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Business plan: implementing and operating a new exclusive ecological hotel in Arbúcies (Girona). Peusaterra Eco & Rural Hotel
Tourism is a multidimensional phenomenon and has become one of the most important business sectors all over the world, presenting a particular relevance for the economic development of a country. In recent years, the ...
Sharing economy in Barcelona: legal issues for nautical tourism
The research aims to investigate the current state of the sharing economy in Barcelona, to analyse Barcelona as a tourism destination and study the legal issues of the sharing economy in nautical tourism under Barcelona ...
Dark Tourism Attractiveness Scan Model: Towards a More Effective Development of a Destination
Death has always fascinated humans, perhaps because the fear of not being able to avoid it is as great as the desire to know what comes next. Driven by an innate awareness of one's deadly nature, people have always visited ...
Engagement of casual labor to Hotel Arts' standards and culture
In the context of hospitality organizations, brand attributes origins in service delivery and other intangibles within the organization (Lashley, 1995). Engaged and committed employees who understand and accept brand ...
Senior Tourists in China: perception and satisfaction regarding outbound travel experience in a group package tour
Tourism has become one of the fast growing industries in China. In December 2009, the Chinese State Council issued official document named “Opinions about developing tourism industry rapidly” in which tourism industry will ...
A qualitative analysis of the dimensions of the tourist experience in oriental spiritual retreats based on Eat Pray Love film
The use of destinations in films impacts a large number of audiences, generating travel motivations and expectations. Consequently, these cinematographic destinations receive a wide number of tourists looking to satisfy ...
Analysis of the accessibility in cultural heritage for people with autism spectrum disorder
Accessing to culture is a right for every human being. However, reality shows that people with disabilities constantly face difficulties when trying to participate in these environments. Even though physical accessibility ...
Work life balance at the hospitality industry
The hospitality industry is a growing and diversified sector whose most important resource - as in any other service industry - is people and thus, the management of human resources is a critical activity and should not ...
Alas para el autismo: A study of the benefits of offering incentive travel
The access to tourism activities is considered a right for everybody no matter their origin nor their condition. Consequently, accessible tourism is becoming more important in modern societies in order to create barrier ...
Key methodologies to develop the hospitality concept in undergraduate students
Nowadays, the tourism industry is one of the main sectors which provides more profits to cities such as Paris, Rome, New York, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro as well as Barcelona. This industry, is becoming more and more demanding ...
Do women entrepreneurs face gender-based barriers when starting their own business in Barcelona's tourism sector?
Gender inequality is one of the challenges of the Agenda 2030 and one of the pending subjects in tourism’s path towards sustainability. This study aims to give insights of women’s situation in Barcelona’s tourism entrepreneurial ...
Business plan Alwa Eco Hotel
The tourism sector has become a very important worldwide industry because it generates many job positions, impact on the economy as well as creating benefits for growth and increase of demands. It is a destination that ...
Perspective of tourism companies in Barcelona of co-creative experiences
This study explores the phenomenon of co-creation and its interpretation by experience companies in the tourism industry. The aim of the research is to understand to which extent entreprises in the tourism sector are willing ...
Current strategic function of social network sites in marketing: tourism companies
This research aims to analyse the current marketing strategic function of Social Networks Sites (SNS), such as Facebook or Twitter, particularly in the tourism sector. A profuse literature review on SNSs’ strategic ...
Analysis of the degree to which the URL's Solidarity and International Cooperation trips correspond to the ISL methodology
International Service-Learning (ISL) is being used by many institutions to create civilly engage students in international contexts, which originates in mutually beneficial cooperation and relationships between host ...
The Perception of millennial generation on green restaurants
Companies with a sustainable business model in the hospitality industry are increasing. Not only hotels recognize the need to respond to sustainable pressures, but also restaurants in the form of Green restaurants are ...
Tourists’ perceived risk of Barcelona as an international destination
This quantitative research enhances the understanding of the risk perception of international visitors while visiting Barcelona. To reach this aim a model has been suggested, which proposes that the following independent ...
Comments vs star rating
The following research aims to analyse one of the current issue in the hospitality industry which is the comparison of the current star rating system and comments from previous experiences. Trying to answer the main ...
Millennials Job Satisfaction in the Hospitality Industry. Empirical Study
The number of employees leaving the workplace is a reality that many hospitality companies are facing these days. These employees, mostly Millennials, share a set of common characteristics and aspirations that make them ...
