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Author : Karen Irene Thal & Tracy Burkett
School/Work Place : University of South Carolina, USA (Karen Thal), College of Charleston, USA (Tracy Burkett)
Contact : thal@email.sc.edu
Year : 2014

In this case study, a communication network among local hotel managers was examined, first to assess the extent of communication among hotel managers, and second to identify influential members within the network. Communication with respect to local external organizations and vendors was also considered. The purpose of the study was to determine how communication network operate and might be used to extend the reach of a City sponsored program to encourage sustainable practices among local hotel managers. Thus the current study represents a shift in focus from analyzing an established policy networks to examining the potential for a communication network to serve as a policy instrument.


List of Articles
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5 Think Tank XIV Can "Slow Travel" Contribute to Sustainable Tourism? file 5791 Jun 27, 2014

Slow travel as a research field has increased in popularity in the last decade. The concept started to gain attention through online communities, and tourism researchers have become interested in the possible benefits that slow travel may ha...

Author: Tina Roenhovde Tiller 

Year: 2014 

4 Think Tank XIV Bird-watching Routes as Collaborative Stakeholderships... file 11073 Jun 27, 2014

Although there are numerous birding trails with varying levels of success, prior to this study, little research existed as to how birding trails are designed, implemented and managed. Thus, the study posed and answered the following research...

Author: Krisztian Vas 

Year: 2014 

3 Think Tank XIV Exploring Policy, Politics and Governance through Stak... file 5283 Jun 27, 2014

This paper looks at the development of an ecotrekking industry on the Kokoda Track and demonstrates how the use of participatory methods in community based tourism can align two different “regimes of truth” (that of the community and of the ...

Author: Stephen Wearing, Paul Chatterton & Amy Reggers 

Year: 2014 

2 Think Tank XIV Exploring the potential of Community Based Ecotourism ... file 5179 Jun 27, 2014

Development in developing countries often results in mass land-use change and subsequent increase in greenhouse gas emission by deforestation or forest degradation. For instance, approximately a-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions was a...

Author: Stephen Wearing, Paul Chatterton, Amy Reggers & Hanna Sakata 

Year: 2014 

1 Think Tank XIV Sustainable tourism, market failures and the challenge... file 10968 Jul 07, 2014

David's presentation outlines the major market failures in tourism production and consumption and questions the changing role of (public sector) governments in market regulation and ‘economic’ development. The presentation focuses specifical...

Author: David G. Simmons 

Year: 2014 

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