4th International
Conference on Tourism
3-6 JULY 2008
Athens, Greece
PROGRAM
Organized by
·
The Academy of Tourism
Research & Studies (ATEM) and
·
The Tourism Research Unit of
the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER)
Conference Venue: St George Lycabettus
Boutique Hotel, 2 Kleomenous Street, Lycabettus, Athens.
Organizing
and Scientific Committee:
1.
Marios Vasilopoulos, President, ATEM.
2.
Gregory T. Papanikos,
Director, ATINER, Greece.
3.
Dr. Nicholas Pappas,
Vice-President, ATINER & Professor, Sam Houston University, USA.
4.
Dr. John Roufagalas, Professor,
Troy University, USA & Academic Member, ATINER.
5.
Dr. Mike-Frank G. Epitropoulos, Head, Tourism Research Unit, ATINER.
6.
Dr. Nicolas Papadopoulos, Academic Member,
ATINER & Professor, Carleton University, Canada.
7.
Dr. Cleopatra Veloutsou, Head, Marketing Research Unit, ATINER &
Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow, UK.
8.
Dr. Chris Sakellariou,
Head, Economics Research Unit, ATINER and Associate Professor, Nanyang University, Singapore.
9.
Dr. Dimitrios
N. Koufopoulos, Head, Management Research Unit,
ATINER & Lecturer - Director of Post Graduate Studies, Brunel
University, U.K.
10.
Dr. Vasilios
Filios, Head, Accounting & Finance Research Unit,
ATINER & Associate Professor, University of Ioannina, Greece.
11.
Dr. Gregory A. Katsas, Head, Sociology Research Unit, ATINER &
Professor, The American College of Greece-Deree
College, Greece.
12.
Dr. Niki
Kyriakidou, Academic Member, ATINER Lecturer of Human
Resources Management, Leeds Business School, U.K.
13.
Dr. George Papageorgiou,
Lecturer, University of Surrey, UK
14.
Dr. George Karlis, Associate
Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada.
15.
Dr. Nicos
Kartakoullis, Associate Professor
& Director, Centre for Leisure, Tourism, Sport Research and
Development, University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
16.
Dr. Themis Kokolakakis, Research Fellow, Sports Industries Research
Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, U.K.
17.
Ms. Stacey Pinard-Stivachtis, Realtor, Long &
Foster Realtor, USA.
18.
Dr. Andrew Yiannakis,
Professor, University of New Mexico, USA.
19.
Dr. Christos Anagnostopoulos, Part-time Lecturer and PhD Student,
Management & Management Sciences Research Institute, Salford University,
U.K.
20.
Dr. Margarita Kefalaki, Researcher, ATINER,
Greece.
21.
Ms. Nektaria Kontaxaki,
Academic Member, ATINER & Executive Officer, General Secretariat of Sport, Hellenic
Ministry of Culture, Greece.
22.
Eva Maleviti,
Ph.D. Research Student, University of Surrey, U.K.
Administration
Fani Balaska, Eirini Lentzou, Thomas Papanikos, Sylia Sakka.
Conference
Program
(The time
for each session includes a 10 minutes coffee break)
Thursday
July 3rd, 2008
08:00-08:30
Registration
08:30-09:00
Welcome and Opening Speech
- Gregory
T. Papanikos, Director, ATINER
- Marios Vasilopoulos, President, ATEM
09:00-10:00
SESSION I: Theoretical Issues on Tourism Management
Chair: Papanikos, G.T., Director, ATINER.
- Dwyer,
L., Professor, University of NSW, Australia. Tourism Product and Service
Innovation to avoid ‘Strategic Drift’
- Denizer, D.,
Associate Professor, Anadolu University, Turkey.
Management Process of Hospitality Sector and a Model Proposal
10:00-11:30
SESSION II: Rural Tourism Development
Chair: Yayli, A., Assistant Professor, Gazi University, Turkey
- *Polo
Pena, A.I., Lecturer, University of Granada,
Spain & Frias Jamilena,
D.M., Professor, University of Granada, Spain.
Market Orientation: A Theoretical Framework for Rural Tourism.
- Briedenhann, J., Lecturer,
Buckinghamshire New University, U.K. Socioeconomic Criteria for the
Evaluation of Rural Tourism Projects: A Respondent Perspective.
- Liu,
A., Associate Professor, Aletheia University,
Taiwan & Liu, H.J., Associate Professor, National Kaohsiung
University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan. The Impact of Community-based NGOs
in Rural Tourism Development.
11:30-13:00
SESSION III: National Tourism Development and Promotion
Chair: Kefalaki, M., Researcher, ATINER,
Greece.
- Bakir, A.,
Lecturer, Bucks New University, U.K. & Wickens,
E., Reader, Bucks New University, U.K. Tourism Branding: Creating
Competitive Advantage.
- Juwaheer, R.,
Associate Professor, University of Mauritius, Mauritius. Determining Host
Attitudes toward Tourism Impacts in a Small Island Economy – A Case of
Mauritius. (July 3rd)
- *Yayli, A., Assistant Professor, Gazi
University, Turkey & Sahbaz, R.P., Assistant Professor, Gazi
University, Turkey. Evaluation of the New Trends in Marketing in Terms of
Country Promotion: A Case Study of Turkey.
- Hsu,
C.-F., Assistant Professor, Aletheia University,
Taiwan & Tsai, Y.-L., Assistant Professor, Aletheia
University, Taiwan. Tourism benefits evaluation and Tourism constraint in
2008 Taiwan Lantern Festival.
13:00-14:30
SESSION IV: Tourism Demand and Marketing
Chair: Veloutsou, C., Head, Marketing
Research Unit, ATINER & Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow, UK.
- Morley,
C., Professor, Rmit University, Australia. How Dynamic is Tourism Demand?
- *Alabay, M.N., Lecturer, Gazi University, Turkey & Yayli,
A., Assistant Professor, Gazi University,
Turkey. Customer Relationship Management: (CRM): An Application on Tourism
Sector.
- *Bilim, Y., Researcher, Adnan
Menderes University, Turkey & Yuksel, A., Associate Professor, Adnan
Menderes University, Turkey. Exterior Colors:
Effects on Tourist’s Perceptions of Retail Environment, Crowding, Quality
Inferences and Approach Behaviours.
- Cornelis, P.,
Lecturer, NHTV University of Applied Science,
the Netherlands. Attraction Accountability: The Impact of New Attractions
on the Performance of (European) Theme Parks (Towards an Attractions
Response Matrix).
- Bourdeau, L., Professor, University of Laval,
Canada & Marcotte, P., Professor, University
of Laval, Canada. The Interpretation Activities of Nature in National
Park: Effects on the Intention of Customer Loyalty and Recommendation.
- Tixier, D., Professor,
ESSEC Business School, France. Courchevel: Evolution of a Top Alpine Resort from a
Point on the Map to an International Brand Name.
14:30-15:30
LUNCH
15:30 –
17:00 SESSION V: Environment & Tourism
Chair: Kontaxaki, N., Academic Member, ATINER & Executive Officer, General
Secretariat of Sport, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Greece.
- Dickson,
C., Researcher, The University of Queensland,
Australia & Arcodia, C., Lecturer, The
University of Queensland, Australia. Greening Events: The Role of Professional
Associations.
- Maleviti, E.,
Ph.D. Research Student, University of Surrey, U.K. The Development of
Alternative Energy Scenarios in the Greek Hotel Sector: The influence of EU and Greek Energy Measures.
- Donohoe, H.,
Ph.D. Student, University of Ottawa, Canada & Karlis,
G., Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada. A Geographical Perspective of
Tourism Types and Environmental Dynamics: The Development of a Theoretical
Model.
17:00 –
18:00 SESSION VI: Sports Tourism
Chair: Anagnostopoulos, C., Academic Member,
ATINER and Part-time Lecturer and PhD Student, Management & Management
Sciences Research Institute, Salford University, U.K.
- Karadakis, K.,
Master Student, Liverpool John Moores
University, U.K. & Karlis, G., Associate
Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada. Tourism and the Holding of Mega
Sports Events: Implications for Future.
- *Tseng, T. H., Assistant Professor, National Hsinchu
University of Education, Taiwan, Shen, C. C.,
Associate Professor, National Kaohsiung
Hospitality College, Taiwan & Chang, D. Y., Associate Professor,
School of Hotel & Restaurant Management University of South Florida,
USA. The Potential Sport Event Spectators' Travel Motivation and
Needs: 2008 Beiging Olympic Game.
20:30-22:30
GREEK NIGHT
Friday July
4th, 2008
08:30-10:00
SESSION VII: Handicrafts and Tourism
Chair: Roufagalas, J., Professor,
Troy University, USA & Academic Member, ATINER.
- Erdogan, Z.,
Associate Professor, Ankara University, Turkey, Etikan,
S., Assistant Professor, Mugla University, Turkey
& Guner, B., Lecturer, Mugla
University, Turkey. A Research on the Using of Handicrafts in the Product
Combination Presented in Four and Five Star Hotels and Holiday Villages;
Sample of Bodrum District.
- Tseng, Y.M., Associate Professor, Tamkang
University, China. Exploration of the Factors Enhancing
Internationalization of the Taiwanese National Culture Artifact
Products.(Friday, July 4th, 2008)
- Soylemezoglu, F.,
Assistant Professor, Ankara University, Turkey & Aydin
Yamar, A., Researcher, Ankara University,
Turkey. Approaches and Preferences of Greek Citizens Employing in Turkey
to Turkish Handicraft Products.
10:00 –
11:00 SESSION VIII: Spa Tourism
Chair: Maleviti, E., Ph.D. Research
Student, University of Surrey, U.K.
- Brezina, S.,
Associate Professor, Florida Gulf University, USA & Wisnom, M., Associate Professor, Florida Gulf
University, USA. Spa Tourism.
- Wong,
K. F., Associate Professor, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HONG KONG SAR, China & Mak, A., Guest Lecturer, Taiwan. Understanding
Motivations of Asian Spa-goers: For Better Health or Self-Indulgence
11:00 –
12:30 SESSION IX: Management Applications to Tourism
Chair: Tixier, M., Professor, ESSEC Business School, France.
- Lucas,
A., Associate Professor, UNLV, USA & Kalargyrou, V., Adjunct Professor, UNLV,
USA. Estimating Untracked Gaming Volume by Hotel Occupancy Segment.
- Hsu,
T.-H., Professor, National Kaohsiung First
University of Science and Technology, Taiwan & Chiang, C.-Y.,
Lecturer, National Penghu University, Taiwan.
The Application of Cognitive Scripts at the Service Encounter in Fast-Food
Restaurants. (Friday, July 4th, 2008)
- *Yazicioglu, I., Ph.D. Lecturer. Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey & Hahbaz Pars, R., Assistant Professor, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey. Reorganization of
Restaurants: A Case Study in Turkey
12:30 –
13:30 SESSION X: Human Resources and Tourism
Chair: Tixier, D.,
Professor, ESSEC Business School, France.
- Gonzalez,
M., Head of Language, Escuela Universitaria de Turismo,
Spain. Teaching Foreign Languages for Tourism Staff and Students.
- Kyriakidou, N.,
Senior Lecturer, Leeds Metropolitan University, U.K. & Nachmias, S., Phd Student,
Leeds Metropolitan University,U.K.
Exploring the Impacts of Foreign Labour Force in the Hotel Industry of
Cyprus.
- Lai Wai, D., Lecturer,
University of Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius. Managerial
Perceptions of Quality Management in the Tourism Industry.
13:30 –
14:30 SESSION XI: Issues on Sustainable Tourism
Chair: Pappas, N., Vice-President, ATINER & Professor, Sam Houston
University, USA.
- Strzelecka, M.,
Doctoral Student, & Bruce E. Wicks, Associate Professor, University of
Illinois at Urbana, USA. Sustainable Tourism Development as a Means of
Generating Social Capital within emerging Community: A Case of Wielkopolski National Park, Poland
- Deery, M.,
Professor, Victoria University, Australia & Jago,
L., Professor, Victoria University, Australia. The Global International
Association Conference Sector: Trends and Issues of Sustainability.
14:30-15:30
LUNCH
15:30 –
16:30 SESSION XII: Regional Tourism Development
Chair: Deery, M., Professor, Victoria University,
Australia
- Tixier, M., Professor, ESSEC
Business School, France. Sustainable
Development Challenges in Small Islands.
- Gokovali Medettin, U., Assistant Professor, Mugla
University, Turkey & Avci, M., Mugla University, Turkey. Does Size Matter for
Innovation Capabilities of Hospitality Sector: The Case of Mugla-Turkey.
20:00-21:00
DINNER
Saturday,
July 5th, 2008
Tour: Departure at 08:00, Return at 14:30
Sunday, July
6th, 2008
CRUISE: Departure at 07:00, Return at 20:30