 International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing (IJLTM)
ISSN (Online): 1757-5575 - ISSN (Print): 1757-5567
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Conference Announcement
International Conference on Tourism
(ICOT 2011)
Rhodes Island, Greece
27 - 30 April 2011
more details
Selected papers will be published as a special issue of the journal
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IJLTM promotes discussion through original research that contributes innovative knowledge and understanding to the field of leisure, recreation and tourism studies. The journal has international orientation, and explores high-quality conceptual and empirical papers that advance knowledge in the areas of leisure and tourism research, highlighting marketing issues. This perspective envisages role of tourism and leisure as a major factor influenced by globalisation and growing competition. IJLTM fosters research that incorporates the concepts of the inter-relationship of structures and processes in tourism and leisure activities and provides global medium for applied research papers, case studies, short communications and reviews on the contemporary marketing practices in the leisure activities, travel, hotels, tourism management, events and destinations.  Objectives
The principal objective of IJLTM is to serve as an academic forum for publication of refereed research papers related to marketing of the leisure and tourism industry, and to bring together the high standards of academic insights and strengths. The journal aims at developing an interdisciplinary knowledge base meeting academic research and marketing/management practices applied in the leisure and tourism industry. The international dimension of the journal is emphasised towards converging cultural, economic, marketing, and sociological issues with leisure and tourism research to offer advanced knowledge and management skills on the subject. The scope of IJLTM also includes policy and planning issues for pursuing research in leisure and tourism areas. Readership
IJLTM provides motivation, knowledge and tools to improve decision skills to professionals, academics, researchers and policy makers associated with leisure property, services, products, hospitality industry, tourism and travel services, government departments, planners and consultants. Contents
IJLTM publishes original papers, review papers, best practices, management notes, case studies, conference reports, book reviews, notes, commentaries, and news related to leisure and tourism industry. Special Issues of the journal are devoted to important topics such as leisure parks, eco-tourism, technology and leisure marketing, and destination tourism will occasionally be published. All papers submitted to the journal are initially screened by the Editor-in-Chief and if found consistent with the broad objectives of the journal, are double blind peer reviewed. Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to:
- Marketing issues in the leisure industry
- Management issues in the leisure industry
- Leisure and entertainment products
- Leisure behaviour in the arts and sports
- Cultural activities
- Urban leisure centres - malls, theatres, clubs
- Recreational parks
- Rural recreation and leisure activities
- Consumer spending behaviour in leisure activities
- Leisure shopping
- Economics of leisure services
- Planning leisure services
- Performance measure of leisure services
- Pricing and promotion of leisure activities
- Marketing management
- Vacation management
- Holiday parks
- Hospitality services
- Ecotourism
- Sports tourism
- Health tourism
- Tourism marketing
- Hospitality and place branding
- E-tourism
- Planning, implementation, forecasting and revenue management
- Globalisation and tourism
- Government policies on tourism
- Research methods
- Information processing and sales
- Human resource management
- Financial management of leisure and tourism activities
- Quality systems and processes
Specific Notes for Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may
only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has
been completely re-written).
All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Submission of
Papers web-page.
You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details of file formats in Author
Guidelines) to Prof. Rajagopal
Please include in your submission the title of the Journal
Editors and Members of the Editorial Board
Editor in Chief Prof. Rajagopal
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, ITESM
Department of Marketing, Business Division
Graduate School of Administration and Management (EGADE)
Mexico City Campus
Mexico City 14380 DF
MEXICO
rajagopal@itesm.mx
Editorial Board Members Dr. Konstantinos AndriotisKo
Cyprus University of Technology
CYPRUS Dr. Rian Beise-ZeeRi
Asian Institute of Technology
THAILAND Dr. Bridget M. BordelonBr
University of New Orleans
USA Prof. Miguel CarrilloMi
Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Prof. Raquel CastañoRa
Tecnológico de Monterrey
MEXICO Dr. Dorin FesteuDo
Buckinghamshire New University
UK Prof. Angappa GunasekaranAn
University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth
USA Dr. Demetri KantarelisDe
Assumption College
USA Dr. Hiranya K NathHi
Sam Houston State University
USA Dr. Alexandru NedeleaAl
"Stefan cel Mare" University
ROMANIA Dr. Anoop K. PatiarAn
Griffith University
AUSTRALIA Dr. Satyendra SinghSa
University of Winnipeg
CANADA
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