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Introduction, David L. Groves

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Morale: A Review, Bob D. Lee

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This is a project to review the Raube publication as a secondary data source. The copyright date on the materials is 1947, but the research data is probably from 1944. Since the publication is out-of-date and cannot be accessed, the publication will be summarized and then comments added by content experts regarding the importance of the data as a historical document as well as a baseline for development of a system for analyzing and modeling employee and management relations.

Publication Review: Morale And Satisfaction, Yu Liu

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In order to gain a perspective about morale and satisfaction, the publications Recreation Management and Employee Service Management were reviewed for typical statements that would give an indication about the status of these factors. The focus of the review was to find representative statements that are reflective of employee service programs.

An Employee Services Model: Morale And Satisfaction, David L. Groves, Bryan Cavins

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The Raube manuscript was used as a secondary source to obtain a historical perspective about important factors that influence employees. Included in this assessment was a perspective from employees, management, and unions. This type of analysis is essential to understand the relationships between management and employees and be able to develop a model of collaboration and cooperation from both perspectives.

It is obvious that diverse factors are important during different time periods. It is essential though to understand the different time periods and their influences. This type of information will provide a longitudinal perspective and a better understanding of the …

Ps, David L. Groves

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Has A Pandemic Provided An Opportunity For Food In Tourism?, John D. Mulcahy

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This is an autoethnographic perspective, informed by my experience over four decades as a practitioner, policy maker and academic. The primary thrust of my argument is that, within the wider tourism industry, food in tourism is integral across all sectors, markets, and populations with enormous and sustainable social and economic potential. Realising that potential requires a shift beyond the existing traditional tourism paradigm that is based on narrow economic objectives. The pandemic may have created a tipping point, forcing that paradigm to shift to holistic, collaborative, and sustainable objectives reflecting fresh societal, cultural, environmental, and economic concerns. It is therefore …

Sharing The Journey: Museums And Culinary Tourism, Paula J. Johnson

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Museums and historic sites have incorporated food-related material into their exhibitions and programs over many years. The extent to which culinary content draws tourists is difficult to pinpoint, but organizations have found that food-related exhibitions, programs, and events resonate in important ways with travelers and local residents alike. In the past two decades, more museums have moved beyond simply adding food and drink components to their programming calendars, and have built entire initiatives around food research, collecting, and public engagement involving critical issues such as migration, cultural representation, equity and accessibility, and environmental sustainability. The American Food History Project at …

Virtual Culinary Tourism In The Time Of Covid 19, Lucy Long

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As the COVID-19 pandemic closed borders and shut down travel in 2020, culinary tourists have turned to virtual experiences for satisfying their curiosity about new foods and tastes. Individuals as well as industry professionals have focused their energies on cooking shows, cookbooks, food memoires, blogs, and both formal media and informal social media. These activities represent a philosophical approach to tourism as a state of seeing or attitude that represents the humanities-based definition of culinary tourism as "eating out of curiosity" rather than the more industry-driven one of food-motivated travel to a destination.

These virtual formats may be reaching a …

Looking Over Our Shoulders At Disaster, Brent Rosen, Elizabeth M. Williams

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In a journey spanning almost 20 years the Southern Food & Beverage Museum has become established as a solid and reliable museum and attraction in New Orleans, Louisiana. Its journey to established museum has been fraught with disaster and determination – from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the financial crisis of 2008, the BP Oil Spill, and COVID - to more local disasters like floods and hurricanes. Today it is ready for whatever may happen, as well as prepared with a plan to pivot, innovate, and re-invent itself, all the while deepening its mission and continuing to be the Southern Food …

From Cloudberries To Chanterelles: Reflections On Baltic Tourism And The Helsinki Herring Festival, Michele Potter

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Tourism has increased in the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since their EU membership in 2004. By comparing Baltic food venues with the Helsinki Herring Festival, Potter chronicles her recent epicurean travels – from pizza joints to Michelin Stars – while deepening her appreciation for colorful Baltic culture and its vast history.

We’Ve Got A Moat, And We're Not Afraid To Use It: Culinary Tourism, Borders, And Tasmania, Nicole Tarulevicz

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For the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic Australia had restricted national-borders. Tasmania, Australia’s island-state, added addition restrictions to its state borders. National and state controls had significant impacts on tourism and hospitality, especially culinary tourism. The state of Tasmania attempt to stimulate the sector with vouchers for Tasmanians to travel within the state. The opening of borders to inter-state travelers has been quite disruptive, causing an increase in Covid-19 cases, affecting business and consumers. Additionally, many Tasmanians have limited their activities, although restrictions have been lifted. In this piece I trace our experiences, as a family living in …

Mass – Market Us – Caribbean Cruise Travel During The Covid-19 Pandemic: Implications For Culinary Tourism, Shayan S. Lallani

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Culturally themed dining is a popular offering on mass-market cruises operating in the US- Caribbean market, with companies often marketing these experiences as opportunities for immersion in societies perceived as foreign. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted every aspect of cruise ship dining. As an intimate activity that brings people together through the sharing of food and culinary memories, dining on cruise ships as it was pre-pandemic is no longer feasible during a global event that asks people to stay apart. Cruise lines and authorities responsible for regulating the industry have implemented important safety measures to protect passengers and crew onboard, as …

Teaching Food Tourism In Ireland-Reflections From Covid-19, Ziene Mottiar, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

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This paper is a reflection of the development of a Food Tourism module over the last 5 years in TU Dublin with particular focus on the impact of COVID on pedagological strategies. The module emerged as a reaction to an environment in which tourism, and food tourism, was being identified as increasingly important and on the program team there was a desire to provide students with different perspectives of food. A key element of the module is interaction with industry, via guest lectures, case studies and a field trip. COVID-19 had a significant impact as teaching and learning pivoted online. …

Isolated Destination: Life In Western Australia In The Time Of The Covid-19 Pandemic, Cecilia Leong-Salobir

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Western Australia, the largest state covering a third of the landmass of Australia has escaped much of the morbidity and deaths of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was made possible due to its draconian measures in keeping the virus at bay through interstate and border closures and high vaccination rates. Domestic tourism has flourished as West Australians, unable to travel outside the state spend their dollars on visiting local attractions. Restaurants, cafes, bars and fast food outlets also do a roaring trade for the same reason.

Introduction, Bob Lee

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Tim O'Brien: Theme Park Perspective, Editorial Staff, Tim O’Brien

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This is an interview with Tim O’Brien exploring his thoughts about some of the important issues that affect the theme park and attractions business. His reflection gives rise to issues that are important now and in the future. The insight that he has provided is a bridge from the old to the new. He is always on the cutting edge of new thoughts, yet with a focus on the past to develop continuity. It is important to note that some of the issues emphasize COVID-19, but most of the thoughts are dealing with future issues.

His thoughts are a guideline …

Bob Blundred, Editorial Staff

Visions in Leisure and Business

This manuscript is from a previous issue of Visions that focused upon an interview with Bob Blundred. The comments identified in this manuscript are ones that have relevance not only from history, but for theme parks today. The context focuses upon the structure and function of park operations. The larger perspective is theme parks and their relationship to society.

Marketing And Operations Impacts Of The Corona Virus Era In Tourism And Leisure Related Industries, Jack Samuels, Yawei Wang

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This article explores the impacts of COVID-19 on the tourism, leisure, entertainment, sports, hospitality, and related industries. It focuses mostly on long-lasting impacts of the pandemic and has numerous ideas regarding the management and marketing of these interrelated industries in the wake of the crisis. It also looks at preparation for future crises in these industries.

Family Recreation And Theme Parks, Bob Lee, Lei Jin

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Theme parks with its amazing infrastructure have been an ideal place for many families to take a day trip for celebration or have a family vacations. Established with an array of well-designed programs and tons of fun-driving attractions, a theme park could be a wonderful site for parents to allow their young kids to grow in many areas including but not limited to skill development, mental sharpening, aesthetic appreciation, social interaction, awareness of consciousness in ethics, and intellectual enrichment. This paper intends to highlight these elements collected from visiting theme parks that may lead more families to zoom into the …

A Comparison Of The Tourist Destinations Of Las Vegas And Orlando: A Cultural And Psychographic Approach, Yu Liu, Bob Lee, David L. Groves, Fan Du

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There is a different of opinion about models for the development of tourism destinations. There are not any standard models. It must be recognized that the individual community must examine its historical background to identify the causal elements that influence events. What usually occurs in tourist development is that a successful model is found and it is transferred to another community without considering how the model has to be adapted and/or adjusted based upon the characteristics of the new community. In some cases, this transfer is successful and in other cases it is a complete failure. The purpose of this …

Emma Jones: Theme Park Apps, Editorial Staff, Emma Jones

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This article is defined by our editors as a historical manuscript outlining the framework and foundation of the future of theme parks as it represents new approaches for guests and management. The interview with Emma Jones primarily focused on technology and its implications for the future of theme parks. The adoption of technology in theme park operation will increase customer satisfaction, generate more revenues, and serve as a platform to reach visitors on a pre-, during-, and post-event experience basis. It also can provide a new channel for management teams contacting participants and nonparticipants to enrich their experiences.

Ps, Editorial Staff

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This Way Or That? Par Ici Ou Par Là?”: Language In The Theme Park, Florian Freitag

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Language and its multiple forms and functions in the theme park have only received scant attention in cultural and media studies-oriented theme park scholarship. In both written and oral form, however, language not only constitutes an integral part of the pluri- or multimedial mix that makes the theme park a hybrid, composite, or meta-medium, but also offers visitors a large variety of information on safety, park operations, and theming. Using examples from parks in both the U.S. and Europe and drawing on such theoretical concepts as paratextuality and "linguistic landscapes," this essay suggests a tripartite approach to studying the complex …

Introduction, Editorial Staff

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Employee Services Moving Forward By Giving Back, Randy Schools

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Mel Byers, Editorial Staff

Visions in Leisure and Business

This is a compilation of some of Mel Byers thoughts on employee services from a previous issue of Visions. This represents the perspective of an individual who was a founding member of the employee service movement in the 1940’s. The ideas and issues identified represent important factors that are guiding principles for today’s professionals.

Uncertain Times: Emotional-Social Intelligence And Relational Leadership Practices: A Conceptual Framework, Bryan Cavins

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Over the past year, our World has experienced vast and uncertain change due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. With this rise in uncertainty, all areas of our diverse society have felt emotional stress which has impacted how manage the daily stressors of life in a pandemic are managed. Research shows that increasing Emotional-Social Intelligence (ESI) improves an individual’s ability to adapt and adjust during uncertain and difficult times. One area that has been impacted significantly is work environments and cultures. Organizational and team leadership plays a significant role in the emotional climate in the workplace. Emotionally-Socially Intelligent leaders who apply relational …

From Rote To Remote: Working During A Pandemic, Derrick Manns

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This pandemic was unexpected and has caused tremendous problems throughout world societies. One of the outcomes has been that there have been a number of individuals who have had to work from a remote location, especially their homes. This has had a tremendous number of ramifications for the individual as well as organizations. The primary focus of this article is to explore the ramifications of working from remote locations and to identify a model for how the individual has adapted to the pandemic in terms of personal as well as business processes.

Employee Services: Theoretical Positions, Editorial Staff

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This is a part of a reprint a previous manuscript. The basic function is to provide a perspective/summary to theoretical positions as they relate the associated organizational sciences. In understanding the relationships among these various theoretical positions, it will provide a basis to start the integration of ideas and concepts toward a contingency approach. Such methodologies will help the individual and the organization to understand that there is a multiplexing of styles in helping them appreciate each other’s position.

Reflections: Work Place Services, David Groves

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The profession of employee services was an outgrowth of an early recreation movement at the turn of the 20th century. This does not suggest that there were not programs before this date. It only indicates that the importance was recognized at this point in time.

It flourished through a professional organization that began in the 1940's and eventually saw its demise in the mid-2000. This does not suggest that this movement is not alive today. It only implies that the problems were organizational.

This manuscript is a reflection on past endeavors of the employee service and considerations of its present …