Call for Papers

Consumer Behavior in Tourism Symposium 2011 (CBTS 2011)

December 1-3, 2011 - Bruneck/Brunico, Italy

 ***** Due to new additions to the scientific program and because of a significant number of inquiries and requests, we have extended the submission deadline until October 7th. *****

Abstracts in the areas of tourism, hospitality, events and sport tourism addressing the overall theme of the conference “Future Tourism Demand: Demographic, Behavioral and Social Changes. Challenges for marketers and economists” are welcomed.

Important Dates:

Abstract submission deadline:                               October 7, 2011

Acceptance notification:                                         October 17, 2011

Registration deadline:                                            October 31, 2011

Keynote speakers (confirmed):

a)     Daniel Fesenmaier, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA 

b)     Donald Getz, University of Calgary, Canada

c)      Gianna Moscardo, James Cook University, Australia

d)     Stephen Wanhill, University of Limerick, Ireland

Journal coverage

a)    Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management

b)    Tourism Economics

Please submit abstracts online at: http://cbts2011.unibz.it

CBTS 2011 scientific program also offers::

2.  (1) pre-conference workshop on meta-analysis conducted by Michael Bosnjak,  Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy,

(2(2) an opportunity for doctoral students to benefit from the expertise and mentoring of Dogan Gursoy, (Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management) who will hold a mentoring session and serve as discussant for their presentations,

Conference Theme: “Future Tourism Demand: Demographic, Behavioral and Social Changes. Challenges for marketers and economists”

Conference sub-themes

1.      Future Consumer Behavior in Tourism: Macro-, Meso- and Micro- approaches in tourism science

2.      Demographic, Behavioral, Cultural and Social Changes in tourism science

3.      Emerging theoretical, methodological and practical developments in tourism and hospitality