Conferences - School of Tourism & Arts, ATU Galway City
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Stakeholder engagement in destination management: a systematic review of literature
(2013-06-06)The topic of stakeholder engagement is not a new phenomenon, nor is it an entirely distinct area of study, rather stakeholder engagement has drawn input and influence from number of academic streams and can be based on a ... -
Employer of choice: holistic conceptual model of employer brand creation
(2013)This publication seeks to look closely in to the relatively new concept of Human Resource called employer branding as a human resource management tool. -
Business planning and social media
(2013-06-06)This conference paper seeks to explore the benefits of planning in business; the speaker presented a template business plan that could be used by both existing and new businesses. It also highlights the importance of social ... -
Barriers to improving service delivery in Malaysian hotels: experts’ views on a proposed model
(2013)Tourism is central to economic prosperity in a number of developing countries with many reliant on the industry as a major catalyst for growth and development. In Malaysia, for example, the tourism industry makes a significant ... -
A review of issues influencing tourism in Belfast in 2013
(2013)This conference paper focusses on factors influencing tourism in Northern Ireland, with a particular emphasis on Belfast. It also looks at the major drivers of urban tourism, and examines other major tourist cities like ... -
Present musings on the past: creating a digital platform for the Galway City Museum.
(2013-06-06)This paper will outline a pilot initiative in curriculum design with the intention of promoting active education, innovation in digital design and civic service in partnership with the cultural tourism sector. This is a ... -
The Táin March: an analysis of a regional walking/heritage festival
(2013-06-06)This paper owes its origins to the research interests of Paul Gosling, a lecturer in Built Heritage in the College of Tourism and Arts, Galway- Mayo-Institute of Technology (GMIT). Having conducted many fieldtrips through ... -
Development of food trails- a case study approach in County Donegal
(2013-06-06)This paper seeks to explore the area of food trails, especially how this can be used in food tourism. The study aims to identify and define a business framework for the development of food trails in Ireland. The main ... -
Perspectives on ecotourism: examining tourism provider understandings
(2013-06-06)This paper focusses on the area of ecotourism in Ireland, and how it can be both improved and promoted. An example of the Greenbox ecotourism initiative was given and how this came about, and the role that government can ... -
Sustaining food tourism networks: barriers and facilitators
(2013)Ireland’s food industry is already capitalising on the perception of Ireland as natural, green and pure. Irish organic smoked salmon, for example, is currently being sold in Europe at a higher premium than Norwegian and ... -
Sustainable event management in Ireland: A local authority perspective
(2013-06-06)This postgraduate research addresses the sustainable planning and management of events in Ireland from a local authority perspective. Sustainable event management is defined by the British Standards Institute (2011) as “an ... -
A solution based approach on how tourism SME’s can develop the British market in light of “The GB Path to Growth”
(2013-06-06)This paper looks at how tourist numbers to Ireland from Great Britain has been falling over the years, and what Ireland needs to do to regain lost ground. It proffers different solution, and one of the main focuses of this ... -
The management of technological innovation in the hotel industry: a critical literature review.
(2013-06-06)This paper takes the form of a critical review of literature on technological innovation in the hotel industry. It aims to develop fuller understanding of the nature of the managerial capabilities which underpin effective ... -
Importance of an integrated sustainable planning approach to tourism destination management at local levels in Ireland
(2013)This paper looks at the importance of building a sustainable tourism model throughout Ireland; one that is forward looking, and also takes in to consideration the needs of the community that it saves. -
Holidaymaker’s use of travel guides (paper and digital) while holidaying in Ireland
(2013-06-06)Holidaymaker’s use of Smartphone technology, is growing rapidly, to the point where online use from mobile devices is expected to surpass traditional computer internet use by 2014. This has become increasingly ... -
Social media: an innovative marketing tool in the Irish tourism industry?
(2013)The paper explores the domain of social media, and its benefits, and how these can be fully utilised in the Irish tourism industry.