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Faculty Hiring Criteria In Hospitality Education Programs, Robert H. Woods, Seonghee Cho, Raymond S. Schmidgall
Faculty Hiring Criteria In Hospitality Education Programs, Robert H. Woods, Seonghee Cho, Raymond S. Schmidgall
Hospitality Review
This study examined criteria used in selecting faculty at I-CHRIE hospitality-management education programs in the United States. Results provide a baseline for consideration of faculty at all ranks. The three most important hiring criteria for assistant professors were a PhD or equivalent terminal degree, publication/research, and hospitality-industry work experience. For associate and full professors, the three most important factors were a PhD or equivalent terminal degree, publication/research, and college teaching experience. Results indicated that most programs use similar criteria in evaluating faculty applicants. This study also found that leadership ability is the most important factor in hiring department heads/directors. Results …
Online Pricing Practice For Hotel Room Rates In China: The Case Of Shanghai, Rob Law, Dave Man
Online Pricing Practice For Hotel Room Rates In China: The Case Of Shanghai, Rob Law, Dave Man
Hospitality Review
Travel websites that enable hotel room reservations have created unprecedented business opportunities. However, they have also overloaded hotel customers with information. This situation is particularly true of China, an emerging country with the largest population in the world and the most promising growth prospect in tourism. This study investigated the room-rate pricing practice of five online distribution channels, measured by the lowest available rates. These online channels priced hotels of different categories in Shanghai, China’s largest city. Empirical findings indicated that local websites offered lower room rates than international websites for the selected hotels in different categories. Specifically, Chinatravel consistently …
Students' Response To Ethical Dilemmas, Christine Lynn, Richard M. Howey, Thomas Combrink
Students' Response To Ethical Dilemmas, Christine Lynn, Richard M. Howey, Thomas Combrink
Hospitality Review
The teaching of ethics in hospitality curricula is an important part of students’ overall education. Past research has indicated that college students are generally as ethically aware as their professional counterparts. The authors replicated a study by Damitio and Schmidgall (1993) in which over 700 college students were asked if they agreed with decisions in 15 hypothetical scenarios. Students were also asked if the decisions were in fact ethical. Results are reported. The authors use these results as further evidence that ethical awareness in hospitality students needs to be raised. There does not appear to be any change in students’ …
Searching For The Holy Grail Of International Education: Feedback From Hospitality Management Study Abroad Participants, Hubert B. Van Hoof
Searching For The Holy Grail Of International Education: Feedback From Hospitality Management Study Abroad Participants, Hubert B. Van Hoof
Hospitality Review
This article reports on a study done among hospitality management students who participated in study abroad programs between January 2001 and May 2003. The participants in the study were both incoming students to the US and outgoing students from the US. The study investigates, among other things, why they had decided to study abroad, why they had selected a particular institution, how their home institution compared to the partner institution abroad, and what they perceived to be the benefits and relevance of their international experiences. It was found that respondents were generally very positive about the study abroad experience. Some …
A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach To Compare And Contrast The Websites Of China-Based And U.S-Based Hotels, Rob Law, Kathy Liang
A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach To Compare And Contrast The Websites Of China-Based And U.S-Based Hotels, Rob Law, Kathy Liang
Hospitality Review
The improvement in living standards and the development of telecommunications have led to a large increase in the number of Internet users in China. It has been reported by China National Network Information Center that the number of Internet users in China has reached 33.7 million in 2001, ranting the country third in the world. This figure also shows that more and more Chinese residents have accepted the Internet and use it to obtain information and compete their travel planning. Milne and Ateljevic stated that the integration of computing and telecommunications would create a global information network based mostly on …
Fiu, Tianjin University Plan To Run School In China, Fiu Fiu
Fiu, Tianjin University Plan To Run School In China, Fiu Fiu
Hospitality Review
MIAMI, Fla. - Florida International University has signed an agreement with the Tianjin University of Commerce to run a hospitality management school in China that would mirror the top-ranked Miami program. The agreement is thought to be the first on this scale between the Chinese government and a foreign university
V-Commerce: Vending Machine Technology, Michael L. Kasavana
V-Commerce: Vending Machine Technology, Michael L. Kasavana
Hospitality Review
A Popular auxiliary service provided by hospitality businesses is automatic merchandising, more commonly known as vending. Recent advancement in vending technology (v-commerce) has changed the way vending machines are monitored, replenished, maintained, and reconciled. As the hospitality industry searches to reduce its reliance on labor intensive processes, automatic merchandising represents and effective way to provide unattended points of sale and service. Smart machines featuring quality products with high levels of auditabile control may me more appealing to the hospitality industry. While a hospitality manager does not need to have knowleds of the vending distribution channel or machine maintenance, it is …
Book Review: Tourism In China: Exotic Land Revealed, Joan S. Remington
Book Review: Tourism In China: Exotic Land Revealed, Joan S. Remington
Hospitality Review
There is no better way to lean about tourism in China than from renowned expert in the field. Alan Lew. PhD. and professor at Northern Arizona University, Lawrence Yu, Ph.D. and associate professor in the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management at George Washington University. John Ap, Ph.D. and associate professor in tourism management at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Zhang Guangrui, director of the Tourism Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, China, have contributed to and edited a collection of writings detailing the development of tourism in this fascinating and exotic land.
Chinese And British Hotels: Cultural Differences And Management, Bo Hu, Liping A. Cai, Raphael R. Kavanaugh
Chinese And British Hotels: Cultural Differences And Management, Bo Hu, Liping A. Cai, Raphael R. Kavanaugh
Hospitality Review
Rapid tourism development in China has led to an influx of hotels invested in and operated by multi-national hotel companies. The authors examine the impact of cultural differences on employee behavior in China and UK hotels and offer recommendations for expatriate hotel managers to effectively develop human resource management styles while operating properties in China.
Investing In Hospitality Operations In The People's Republic Of China: The Legal Framework, Bruce C. Urdang
Investing In Hospitality Operations In The People's Republic Of China: The Legal Framework, Bruce C. Urdang
Hospitality Review
In the late 1970s, the People's Republic of China announced its "Open Door Policy. "After being closed to the outside world for decades, the Western world was not certain what to make of this turnaround. The author looks at a number of questions: Was China sincere in its statements that it wanted foreign investment on its soil? Was it willing to provide the economic and legal framework within which foreign investors could feel secure about placing their investment dollars? What concerns or issues still remain with regard to such investment decisions today?
Slot Machines: Methodologies And Myths, Michael L. Kasavana
Slot Machines: Methodologies And Myths, Michael L. Kasavana
Hospitality Review
The proliferation of legalized gaming has significantly changed the nature of the hospitality industry. While several aspects of gaming have flourished, none has become more popular, profitable, or technologically advanced as the slot machine. While more than half of all casino gambling, and earnings, is generated by slot machines, little has been written about the technology integral to these devices. The author describes the workings of computer-controlled slot machines and exposes some of the popular operating myths.
Hospitality Administration Program Administrators View Core Areas Of Knowledge, Jerald W. Chesser, Taylor E. Ellis
Hospitality Administration Program Administrators View Core Areas Of Knowledge, Jerald W. Chesser, Taylor E. Ellis
Hospitality Review
In 1992 the Accrediting Commission on Programs of Hospitality Administration established standards for hospitality administration programs. The authors surveyed program administrators regarding the current and preferred location for the teaching of the common core areas of hospitality administration knowledge.
Ethical Challenges Of The Industry: Are Graduates Prepared?, Matt A. Casado, Gary K. Vallen, William E. Miller
Ethical Challenges Of The Industry: Are Graduates Prepared?, Matt A. Casado, Gary K. Vallen, William E. Miller
Hospitality Review
Hospitality graduates often enter their first jobs unaware of the difficult ethical dilemmas they will face. By having ethics teaching in a curriculum, the authors of this article believe that the perceptions of ethics of senior hospitality students at Northern Arizona University were comparable to those of operating industry managers.