Calls for papers

 

International Journal of Revenue Management

 

Special Issue on: "Hospitality and Tourism Management"

Guest Editors: Dr. Ben K. Goh and Dr. Jingxue “Jessica” Yuan, Texas Tech University, USA

Revenue management or yield management is a scientific technique that combines operations research, statistics, and customer relationship management. Revenue management is an increasingly common strategy to maximize revenue (and profits) in the hospitality and tourism industry. This special issue aims to provide an international forum for the communication with the complex role of revenue management in hospitality and tourism management. Its objectives are to secure creative, innovative concepts, strategies, theories and methodologies from policy makers, government agencies, academic and research institutions and persons concerned with this important topic and its related issues.

Subject Coverage
The special issue seeks papers that attempt to address some of the key challenges of hospitality and tourism management, including (but not limited to) the following themes:

• Yield or revenue management in the hospitality Industry
• Hospitality management
• Tourism management
• Marketing and segmentation
• Consumer behaviour
• Risk and investment strategies
• Sustainability and green issues
• Customer relationship management
• Knowledge management and value creation
• Branding, segmentation, and channel management
• E-commerce/e-business
• Production and operations management
• Business processes and management
• Forecasting
• Pricing/dynamic pricing/option pricing
• Economics of revenue management
• Human resource management
• Accounting and finance
• Performance measure and evaluation

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Full paper due: 30 November, 2009

Notification of status of paper: 31 December, 2009

Notification of acceptance and Review Results: 31 March, 2010

Final version of paper due: 30 April, 2010