hospitality retail operations types and styles in the management of human resources. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 5(3), 153-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-6989%2897%2900024-6

This article explores the relationship between the service operation type adopted by organisations and the style of human resource management (HRM) which best fits with it. The degree of standardisation and the level of tangibility in the service off... Read More about Hospitality retail operations types and styles in the management of human resources.

Mundane welcome: Hospitality as life politics (2017)
Journal Article
Lynch, P. (2017). Mundane welcome: Hospitality as life politics. Annals of Tourism Research, 64, 174-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2017.04.001

This research explores the experience of mundane welcome and elaborates the emergent concept, ‘hospitality life politics’ (HLP), referring to hospitality practises invoked by the individual in order to negotiate the world on a day-to-day basis. Theme... Read More about Mundane welcome: Hospitality as life politics.