Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest: Recent submissions
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The development of Sustainable tourism, with an emphasis on natural tourist attractions in the North Clare (Ireland) region
(International Hospitality Research Centre, 2012)Tourism is one of the most successful industries, and largest employer, in the world. A recent phenomenon in tourism involves sustainability and how this ‘trend’ is vital to the future of the industry. Sustainable tourism ... -
The ‘Think Cleaner and become Greener’ exhibition
(International Hospitality Research Centre, 2012)The company ‘Events for Us’ has been achieving much success over the past three years in operation and has quickly moved up the ladder in the business world. Catering for every event need and running innovative exhibitions ... -
Sports Tourism in Limerick City (Ireland): an assessment of its impact in tourism terms
(International Hospitality Research Centre, 2012)The study has examined this by exploring an extensive range of literature relevant to the topic’s history and in the case of Limerick city, influential recent events like the Special Olympics 2010. It has explored the topic ... -
Investigating the significance of travel agencies as a distribution channel in the tourism industry
(International Hospitality Research Centre, 2013)The travel industry is undergoing dramatic changes as a result of the phenomenal growth and wide-scale adaption to information technologies, in particular the internet. This has altered the buying behaviour of the travel ... -
Manufacturing Reliability and Cost Improvements through Data Analytics: An Industry Case Study
(Elsevier, 2022)Industry has entered a new age of industrial change which is revolutionising how products are manufactured. Driving this industry change are newly developing digital technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence, ... -
Digital Twin – A Tool for Project Management in Manufacturing
(Elsevier, 2022)The Digital Twin concept has the potential to be a useful tool in project management and in Lean manufacturing. The common goal of risk management by project managers and mitigating unpredictable behavior using the Digital ... -
Using Simulation Optimization to Improve the Performance of an Automated Manufacturing Line
(Elsevier, 2023-01-13)As manufacturing capital equipment is expensive, it is necessary that the equipment once in operation is reliable and delivers to the business plan targets. Simulation along with an optimization system is an invaluable ... -
Cooking and food skills confidence of team sport athletes in Ireland
(Wiley on behalf of British Nutrition Association, 2023-07-12)Nutritional support often focuses on cooking and food skills such as food selection, recipe planning and meal preparation. Individuals with greater cooking and food skills confidence have previously displayed higher diet ... -
Sustainable production and pharmaceutical applications of β-glucan from microbial sources
(Elsevier, 2023-06-05)β-glucans are a large class of complex polysaccharides found in abundant sources. Our dietary sources of β-glucans are cereals that include oats and barley, and non-cereal sources can consist of mushrooms, microalgae, ... -
CNC Machines Integration in Smart Factories using OPC UA
(Elsevier, 2023-06-07)This paper examines the idea of Industry 4.0 from the perspective of the molds industry, a vital industry in today’s industrial panorama. Several technologies, particularly in the area of machining equipment, have been ... -
ECE: Exactly-Once-Computation for Collaborative Edge in IoT using Information Centric Networking
(IEEE, 2023-05-11)—Exactly-once data processing/delivery can be guaranteed in traditional big data processing systems, e.g. Apache Flink. Checkpoint is commonly used as the solution. Each operator in these systems can restart from the ... -
Women's experiences of specialist perinatal health services: a qualitative evidence synthesis
(Springer, 2023-05-23)Purpose Specialist perinatal mental health services identify and treat women experiencing mental health conditions during pregnancy and up to one year post birth. There is limited knowledge about women’s experiences of ... -
An analysis of the impact of social media on event organisations in Ireland
(International Hospitality Research Centre, 2013)Social Media is an emerging medium with many organisations turning to it to advertise the business. Marketers all over the world have noted significant changes with the introduction of digital technologies. The use of these ... -
Cadburys Drive Awareness - In aid of the Irish Cancer Society (ICS)
(International Hospitality Research Centre, 2012)The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of conducting a drive through cinema in the Galway region to raise awareness for the ICS. Cadburys drive awareness will be a one day event that will involve two ... -
The feasibility of running an Oktoberfest styled-event in Limerick Institute of Technology
(International Hospitality Research Centre, 2012)This paper is a detailed study of an Oktoberfest-styled event in Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) – The LIT Oktoberfest. The feasibility is determined over a business period of three years. The customer will experience ... -
The importance of service marketing to increase numbers at Irish industrial heritage attractions
(International Hospitality Research Centre, 2012)The purpose of this study is to discover “The importance of service marketing to increase numbers at industrial heritage Irish attractions”. Firstly, the relevant literature was studied in a bid to clearly understand the ... -
The Motivations of International Coach Tourists to Visit the Shannon Region (Ireland)
(International Hospitality Research Centre, 2012)Coach tourism is a huge part of the Irish tourism industry. Coach tourism in the Shannon region (Counties Clare, Limerick, North Tipperary, North Kerry and South Offaly) appears to be a lucrative sector. However, the reality ... -
Social media and the Irish tourism and hospitality industry: the customer experience
(Texas A & M University, 2016)In order to ascertain who the tourists are using social media outlets when searching for information on holidaying in Ireland and how this affected their purchase behaviour, a questionnaire was designed. The questionnaire ... -
The Importance of Celebrity Association in Tourism Destination Branding: Determining the power of the JFK brand in New Ross (County Wexford, Ireland)
(Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 2012)Qu, Kim & Im (2011; 465) highlight many earlier studies which suggest that both brand identity and brand image are fundamental components for a successful tourism destination brand. Morgan, Pritchard & Pride (2003; 11) ... -
A Conceptual Examination of the Film Induced Tourism Phenomenon in Ireland
(Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 2011)Referring to the Irish context, film induced tourism is a comparatively new research area and as such there are still many unidentified areas waiting to be examined. If film induced tourism as a field of research is not ...
