One-page (single-spaced) summary abstracts: March 31, 2022 (by 11:00 p.m., Eastern Time, USA) – Download the template file here
One-page abstract submission: Update a file with your one-page abstract in the Easychair website (Log-in –> THEREPS2022 –> Author –> View –> Update file).
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Special Issue Title: Consuming in Hospitality and Tourism during Pre-and Post-Pandemic
Co-Guest Editors:
Name: Chang Huh, Professor
Affiliation: College of Hospitality, Sport, and Tourism Management at Niagara University, New York, 14109, USA
Email: chuh@niagara.edu
Interests: Business analytics, Research methods, Service marketing
Name: Kwangsoo Park, Associate Editor of Hospitality and Tourism Management in the Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal
Affiliation: Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Interior Design, and Hospitality Management in the College of Human Sciences and Education at North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, 58104, USA
Email: Kwangsoo.Park@ndsu.edu
Interests: Quality of life in hospitality and event management, Disability inclusion in hospitality and tourism
Journal Information
For almost 50 years, the Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal has been the periodical of choice for specialists in every segment of the field. Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal started to accept papers on hospitality and tourism management in 2021. As hospitality and tourism management is a newly added area, a special issue is proposed to timely address the most important current issue in the hospitality and tourism area.
Further information about the Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal can be found at the following link. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/15523934/homepage/productinformation.html.
Special Issue Information
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the hospitality and tourism industry into an unprecedented challenging environment since 2020. Understanding consumption in Hospitality and Tourism during pre-and post-pandemic is essential to surviving in the unpredictable market environment. Short-term and long-term strategic practices and solutions are needed to develop and implement for the present and future. Thus, the focused area of this special issue should stress the importance of consumers’ behavioral changes and adaptation. The guest editor would like to take this opportunity to bring significant attention among hospitality and tourism scholars on understanding consumers during pre-and post-pandemic and give insight on strategies to prepare for the future. We would like to cordially invite scholars to contribute an article to the Special Issue titled “Consuming in Hospitality and Tourism during Pre-and Post-Pandemic.”
Potential topics of this special issue can be listed as but not limited to
Consumer behavioral changes
Family travel and dining-out behaviors
Health, security, and safety concerns
Technology challenges and adaption
Spending challenges
Changes in consumer expectation and satisfaction
Obstructions to travel
Social media usages
Labor Shortages
Employing, training, and retaining staff
Contingency management plan
Supply challenges
Financial challenges
Review Process
Each paper submitted for publication consideration is subjected to the standard review process designated by the Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal. Based on the recommendations of the reviewers, the Editor-in-chief along with the guest editors, decisions will be made whether particular submissions will be accepted, revised or rejected.
Proposed schedule
Paper due: June 30, 2022
Expected Publication Date: June 30, 2023
Authors should submit manuscripts electronically via the journal online platform. All papers should follow the submission guidelines of the Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal.
Date: April 15-16, 2022 Location: The Notary Hotel Autograph Collection, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Extended Abstract Submission Due: February 28, 2022
Dear Colleagues,
Following the success of the Korea America Hospitality and Tourism Educators Association annual conference since 2011, the board member of KAHTEA is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for a rebranded annual conference titled “Tourism, Hospitality, and Event Conference for Researchers, Educators, Practitioners, and Students (THEREPS)”.
The THEREPS conference committee is excited to invite researchers, educators, practitioners, and students who would like to share their knowledge, business know-how, and valuable experiences. Conference attendees will share their expertise through completed research, research-in-progress, case studies, or open discussion in stand-up presentation, poster presentation, or undergraduate research forum.
Presentations will be available in the following formats:
1. Refereed research presentations
Research presentations should be based on either theoretical or empirical studies that demonstrate sound research question, research methodology, and implications. Stand-up or poster presentations formats will be available.
2. Undergraduate Student Research Forum
The Undergraduate Student Research Forum is designed to provide undergraduate students with opportunities to present their research proposals, case studies, or completed studies. Stand-up presentation format is only available. The faculty advisor must attend the conference with the student presenter.
Extended Abstracts Submission Guideline (applicable to all formats)
– All extended abstracts will go through a double-blind review process.
– English is an official language. Abstracts will be accepted in English only.
– Extended abstracts should be submitted in MS Word (Times New Roman Font, size 12, and double-spaced) and should not exceed 1,500 words (not including references and tables).
– For inquiries regarding abstract submission, please contact the Chair of Research, Dr. Jooyeon Ha at Jooyeon.Ha@sjsu.edu or the Chair of Undergraduate Forum, Dr. Jeongyeol Park at Jeong-Yeol.Park@ucf.edu.
– Note that extended abstracts will be reviewed only for the best paper selection and will not be included in the conference proceedings. The conference proceedings include only one-page summary abstracts.
Important Deadlines
– Extended abstracts: February 28, 2022 (by 11:00 p.m., Eastern Time, USA)
– Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2022
– Registration: March 31, 2022. At least one author should register the conference by this date.
– One-page (single-spaced) summary abstracts: March 31, 2022 (by 11:00 p.m., Eastern Time, USA) – Download the template file here
