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No.	Subject	Views	Date
94	Think Tank VI Corporate Social Responsibility and Travel & Tourism B...	9266	Oct 13, 2013
94	This paper discusses some economic, social, and environmental “hard issues” for the travel and tourism (T&T) industry with the aim of shedding some light on little discussed aspects of industry corporate social responsibility (CSR) with ... Author: David Stipanuk Year: 2006
93	Think Tank V Ideas for A(u)ction: Tourism Risk Management	9301	Dec 14, 2013
93	As a contribution to BEST Education Network ThinkTank V, Managing Riskand Crisis for Sustainable Tourism, the following paper has been prepared in two parts. The first part of the paper focuses on the idea that an appropriate model can be de... Author: Scott K. Cunliffe Year: 2005 OPA: Keynote Speech
92	Think Tank VIII Responding to Climate Change in Australian Resort Hote...	9343	Oct 13, 2013
92	Extensive infrastructure and client expectations of luxury will mean that their carbon footprint and water usage is likely to exceed significantly that of average urban households. Often located in coastal or riverine settings, they are vuln... Author: Charles Arcodia & Chantal Dickson Year: 2008
91	Think Tank X The Managing Local Tourism Master Class: Communicating...	9415	Oct 13, 2013
91	The aim of this paper is to describe an action-based research project entitled the Management Local Tourism Master Class (MLTMC) and to discuss the merits of this extension tool in building sustainable tourism management practices across loc... Author: Dianne Dredge, Emma-Jane Ford & Michelle Whitford Year: 2010 OPA: 2010 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
90	Think Tank IX Malay Small Family Business Values	9437	Dec 19, 2013
90	In Malaysia approximately 90% of the businesses are categorized as small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The majority of these small businesses are family owned and make a significant contribution to Malaysian Gross Domestic Product. The prev... Author: Askiah Jamaluddin & Jack Carlsen Year: 2009
89	OPA award Environmental Training and Measures at Scandic Hotels,...	9472	Dec 01, 2013
89	Hotels are traditionally geared towards providing a high-level of comfort and entertainment, as well as a broad spectrum of services, often without giving much concern to associated environmental or socio-economic impacts. Hotel companies ty... Author: Paulina Bohdanowicz, Branko Simanic & Ivo Martinac Year: 2004 OPA: 2004 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
88	OPA award Stakeholder involvement, culture and accountability in...	9507	Oct 13, 2013
88	Following its historical rise and fall, America’s first industrialized polluted landscape garnered federal and local support to remedy its near destruction. Today, the Blackstone Valley is a pragmatic example of translating theory into pract... Author: Robert Billington, Veronica Cadoppi & Natalie Carter Year: 2006 OPA: 2006 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
87	Think Tank IX Revitalizing Community Values through Railway Regenera...	9520	Oct 13, 2013
87	This paper presents a tourism research and education approach for the optimization of social capital invested in community action in support of railway tourism in the Asia Pacific region. The main hypothesis of the research is that railway r... Author: Ian Chaplin Year: 2009
86	Think Tank V Political Instability and its Effects on Tourism	9657	Oct 13, 2013
86	Tourism today is second only to oil as the world’s leading export commodity, accounting for global earnings of more than $300 billion, or nearly 25 per cent of total world GNP (Poirier 2000, p30, cited in Dieke, 2000). Over the last two deca... Author: Sarah JR Ryu Year: 2005
85	Think Tank IX Courchevel, an outstanding alpine ski resort at a turn...	9701	Oct 13, 2013
85	“Courchevel is first and foremost one among the founding elements of the huge touristic complex of les Trois Vallées in France. Linked to the neighbouring Allues and Belleville valleys by a 3,000 acres network area of regularly packed and ma... Author: Daniel Tixier Year: 2009
84	Think Tank VII Environmentally Sustainable Practices of Victorian Tou...	9805	Oct 13, 2013
84	Environmental sustainability has been a growing concern in our society for the past twenty years, and is a primary issue of many leaders of the tourism industry. In spite of the many efforts to encourage and/or enforce environmentally sound ... Author: Sue Beeton, Sue Bergin-Seers & Christine Lee Year: 2007
83	Think Tank X Sustainable Tourism Networks	9874	Oct 13, 2013
83	This study examines the existing pattern of stakeholder relationships representing major partners of sustainable tourism development. By utilizing a network analysis lens the study also helps us understand the impact of inter relationships ... Author: Seldjan Timur Year: 2010
82	Think Tank VII Destination and Enterprise Management for a Tourism Fu...	9892	Oct 13, 2013
82	A key element of a successful tourism industry is the ability to recognize and deal with change across a wide range of key factors and the way they interact. Key drivers of global change can be classified as Economic, Social, Political, Tec... Author: Larry Dwyer, Deborah Edwards, Nina Mistilis, & Carolina Roman Year: 2007
81	Think Tank VI The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: CSR, Film and Tourism....	9953	Oct 13, 2013
81	This paper reports on an element of an ongoing research project undertaken since 1999 in relation to the effects of film-induced tourism on a small community based in North Yorkshire, England, namely Goathland. Goathland is better known to ... Author: Sue Beeton Year: 2006 OPA: 2006 Runner Up
80	Think Tank XI CRS 2.0: Management Perspectives of Sustainable Hospit...	9969	Oct 14, 2013
80	In recent years, hotel companies have recognized the importance of engaging in responsible business practices as they relate to stakeholders including employees, guests, and the communities in which their properties are located. Accordingly... Author: Stuart E. Levy & Sun-Young Park Year: 2011
79	Think Tank XII Micro-Mobility Patterns and Service Blueprints as Foun...	9992	Nov 06, 2013
79	This paper proposes the use of micro-mobility patterns and service blueprints in visitor management planning. Using a nature-based conservation area and visitor attraction in Wellington, New Zealand, as a case study, micro-mobility patterns ... Author: Julia Albrecht Year: 2012
78	Think Tank VIII Environmental Education and Ecotourism: A Case Study o...	10017	Oct 13, 2013
78	In this paper we take the standpoint that environmental education and ecotourism are highly related and depend on each other, and that ecotourism cannot be achieved without proper environmental education. Furthermore, in order to achieve qu... Author: Mojca Arsenijevic & Marko Bohanec Year: 2008
77	Think Tank VI Stakeholder involvement, culture and accountability in...	10100	Oct 13, 2013
77	Following its historical rise and fall, America’s first industrialized polluted landscape garnered federal and local support to remedy its near destruction. Today, the Blackstone Valley is a pragmatic example of translating theory into pract... Author: Robert Billington, Veronica Cadoppi & Natalie Carter Year: 2006 OPA: 2006 Outstanding Paper Award Winner
76	Think Tank IV Integration of Theory and Practice in Hospitality Sust...	10124	Oct 13, 2013
76	This brief paper describes a new educational model developed at Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne (EHL) to link theory and practice, or more specifically, coordinate learning opportunities between the classroom (Sustainable Tourism) and current pr... Author: James Holleran Year: 2004
75	OPA award Using Tourism to Build Social Capital in Communities: ...	10152	Nov 06, 2013
75	Despite considerable discussion about how tourism could or should contribute to sustainable destination development, there is little evidence that the practice of tourism planning or development has altered in any significant way in the last... Author: Gianna Moscardo, Andrea Schurmann, Elena Konovalov & Nancy G. McGehee Year: 2013

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