ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS:

Papers may be drawn from diverse fields and can be either applied or conceptual in orientation on the following topics:

·         Technology, Tourism and Hospitality

·         Management, Education & Training

·         ·Issues in Higher Education

·         Trends in Entrepreneurial Activity in Business and Hospitality

·         Food Service/Culinary Tourism

·         Health and Sports Tourism

·         Marketing/Customer Relationship Management

·         Global Perspectives on Business, Tourism & Hospitality

·         International Relations

·         Infrastructure , Development and Sustainability

INDUSTRY WORKSHOP:

Practitioners seeking to share best practices and insights can present at the Special Industry Workshop. Topics and issues should be relevant with the theme of the conference .

·         Academicians and educators in the business, tourism and hospitality management fields

·         Senior government officials involved in tourism planning and development

·         Tourism policy makers and national tourism organization directors

·         Business, Hospitality and tourism researchers and industry consultants

·         Students in the information technology, business, health, engineering, hospitality and tourism fields

·         Industry practitioners in business, tourism and hospitality fields

·         Professionals from allied fields who service or are planning to offer services to the industry

TIMETABLE

Authors wishing to present papers at this conference must submit a 3-4 page abstract (in English) including name(s) of author(s), affiliation, postal and e-mail address. The abstract must cover the background, a brief literature review, the proposed method and implications of the study. Abstracts must be typed using Times Roman 12-point font double-spaced with justified alignment, and should (preferably) be submitted (as MSWord file) electronically to: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   Mailed abstracts can be sent to:

Srikanth Beldona, Ph.D.
University of Delaware
HRIM Department
14 West Main St.
Newark, DE 19716,
USA

1. The timetable for the academic submissions are as follows:

1.      Abstract submission: February 15, 2008

2.      Feedback to authors: March 15, 2008

3.      Full paper submission: August 1, 2008

2. Authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to submit full papers by the August 1 deadline. Once the abstract is accepted, the author(s) must register by May 16th, 2008 and present the paper at the conference.