Generation Y: An Agenda for Future Visitor Attraction Research
Journal Article
Leask, A., Fyall, A., & Barron, P. (2014)
Generation Y: An Agenda for Future Visitor Attraction Research. International Journal of Tourism Research, 16(5), 462-471. doi:10.1002/jtr.1940
This study provides a comprehensive secondary-based synthesis of previous studies on the profile and patterns of consumption of Generation Y, their consumption experiences and...
Identifying best practice in national tourism organisations: Lessons for the United Kingdom
Journal Article
Wight, A. C. (2013)
Identifying best practice in national tourism organisations: Lessons for the United Kingdom. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 19(2), 133-148. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356766712463717
The UK Leisure and Tourism sector is uniquely fragmented at government and industry levels and comprises a wide and diverse range of products and services. Tourist boards and ...
Managing revenue in Scottish visitor attractions.
Journal Article
Leask, A., Fyall, A., & Garrod, B. (2012)
Managing revenue in Scottish visitor attractions. Current Issues in Tourism, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2012.667070
Revenue management is often identified as a potentially valuable tool for addressing some of the challenges currently facing visitor attractions. This article sets out to inve...
Engaging residents as stakeholders of the visitor attraction.
Journal Article
Garrod, B., Fyall, A., Leask, A., & Reid, E. (2012)
Engaging residents as stakeholders of the visitor attraction. Tourism Management, 33, 1159-1173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2011.11.014
While local residents are widely recognised to play a pivotal role in the development and management of destinations, their role in the context of visitor attractions has larg...
Exploring the relationship between visitor attractions and events: definitions and management factors
Journal Article
Weidenfeld, A., & Leask, A. (2013)
Exploring the relationship between visitor attractions and events: definitions and management factors. Current Issues in Tourism, 16(6), 552-569. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2012.702736
The growing definitional debate on the terms ‘visitor attractions’ and ‘events’ highlights the need to compare their key determinants and management factors. The article elabo...
Restraining opportunism in hotel management contracts
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 conc...
The perceived influence of centralising operations in chain hotels
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 increa...
The use of management contracts by international hotel firms in Thailand
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 ...
The Effectiveness of Convention and Exhibition Websites A Transatlantic Comparison and Future Scenario
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 t...
Stakeholders' perceptions of the DCF method in hotel valuations
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. Th...