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South Beach Wine And Food Festival - Why Participate?, Henrik Lilleheim, Reidar J. Mykletum, William J. Quain, Christer Engstom
South Beach Wine And Food Festival - Why Participate?, Henrik Lilleheim, Reidar J. Mykletum, William J. Quain, Christer Engstom
Hospitality Review
This paper studies why restaurants, wineries, and other exhibiters participate in Wine & Food festivals. We hypothesized [hat the purpose was to acquire new customers thru promotional involvement in the festival. A secondary outcome was to ascertain if there were differences in motivation between the three groups. A survey was conducted of participating companies in one of the largest Food & Wine festivals. We found differences in what motivated winery participants from restaurants or other exhibitors. A discussion of these differences and how festival organizers may aid participants in achieving their goals is presented.
Dark Tourism – An Old Concept In A New World, Philip R. Stone
Dark Tourism – An Old Concept In A New World, Philip R. Stone
Dr Philip Stone
Consuming Dark Tourism: A Call For Research, Philip Stone Dr
Consuming Dark Tourism: A Call For Research, Philip Stone Dr
Dr Philip Stone
There are an increasing plethora of sites associated with death, tragedy or the macabre that have become significant tourist ‘attractions’. As a result, the term ‘dark tourism’ has entered academic discourse. However, dark tourism literature is both eclectic and theoretically fragile. This is especially the case with regards to consumption and its implications for understanding the ‘dark tourist’. Thus it is suggested that the dimensions of dark tourism consumption have not been extracted or interrogated – only assumed. Consequently, with death and the nature of dying at the crux of the dark tourism concept, this article calls for the development …
Review: Niche Tourism – Contemporary Issues, Trends & Cases, Philip R. Stone
Review: Niche Tourism – Contemporary Issues, Trends & Cases, Philip R. Stone
Dr Philip Stone