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Reflections of Battlefield Tourist Experiences Associated With Vietnam War Sites: an Analysis of Travel Blogs
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)The aim of this paper is to analyse online travel blogs in order to gain an understanding of the reflections held by battlefield tourists in Vietnam. A qualitative approach utilising thematic analysis was conducted on 20 ... -
Research note: photography and children: auto-driven photo-elicitation
(AUT University; The Centre for Tourism Research and Development, 2011)Visual research methods, such as using photography, are gaining acceptance in tourism studies. But there is scope to further extend their application to actively involve children in the research process. When photographs ... -
Rethinking Blackboard: teaching models for interactive learning
(School of Hospitality and Tourism, Auckland University of Technology, 2015)This paper considers alternative methods of teaching modules within the Blackboard delivery format demonstrating an interactive learning tool in a web based learning environment. We explore ways to go beyond simply ... -
Sacking, staffing and supervision in commercial hospitality
(Sociological Association of Aotearoa N.Z. (SAANZ), 2004)Anecdotally, hospitality has a reputation for poor ethical standards, and preliminary results from this doctoral study indicate such a reputation is well founded. However, the expected crimes of sexual harassment, theft, ... -
Samoa International Visitor Survey - January 2018 to June 2018
(New Zealand Tourism Research Institute (NZTRI), Auckland University of Technology, 2018)No abstract. -
'Savoy Truffle': Love, Lust and Longing in a Box of Chocolates
(Ingenta, 2018)This article re-reads The Beatles’ song, ‘Savoy Truffle’, not as an ode to Eric Clapton’s rotting teeth and chocolate consumption, but rather as a thinly veiled rock music metaphor reflecting the triptych love relationship ... -
Searching for the successful hospitality follower. A case study in Followership
(CAUTHE, 2012)This paper adopts a qualitative approach to identify and analyse the meaning of followership in the hospitality industry. Interviews, utilising a semi structured questionnaire, will be undertaken to examine how followers ... -
Serving those less able: are we up to it? accommodating aging and disabled travellers
(CAUTHE/University of Tasmania, School of Management, 2010)Tourism is an $18.6 billion industry, currently accounting for 19.2% of New Zealand’s total revenue (Ministry of Tourism, 2007), and New Zealand hosted around 2.l5 million visitors in the year preceding July 2008. However, ... -
Sexual behaviour and harassment in hospitality: 'just good fun - nothing serious'
(AUT University, 2008)This study examines hospitality workers’ comments about sexual behaviour in hospitality to help understand the relationship between their attitudes to sexual behaviour and the nature of harassment. The traditions of sexual ... -
Sexualisation and Harassment in Hospitality Workplaces: Who Is Responsible?
(Emerald, 2017)Purpose: This qualitative study examines employee responses to sexual behaviour in hospitality workplaces, to determine their roles and responsibilities in harassment prevention. Design: Female workers in restaurants ... -
Staff shortages and turnover: Causes and solutions
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)No abstract. -
Strategy communication in family owned restaurants: an informal business
(Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE), 2013)Many New Zealand restaurants are family-owned, operating along more informal lines than larger commercially operated businesses. This particular characteristic, and the volatile nature of the restaurant industry, can limit ... -
Subjectivity and ageism
(University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, 2011)Aesthetic labour is a common feature of hospitality work (Nickson et al., 2003), and working hours are often long and unsociable, and potentially incompatible with family or community responsibilities. Logic therefore ... -
Survival strategies: a New Zealand hospitality habitual entrepreneur
(Bogazici University, 2011)The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of case study research conducted in Auckland, New Zealand in 2010. This research examined the motivators prompting a habitual entrepreneur to engage within new venture ... -
Sustainability and the Tourism and Hospitality Workforce: A Thematic Analysis
(MDPI, 2016)This paper is about the position of workforce and employment considerations within the sustainable tourism narrative. The paper aims to address the relative neglect of this area within the discourse of sustainable tourism ... -
Sweet as: notes on the kumara or New Zealand sweet potato as a taonga or treasure
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Taking feng shui seriously
(AUT University, 2009)Feng shui is a form a geomancy (divination) based on the landscape, and was initially used to select burial sites in China to ensure the spirits of the dead were protected from evil spirits. According to Eastern traditions, ... -
Terrorism, rugby, and hospitality: she’ll be right
(Elsevier, 2014)In 2011, international attention was focussed on New Zealand, host of the Rugby World Cup (RWC 2011), which brought 133,200 visitors to New Zealand over a three-month period. This exploratory study, undertaken before the ... -
The absence of fatherhood: achieving true gender scholarship in family tourism research
(Routledge Journals, 2011)The lack of research into fathers on holiday is a reminder that understandings of masculinities and gender relations in tourism are absent compared to other disciplinary areas. Research on family holiday experiences is ... -
The benefits of training
(Euro-CHRIE Congress, 2006)This study assesses whether hospitality employees consider workplace training is adequate and identifies management’s view on the importance of training. Links between inadequate training and problems such as sexual ...