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2016-February-11-Renaissance Child Spring Program, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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2016-February-11-Panel Discussion, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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2016-02-11 General Education Council Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., General Education Council.

Faculty Senate Records

General Education Council meeting minutes from February 11, 2016.

Uas Investments Llc Order On Motion By Uas, Frisbee And Daryl Moody Regarding Disqualification Of Prior Counsel And Access To Documents, Elizabeth E. Long

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

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2016-February-10-Uddin Rdc Grant, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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2016-February-10-Blind Alfred Reed, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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2016-02-10 President's Leadership Council Budget Update, Office Of The President. Morehead State University.

Faculty Senate Records

President's Leadership Council Budget Update for February 10, 2016.

2016-February-09-Basler Lectures, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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Derby Cathedral As A Beacon: The Role Of The Church Of England In Tourism Management, Peter Wiltshier

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

In this research, the role of the Cathedral is as a beacon inspiring and guiding community development. Good practice case studies in community collaboration, like the Cathedral's, are perceived as central and critical to the success of regeneration and development.

The philosophical approach used engages the paradigms of community development (Moscardo, 2014; Ness, 2014; Goodson and Phillimore, 2012; Gilchrist and Taylor, 2011). A bottom-up, endogenous approach to development is perceived to deliver unique selling points to the community. An exogenous and centralist approach is perceived to deliver standardised outcomes that may not encourage actors to develop distinctive and special features …

Analysing Accessible Tourism In Religious Destinations: The Case Of Lourdes, France, Ariadna Gassiot, Lluís Prats, Lluís Coromina

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Accessible tourism and religious tourism are normally treated separately. Even so, curative shrines can be defined as places where these two types of tourism are especially co-habitual. Behaviour of both religious tourists (Battour, Battor, & Bhatti, 2013; Nolan & Nolan, 1992; Rinschede, 1992) and of people with special access needs (Burnett & Baker, 2001; Figueiredo, Eusébio, & Kastenholz, 2012) has been analysed before. However, the behaviour of visitors with special access needs in religious sites has not been analysed yet. This study aims at exploring whether there are differences in motivations and perceived value of tourists with special access needs …

International Voluntourism As Secular Pilgrimage: A Case Study Of Hosts And Guests In A Small Panamanian Town, Laura Desfor Edles

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

In this paper, I discuss the social dynamics of international ‘voluntourism’ in Santa Catalina, a small town on the Pacific coast of Panama that has become a tourist mecca in the last two decades. Through my collection of documentary, interview, and ethnographic data, I contribute to on-going debates about the appropriateness and impact of volunteer tourism in developing countries (McGehee 2009, 2012; Palacios 2010; Tomazos and Butler 2012). While existing research tends to focus on the volunteers, here I focus on the complex relations between the volunteers and the ‘voluntoured’ (local Panamanians). My preliminary research shows significant parallels between secular …

Pilgrimage, Spiritual Tourism And The Shaping Of Transnational ‘Imagined Communities’: The Case Of The Tidjani Ziyara To Fez, Johara Berriane

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

This paper aims at analysing the role of the transnational Tidjani pilgrimage to Fez in shaping a sense of belonging among West African adepts and their identification with Morocco. It is based on the assumption that the Tidjani pilgrimage has contributed to the shaping of a religious ‘imagined community’ (Anderson, 1996) encompassing West Africa and Morocco and to the reinforcement of the position of Fez as its ‘socio-cultural centre’ (Cohen, 1992). This paper explores the different historical and political factors that contributed to the evolution and maintaining of the Tidjani pilgrimage practice and to giving sense to it, and analyses …

Religion, Local Produce And Sustainability At Religious Sites In Hungary, Alan Clarke, Ágnes Raffay

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

There is a growing awareness of sustainable practices at religious tourism sites and we have observed this in Hungary, with the focus shifting from one aspect of sustainability to incorporating all three major aspects, the environmental, the economic and the socio-cultural (Rees and Wackernagel, 1996). Although the economic aspect used to be predominant (Shackley, 2001; Mangeloja, 2003) now we can find more examples of practices that aim to promote socio-cultural sustainability, while taking the natural environment also into account (Tanguay et al, 2010).

Several religious tourism sites have started to offer local produce in their souvenir shops and to incorporate …

Conceptualizing Mosque Tourism: A Central Feature Of Islamic And Religious Tourism., Kristel Kessler

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

The increasing size of the worldwide Muslim population and the modernization of Arab countries on the international scene reinforce the rising trend of Islamic Tourism. Indeed, Islamic Tourism has gained much interest in recent years and is considered to be a very promising niche in the near future. This fairly new concept can simply be defined as intra-Muslim and intra-Arab tourism and considering Muslim countries are an emerging tourism market, this is a product with significant economic potential. It is also viewed as tourism that respects Islamic religious principles and is consequently referred to as “Halal Tourism”. In addition, it …

Volume 3(Ii) Table Of Contents And Introduction, Kevin Griffin, Razaq Raj

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

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2016-February-08-Tsbdc Classes, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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2016-February-08-Mozart’S “The Magic Flute”, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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2016-February-07-Jacob Bolen, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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Understanding The Contribution Of Curb Appeal To Retail Real Estate Values, Julia Freybote, Lauren Simon, Lauren Beitelspacher

Business Faculty Publications and Presentations

The concept of curb appeal and its impact on property values has been largely neglected in the real estate literature. In the context of retail real estate, curb appeal represents the general attractiveness of a store viewed from the sidewalk or parking lot that is expected to affect consumer patronage decisions and consequently property values. We develop a measurement instrument for curb appeal and assess the validity of our measure using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Our results suggest that curb appeal is multi-dimensional and consists of an atmospheric, architectural and authenticity dimension. Using transaction data and a spatial autoregressive …

2016-February-06-Dr. Stephanie Frye Will Present A “Not-For-Tuba” Recital, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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Consumer Confidence Index – Nebraska And Survey Of Nebraska Business: February 5, 2016, Eric Thompson

Leading Economic Indicator Reports

January surveys of Nebraska households and businesses reveal a split assessment of the Nebraska economy. Nebraska businesses are optimistic about the outlook for sales and employment while household consumer confidence is low. In particular, the Consumer Confidence Index – Nebraska (CCI-N), which is being released for the first time this month, declined during January 2016 to 84.7 from a value of 89.0 in December 2015. This level and drop in the index, which is calculated based on a Survey of Nebraska households, indicates that consumer confidence is weak in Nebraska. The drop may reflect a decline in optimism in the …

2016-February-05, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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2016-February--05-Medical Challenges 2016, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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2016-February-05-Red For Women, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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2016-February-05-Drew Lynch, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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2016-February-05-Darwin Day, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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Trends In Product Development – The Supermarket Shelf Revisited, Anna Cruickshank

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In a rapidly changing environment the survival of the food service industry and the food retail markets depend to a large extent on their capacity to develop and market new or radically improved products. The identified product development tends provide insight into the new and novel food products available to facilitate the growing demands of the food industry in Ireland and the ever-changing fashions in food requirements world-wide.

Does Experience In A Business Incubator Increase Student Entrepreneurial Intentions?, Laurel F. Ofstein

Spring Convocation

At the Share the Story Scholar Talks during Spring Convocation, Laurel Ofstein presented on research she has done with Co-Authors: Sophie C. Bacq, Northeastern University, Jill R. Kickul, New York University, and Lisa K. Gundry, DePaul University.

Service, Sale And Marketing Of Alcohol For The Tourism, Hospitality And Retail Industries, James Peter Murphy

Conference papers

The responsible service, sale and marketing of alcohol for the tourism, hospitality and retail industries is crucial those working in the tourism, hospitality, culinary arts and retail industries including those in supervisory and management positions. This presentation explored a wide range of topics associated with sale and service of alcohol in these inter-related industries. Its aim was to provide attendees with a greater awareness of the effects of alcohol, and of their moral and legal obligations to act responsibly when supplying alcohol beverages or when dealing with alcohol misuse in their respective workplace. This presentation was also created to coincide …

2016-February-04-Bse Program, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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