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‘2014 San. Pellegrino - Best Young Sommelier Is Crowned’, James Peter Murphy

Culinary Competitions

The competition to select S. Pellegrino- Best Young Sommelier LIVE final took place recently at the DIT Teaching and Learning Bar, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1. This initiative between the DIT School of Culinary Arts & Food Technology and Stafford Lynch Ltd offered hospitality students the unique opportunity to improve their sommelier skills in harmonizing water, wine and food to create a fine dining experience for their guests. S. Pellegrino and Acqua Panna waters have developed a unique Water Codex to provide a clear outline of how to appreciate, serve and perfectly harmonize water with fine drinks, wine and food with the aim of completing the consumer’s pleasure on the table for a fine dining experience. The competition was held over two rounds attracting a huge entry in the first round (semi-finals) which were organised during the month of January and culminating in the LIVE final where the top six semi-finalists demonstrated their practical and theoretical skills in the service, tasting and harmonization of water, wine and food to a panel of expert judges.

Mr. Donncha Curran (Senior Brand Manager, Stafford Lynch Ltd) and Ms. Una Lynch (Director, Stafford Lynch Ltd) expressed their delight at the huge interest, professional skills and intellectual abilities demonstrated by all the participants of the S. Pellegrino- Best young sommelier competition and thanked Mr.James Murphy(DIT Lecturer & Co-ordinator S. Pellegrino best young sommelier competition) for organising an excellent event. This years winners were as follows;

Overall Winner : James Halligan, who won a special dinner for two at Thorntons Restaurant, Dublin, 2nd place: Cian Hamilton and 3^rd Place: Tiawen Zhou. All three winners are also students of the DIT BSc (Hons) degree in Bar Management & Entrepreneurship programme.

Further Details:

James Murphy MSc, MA, D.I.T Bar Management Studies, College of Arts & Tourism, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1. Tel: 01-4024453 ...

New Media, Branding And Global Sports Sponsorship, James Santomier

WCOB Faculty Publications

New media has emerged as a significant dimension of branding and global sports sponsorship because it provides the capability to communicate with consumers worldwide via a multitude of digital platforms. This paper discusses the results of a systematic review of the development of global sports sponsorship and the importance of new media integration to the sector for the future. Results indicate that a new paradigm is emerging which involves thematically linked, integrated, strategic global marketing initiatives driven by new media applications, which have enhanced the value of sports sponsorship.

Assessing Tourist Experience Satisfaction With A Heritage Destination, Yuan Yao

Open Access Theses

The research is concerned with understanding the relationships among heritage motivation, travel experience, and overall satisfaction. It attempts to uncover how tourist motivation, destination attribute performance, and tourist emotional involvement interact and, at the same time, contribute toward a satisfying heritage tourism experience. The empirical research was conducted at the city of Nanjing, China, as a case of a heritage destination. People who were visiting Nanjing were randomly and voluntarily selected to participate in the self-administrated survey. A total of 282 valid questionnaires were collected with a response rate of about 55%. Factor analysis and mediation analysis were conducted by ...

Competitive Marketing Strategy: A Best Practices Examination Of Convention Hotels In San Francisco, Jennifer Hardy

Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration

The expansion of convention hotels in metropolitan areas has been steadily increasing in recent years. This expansion causes competition between hotels in the same market. The purpose of this study was to examine the best practices for competitive marketing strategies used by convention hotels in San Francisco. The hotels studied were: Westin St. Francis, Fairmont Hotel, Ritz-Carlton, and Four Seasons. These organizations were analyzed based on several questions developed by the researcher. Data were collected from organizational websites and social media pages. The results demonstrate that the companies use many similar marketing practices. In order to market themselves more competitively ...

International Tourists' Souvenir Purchasing Behavior , Soyoung Kim

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This study was the first attempt to develop and test a causal model of international tourists' souvenir purchasing behavior. The objectives were (1) to identify the variables that may affect international tourists' purchasing behavior for textile souvenirs, (2) to propose a causal model that incorporates those variables, and (3) to test the proposed model for U.S. tourists who are traveling to Mexico;The population of interest was female adults who had traveled to Mexico or were planning to travel to Mexico in the near future. A self-administered questionnaire, along with color photographs of five Mexican textile souvenirs, was mailed ...

Violence In Youth Sport: Potential Preventative Measures And Solutions, Cheryl Danilewicz

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Youth sport events are part of a growing industry to which event venues are tailoring their policies, procedures, and designs. The competitive nature of the events and their participants have caused these venues to examine their existing policies and adjust them to increase security and safety measures for the athletes, coaches, spectators, game officials, and venue staff. Tempers at these events will flare, and in recent years violence is becoming increasingly more common. Parents and athletes have attacked each other, coaches, and game officials due to the intense nature of these events. The result of these acts could range from ...

The Effects Of Lighting Temperature And Complexity On Hotel Guests' Perceived Servicescape, Perceived Value, And Behavioral Intentions, Jing Yang

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Previous studies have investigated the effects of environmental stimuli, such as music, scent, and lighting. However, complexity has not been widely discussed, particularly in three-dimensional spaces. The current study primarily examines the effects of intended complexity and intended lighting temperature on perceived servicescape, perceived value. A 2 (warm lighting, cool light) × 3 (low complexity, medium complexity, high complexity) between-subject experiment was conducted. Six computer-generated images with the same guestroom floor plan were utilized to represent the six treatment conditions. An online-survey was distributed via Amazon Mechanical Turk. A total of 473 responses were used to test the proposed hypotheses.

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American Camp Culture: A History Of Recreational Vehicle Development And Leisure Camping In The United States, 1890-1960 , David Leroy Harmon

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This study looks at the relationship between technology and its social and cultural context by examining the ways in which changing ideas and attitudes about camp vehicles and leisure camping shaped recreational vehicle technology. It focuses on the period, roughly 1890 to 1960, when leisure camping and recreational vehicles were in their formative years, when American popular culture publications celebrated recreational vehicle travel, and when recreational vehicle manufacturing matured into a dynamic, billion-dollar industry. Looking at what social values and ideas prompted the selection of a technology, and second, what new values and ideas may have then prompted the shift ...

The Effects Of Annual Pass Holders On The Disneyland Resort Infrastructure, Sean B. Keliiholokai

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Since the inception of Disneyland, the growing number of loyal guests, expansion of the theme parks and new entertainment elements has drawn and increased park attendance. With that being said, expansions are continuously taking place and thus the price per ticket increases. As the ticket prices continue to increase, numerous amount of guests look at other options such as annual passes as a means of getting the most for their money. As funds for families become more of a concern, the need for local supplemental activities is a key driver. The ever expanding base of Annual Passholders (AP), who is ...

Adapting Disneyland’S Service Strategy To Korea’S Everland Theme Park, Haesun Paik

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Disneyland is an American amusement park located in Anaheim, California, owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company. On July 18, 1955 the park was first opened to the public (Absolute Astronomy, 2009). Tourists come from all over the world to experience Disneyland not only for theme park, but also for its well-known quality of service, proven time and again by returning visitors. Behind the Disney World being the first, Disneyland is the second most visited park in the world having more than 14,800,000 visitors (TEA and ERA, 2008). Korea is one of the fastest growing countries in ...