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.

  1. Dwyer, L., Professor, University of NSW, Australia. Tourism Product and Service Innovation to avoid ‘Strategic Drift’
  2. 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

  1. *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.
  2. Briedenhann, J., Lecturer, Buckinghamshire New University, U.K. Socioeconomic Criteria for the Evaluation of Rural Tourism Projects: A Respondent Perspective.
  3. 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.

  1. Bakir, A., Lecturer, Bucks New University, U.K. & Wickens, E., Reader, Bucks New University, U.K. Tourism Branding: Creating Competitive Advantage.
  2. 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)
  3. *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.
  4. 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.

  1. Morley, C., Professor, Rmit University, Australia. How Dynamic is Tourism Demand?
  2. *Alabay, M.N., Lecturer, Gazi University, Turkey & Yayli, A., Assistant Professor, Gazi University, Turkey. Customer Relationship Management: (CRM): An Application on Tourism Sector.
  3. *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.
  4. 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).
  5. 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.
  6. 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.

  1. Dickson, C., Researcher, The University of Queensland, Australia & Arcodia, C., Lecturer, The University of Queensland, Australia. Greening Events: The Role of Professional Associations.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

  1. 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.
  2. *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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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)
  3. 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.

  1. Brezina, S., Associate Professor, Florida Gulf University, USA & Wisnom, M., Associate Professor, Florida Gulf University, USA. Spa Tourism.
  2. 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.

  1. Lucas, A., Associate Professor, UNLV, USA & Kalargyrou, V., Adjunct Professor, UNLV, USA. Estimating Untracked Gaming Volume by Hotel Occupancy Segment.
  2. 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)
  3. *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.

  1. Gonzalez, M., Head of Language, Escuela Universitaria de Turismo, Spain. Teaching Foreign Languages for Tourism Staff and Students.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

  1. 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
  2. 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

  1. Tixier, M., Professor, ESSEC Business School, France. Sustainable Development Challenges in Small Islands.
  2. 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