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Institutional investors and voluntary disclosure and transparency: the case of Egypt
(EmeraldCardiff School of Management, 2017)Purpose: Disclosure and transparency are major pillars of corporate governance which need to be greatly promoted in Egypt. This research aims to understand how different kinds of institutional investors affect levels of ... -
Tourism’s lost leaders: Analysing gender and performance
(ElsevierCardiff School of Management, 2017-01-17)Higher education is increasingly engaged with diversity initiatives, especially those focused on women in academic leadership, whilst there is an evolving literature across the humanities and the social, management and ... -
Play, playwork and wellbeing
(Oxford University PressCardiff School of Management, 2017)This chapter presents an overview of the literature on childhood wellbeing which is characterised by large scale, cross-sectional studies. However, Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child ... -
Augmented Reality Apps for Tourism Destination Promotion
(IGI GlobalCardiff School of Management, 2017)Current chapter focuses on the effectiveness of Augmented Reality (AR) supported applications for mobile and wearable devices during the visitation of tourist destinations. AR as an innovative technology tool becomes ... -
The Ecovillage: Concept and Applications
(IGI GlobalCardiff School of Management, 2017)This paper examines ecovillages in the context of tourism and research development. Four ecovillages form Bangladesh are selected as cases of this study. Data were mainly collected by focus group discussions harnessing a ... -
Humanising migrant women’s work
(Elsevier, 2017-03-03)Female migrants make an important contribution to the global tourism industry yet their employment experiences and histories are poorly understood. This paper draws on a phenomenological position to explore the life-world ... -
Search Engine Marketing: An Outlining of Conceptualization and Strategic Application
(IGI GlobalCardiff School of Management, 2018)The most common feature of Search Engine Marketing (SEM) is the pay-per-click concept that outlines the conceptual understanding of the human-computer interaction (HCI) in marketing. In this type of marketing, the three ... -
Tourism policy planning in Bangladesh: Background and some steps forward
(Middlesex University DubaiCardiff School of Management, 2018)Tourism policies and plans seek to resolve tourism development issues, safeguard the built and natural heritage, and achieve sustainable socioeconomic development in relation to the aspirations of current and future ... -
Augmented Reality for Tourism Service Promotion in Iran as an Emerging Market
(IGI GlobalCardiff School of Management, 2018)Recently tourism service industry is becoming one of the fastest growing industries in the world that has a positive impact on global economy. Tourism service industry growth in some emerging markets such as Iran is faster ... -
Augmented Reality as an Emerging Application in Tourism Marketing Education
(IGI GlobalCardiff School of Management, 2018)Augmented Reality (AR) as an advanced format of Virtual Reality (VR) becomes widely available in numerous appliances, mainly in mobile devices like Smartphones or wearable devices. As the prospective benefits of this ... -
Event futures: innovation, creativity and collaboration
(Emerald, 2018)This special issue has at its centre the theme Event Futures: innovation, creativity and collaboration. This theme was the basis of the Association for Events Management Education (AEME) annual forum hosted at Cardiff ... -
E-Marketing via Augmented Reality: A Case Study in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Cardiff School of Management, 2019-01)Marketing plays an extremely significant role in the success of any business. In the hospitality and tourism industry, marketing is a key tool to introduce various destinations to customers and attract them to visit a place ... -
European Tourism Indicator System for Sustainable Destination Management in County Donegal, Ireland
(Varna University of ManagementCardiff School of Management, 2018-11-06)Tourism is one of Ireland's most important economic sectors. In 2017, the overall visits to the country have increased by over 10%. However, such growth if not managed correctly can present many challenges to destinations, ... -
The “social” aspect of social-ecological systems: a critique of analytical frameworks and findings from a multisite study of coastal sustainability
(Resilience Alliance, 2016)We evaluate whether society can adequately be conceptualized as a component of social-ecological systems, given social theory and the current outputs of systems-based research. A mounting critique from the social sciences ... -
Creating a climate for learning-experiences of educating existing and future decision-makers about climate change
(Elsevier, 2018-08-17)Climate change is one of the most serious issues to affect modern society. What originated as a scientific question has evolved into a complex political and social issue. The policy context recognises the pivotal role of ... -
Gender, Advertising and Ethics: Marketing Cuba
(Taylor&FrancisCardiff School of Management, 2017-11-27)Online advertisements are representations of ethnographic knowledge and sites of cultural production, social interaction and individual experience. Based on a critical discourse analysis of an online Iberia Airlines ... -
Tourism and autism: Journeys of mixed emotions
(Elsevier, 2017-06-09)There is an evolving tourism literature around psychological wellbeing, social exclusion and disability. This paper advances tourism knowledge into the terrain of psychological health and developmental complexities, and ... -
A framework for analysing the Local Authorities tourism planning in Ireland: A socio-cultural perspective
(Varna University of Management, 2015)Tourism inevitably takes people to new places while broadening their perception and knowledge of different cultures and environments. This informative process is an important function of the tourism industry. This study ... -
The attitudes of the key stakeholders on Sustainable Tourism in Ireland: The Holidaymaker and Tourism Enterprise Perspective
(Institute for Tourism & Croatian Tourist Board, 2015)The increased attention paid to sustainable management in tourism destinations has been considerable. However, the genuine demand for sustainable tourism in Ireland has been inadequately researched. Th is study discussing ... -
The supply of sustainable tourism in Ireland
(Romanian-American Association of Project Managers for Education and Research, 2015)The concept of sustainability remains one of the major issues in tourism today. There currently exits a strong knowledge base pertaining to sustainable tourism and the drive toward the sustainable management ...
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