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2007

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The Use Of Adventure Travel In The Meeting Planning Industry, Michelle Millar Jan 2007

The Use Of Adventure Travel In The Meeting Planning Industry, Michelle Millar

Hospitality Management

This study investigates the types of adventure travel activities, ecotourism, soft-adventure, or hard-adventure activities, that meeting planners have used, and if the type of activity used varies by meeting planner type. Surveys were completed by one hundred and eighteen purposefully selected meeting planners. The sample included corporate, association, independent, incentive and other meeting planners from the United States and Canada. Overall, independent planners utilized the most activities across all three adventure travel categories, followed by incentive travel planners. Corporate, association, and other meeting planners did not seem interested in using adventurous activities at meetings.


Ecotourism In Latin America: Four Types Of Birding Tours, Gregory E. Osland Jan 2007

Ecotourism In Latin America: Four Types Of Birding Tours, Gregory E. Osland

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

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Inside The World Of Celebrity Chefs, Exhibit Brochure, Deb Ebster, Tanya Jo Ormseth Jan 2007

Inside The World Of Celebrity Chefs, Exhibit Brochure, Deb Ebster, Tanya Jo Ormseth

Rosen Library Exhibits

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Proposing An Alternative Framework For Feasibility Studies For Large Public Tourism Investments: A Quantitative Analysis Of The, Marcelinio Kock Jan 2007

Proposing An Alternative Framework For Feasibility Studies For Large Public Tourism Investments: A Quantitative Analysis Of The, Marcelinio Kock

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Numerous studies in the hospitality field have focused on the importance of the convention industry to the economic well being of the local tourism industry. Because of intense competition between convention centers, destinations are practicing strategies of expanding their convention facilities and related infrastructure. Unfortunately, many of these expansions appear to have been based on feasibility studies that failed to present rigorous reviews and examinations regarding alleged claims of positive impacts and over-optimistic operational pro-forma statements. The main objective of this study is to propose an alternative framework for feasibility studies, which consists of an updated, rigorous methodology to calculate …