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Factors Affecting Choice of Wellness Tourism Destination: Perspectives of Families With Children in Mainland China

open access: yesInternational Journal of Tourism Research, Volume 28, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT Although wellness tourism and family tourism have received much attention from academics, research on the factors influencing families with children to choose wellness tourism is limited. A grounded theory approach was used to reveal the influencing factors and motivations of families with children when choosing wellness tourism destinations ...
Ying Zhao, Deniz Kucukusta
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Managing the hotel managers: HRM practices in Greek luxury hotels [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper explores the current HRM practices employed in the international hospitality industry. More specifically it investigates four key HRM areas regarding the work of General Managers (GMs) in luxury (4 and 5*) hotels in Greece namely: recruitment ...
Giousmpasoglou, Charalampos
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Luxury Tourism and Hospitality Employees

open access: yesAthens Journal of Tourism
This paper aims to educate readers on the idea of luxury and the vital role that hospitality employees play in the visitor experience. To provide services that create remarkable luxury accommodation experiences, frontline staff must engage visitors on a sensory level in addition to a functional one.
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The Dynamics of International Marketing: A Case Study of an International Alpine Resort in Hokkaido, Japan

open access: yesThunderbird International Business Review, Volume 68, Issue 2, Page 177-190, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the dynamics of alpine resorts and their evolution in international marketing. International marketing is a complex process involving different actors across borders. The literature has often examined marketing at specific points in time.
Chihiro Nakayama
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Why China? A study of why foreign hotel companies are rushing to develop new luxury hotels in China

open access: yes, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this professional paper is to identify why China is currently the number one recipient of foreign investment from foreign multinational luxury hotel companies.
Hardingham, Sean
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Ethnography, Ethnographers and Hospitality Research: Communities, Tensions and Affiliations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper examines the professional and moral positions of ethnographers located in institutions specializing in hospitality management. The paper considers the notion of ethnographic subjectivity and argues that ethnographers working in various ...
Lugosi, Peter
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THE RISE OF EMOTIONAL TOURISM: A NEW PARADIGM IN LUXURY TRAVEL AND ITS STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS [PDF]

open access: yesAnalele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie
This paper explores how emotions experienced by tourists during luxury vacations influence the perceived value of the experience and their loyalty intentions. Based on a questionnaire administered to a sample of 116 respondents who recently stayed at
DINU LOREDANA , DINU GABRIEL
doaj  

Luxe, genre et émotions dans l’hôtellerie

open access: yesLa Nouvelle Revue du Travail, 2015
The social distance between employees and customers in the luxury hotel industry forces the former to display enthusiasm and spontaneity even as they are supposed to recognise the latter’s symbolic capital and social superiority.
Gabriele Pinna
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STATE‐LED RURALIZATION AND ITS URBAN ENTANGLEMENTS: Agribusiness Land Transfers in Rural China

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 277-292, March 2026.
Abstract As urbanization takes on forms and spaces beyond the typical city, urban theorists have questioned how the field can comprehend the rural. Drawing on recent theories in rural geography, I propose the concept of ‘state‐led ruralization’, which I define as state agencies’ deliberate effort to reshape rural social space by regulating the ...
Ettore Santi
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Exemption or illusion? The impact of a youth tax policy on house asking prices in Portugal

open access: yesReal Estate Economics, Volume 54, Issue 2, Page 469-503, March 2026.
Abstract Affordable housing has become an increasing challenge for young individuals in Portugal, where rising house prices and precarious employment conditions hinder homeownership. To address this barrier, the Portuguese Government introduced a tax exemption for individuals under 35 purchasing their first home.
Luís Clemente‐Casinhas, Sofia Vale
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