While new research from West Virginia University economists finds that presidential inaugurations have gained popularity as must-see tourist events in recent years, major security threats will keep visitors away for the inauguration ...
Economics & Business
Jan 14, 2021
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To achieve full occupancy, hotels used to rely exclusively on experience, concentration and human abilities. Then came online booking, which made the reservation collection process faster, but did not solve the risk of turning ...
Economics & Business
Jan 14, 2021
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In Australia, New Zealand and around the world, COVID has turned luxury and semi-luxury hotels into quarantine facilities.
Economics & Business
Jan 14, 2021
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Hotel managers have something in common beyond their reputations for charming dispositions and excellent listening skills—they're predominantly men, despite women making up the majority of the accommodations workforce. ...
Social Sciences
Jan 5, 2021
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A virulent virus, worried travelers and a tourism sector on the brink. Sounds like 2020? In fact, this was the experience in a few global cities in 2002 and 2003.
Economics & Business
Dec 9, 2020
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Food waste is a growing problem for humanity. Vast tonnages of fresh food is lost because it never reaches consumers for myriad reasons, and similarly, food that reaches individual consumers and food outlets is often not ...
Environment
Oct 2, 2020
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You could say Seattle came alive with more than an even flow of tourism dollars from a pair of highly-anticipated Pearl Jam concerts, according to rockin' new research by West Virginia University economists.
Economics & Business
Oct 1, 2020
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Hotels should build an emotional attachment with tourists when communicating during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic if they are to encourage them to return, according to new research.
Economics & Business
Jul 23, 2020
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The arrival of the novel coronavirus and subsequent shutdowns of economies across the globe have caused hardships not seen in generations. But for business professors, it's also a once-in-a-generation research opportunity.
Economics & Business
Jun 9, 2020
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Endangered Australian seahorses are thriving in new habitats that act like underwater hotels. International species may also be saved by trial "seahorse hotels" in Europe, the United States and Southeast Asia.
Plants & Animals
Mar 12, 2020
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