3rd International Conference on TOURISM

5-8 JULY 2007

Athens, Greece

  

Organized by

·        Academy of Tourism Research & Studies

Venue: St George Lycabettus Boutique Hotel, 2 Kleomenous Street, Lycabettus, Athens.

 

 Organizing and scientific Committee

1.         Marios Vasilopoulos, President, ATEM.

2.         Gregory T. Papanikos, Director, ATINER, Greece.

3.          Mike-Frank G. Epitropoulos, Head, Tourism Research Unit, ATINER.

4.          Dr. Nicolas Papadopoulos, Academic Member, ATINER & Professor, Carleton University, Canada.

5.          Dr. Cleopatra Veloutsou, Head, Marketing Research Unit, ATINER & Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow, UK.

6.          Dr. Chris Sakellariou, Head, Economics Research Unit, ATINER and Associate Professor, Nanyang University, Singapore.

7.         Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos, Head, Management Research Unit, ATINER & Lecturer - Director of Post Graduate Studies, Brunel University, U.K.

8.         Vasilios Filios, Head, Accounting & Finance Research Unit, ATINER & Associate Professor, University of Ioannina, Greece.

9.         Dr. Gregory A. Katsas, Head, Sociology Research Unit, ATINER & Professor, The American College of Greece-Deree College, Greece.

10.       Dr. Ebru Gokdag, Academic Member, ATINER & Assistant Professor, Anadolu University, Turkey.

11.       Dr. Niki Kyriakidou, Academic Member, ATINER Lecturer of Human Resources Management, Leeds Business School, U.K.

12.      Dr. George Papageorgiou, Lecturer, University of Surrey, UK

 

Administration

Fani Balaska, Natasa Filiou, Eirini Lentzou, Thomas Papanikos, Sylia Sakka.

 

Conference Program

(The time for each session includes a 10 minutes coffee break)

Thursday July 5th, 2007

 8:30-09:00 Registration

 09:00-09:15 Welcome and Opening Speech

·       Gregory T. Papanikos, Director, ATINER

·       Marios Vasilopoulos, President, ATEM

 

09:15-11:00 SESSION I: Tourism Policy and Development I

Chair: Papanikos, G.T., Director, ATINER.

1.     Tixier, M., Professor, ESSEC Business School, France. Managing the social, financial and environmental issues of sustainable travel offers.

2.     Wickens, E., Reader, BCUC, UK. Residents’ Perceptions of Tourism Development.

3.     McIntyre, N., Associate Professor, Lakehead University, Canada, Moore, J., PhD Student, Lakehead University, Canada & Yuan, M., Associate Professor, Lakehead University, Canada. Place-Based Value-Centered Approaches to Eliciting and Mapping Social Values in Recreation and Tourism Planning.

4.     Carson, D., Researcher, Charles Darwin University, Australia & Taylor, A., Researcher, Charles Darwin University, Australia. Economic Development for Remote Communities – Can 4WD Tourism Help?

 11:00-12:30 SESSION II: Hotel and Tourist Accommodation Management I

Chair: Dr. Gregory A. Katsas, Head, Sociology Research Unit, ATINER & Professor, The American College of Greece-Deree College, Greece.

1.           Hwang, S-Y., Lecturer, Sejong University, Korea, Kim, S.H., Professor, Sejong University, Korea & Kim, S.S., Associate Professor, Sejong University, Korea. The Effects of Partner Selection Criteria on the Perception of Strategic Alliances Outcomes in Hotels.

2.           Ozcelik, A.O., Associate Professor, Ankara University, Turkey, Surucuoglu, M.S., Associate Professor, Ankara University, Turkey & Ozdogan, Y., Researcher, Ankara University, Turkey. Hygienic Rules to be Observed at the Food and Beverages Departments of Accommodation Enterprises.

3.           Cakiroglu, F.P., Associate Professor, Ankara University, Turkey & Ucar, A., Researcher, Ankara University, Turkey. An Evaluation of the Hygiene Status of Four and Five Star Hotel Kitchens in Ankara.

4.           Kim, M., Ph.D. Student, Sejong University, Korea. A Study of General Managers’ Career Path and their Career Path. (Thursday, 5th July 2007)

12:30 – 14:00 SESSION III: Marketing I

Chair: Dr. Cleopatra Veloutsou, Head, Marketing Research Unit, ATINER & Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow, UK.

1.           Kim, H.-B., Professor, Sejong University, Korea, Kim, M.-H., Researcher, Sejong University, Korea & Kim, E.-J., Researher, Sejong University, Korea. Impacts of Tourist’s Personal Characteristics on the Perception of Destination’s Brand Equity.

2.           Lee, J-W., Researcher, Sejong University, Korea & Kim, H-B., Associate Professor, Sejong University, Korea. Type of Strategic Alliance and Its Role in the Relationship between Customer’s Perception to Alliance Companies and Hotel’s Brand Equity.

3.           Naidoo, P., Lecturer, University of Technology, Mauritius & Durbarry, R., Head of School, University of Technology, Mauritius. Investigating the Perceived Brand Image of Mauritius among European Tourists. 

4.           Sanli, H.S., Assistant Professor, Gazi University, Turkey, Cittir, T., Assistant Professor, Gazi University, Turkey & Kayabasi, N., Associate Professor, Ankara University, Turkey. Handicrafts Produced for Tourism Activities in Turkey and their Importance for Advertising of the Country.

5.           Azlizam Aziz, Ph.D., The Department of Forest Management,Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Assessment of “Culti Cuti Malaysia” as an Advertising Campaign Among Residents of Peninsular Malaysia.

  14:00 – 15:30: LUNCH (inside the Conference Venue)

 15:30 – 17:00 SESSION IV: Marketing II

Chair: Dr. Ebru Gokdag, Academic Member, ATINER & Assistant Professor, Anadolu University, Turkey.

1.         Erdogan, Z., Associate Professor, Ankara University, Turkey, Ozgen, O., Professor, Gazi University, Turkey, Soylemezoglu, F., Assistant Professor, Ankara University, Turkey, Demirci, A., Researcher, Gazi University, Turkey & Tas, A.S., Researcher, Ankara University, Turkey.  Turkish Hand-Made Carpets and Preferences of Domestic/Foreign Consumers..

2.         Ozcelik, A.O., Associate Professor, Ankara University, Turkey, Surucuoglu, M.S., Associate Professor, Ankara University, Turkey, Ucar, A., Associate Professor, Ankara University, Turkey & Akan, L.S., Researcher, Ankara University, Turkey. Holiday Status of Academic Staff and their Nutrition Habits when they are on Holiday.

3.         Sahbaz, P., Assistant Professor, Gazi University, Turkey. A Competitive Analysing of Promotion Activities at Extension of Tourism Planning: A Case Study of Turkey.

FREE AFTERNOON TO WALK AND SHOP AROUND PLAKA AND ACROPOLIS

 

 20:30-22:30 GREEK NIGHT

(Place: Tavern STAMATOPOULOS, 26 Lissiou Street,  PLAKA, Tel.: 210 3228722)

Friday July 6th, 2007

 

08:30-10:00 SESSION V: Hotel and Tourist Accommodation Management II

Chair:  Nachmias, S., Assistant Manager, Hilton Hotel, UK.

1.             Maraouch, F., Lecturer, University of Balamand, Lebanon. The New Hotel Room. (Friday, 6th July 2007, morning)

2.            Tas, B., Msc Student, Ankara University, Turkey & Cakiroglu, F.P., Msc Student, Ankara University, Turkey. The “Food Safety” Perceptions of the Food and Beverages Personnel Working at Accommodation Enterprises: Kuşadasi (Turkey) Sample.

3.            Gliatis, I., Ph.D. Student, Brunel University, UK, Koufopoulos, D., Lecturer & Director of Post Graduate Studies, Brunel University, U.K & Argiropoulou, M., Ph.D. Student, Brunel University, UK. Adopted Planning Practices by the Greek Hospitality Industry.

4.            Soylemezoglu, F., Assistant Professor, Ankara University, Turkey & Erdogan Z., Associate Professor, Ankara University, Turkey. Sustainable Handicrafts and Tourism: The Sample of Beypazari District.

 

10:00-11:30 SESSION VI: Tourism Policy and Development II

Chair: Maraouch, F., Lecturer, University of Balamand, Lebanon.

1.            Fotiadis, A., Ph.D. Student in University of Pécs, Hungary & Michalko, G., Researcher, Hungarian Academy of Science, Hungary. Rural Tourism Stakeholders and their Difference in Approaches.

2.            Mitas, O., PhD Student, The Pennsylvania State University, USA & Kokkinou, A., PhD Student, The Pennsylvania State University, USA. A Conceptual Model of Tourism Development Facilitated By Low-Cost Airlines.

3.            Yazicioglu, Y., Head, Gazi University, Turkey & Sanli, H.S., Assistant Professor, Gazi University, Turkey. Evileyebeads Produced in Turkey and their Contributions to Tourism.

4.            Erdogan, S., Head, Gazi University, Turkey & Agca, H., Researcher, Gazi University, Turkey. The Culinary Culture of Yalvaç.

 

 

11:30-13:00 SESSION VII: Marketing III

Chair: Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos, Head, Management Research Unit, ATINER & Lecturer - Director of Post Graduate Studies, Brunel University, U.K.

1.            Etikan, S., Assistant Professor, Mugla University, Turkey, Soylemezoglu, F., Assistant Professor, Ankara University, Turkey & Guner, B., Lecturer, Mugla University, Turkey. Effects of the All-Inclusive System Applied for the Tourism of Bodrum District on the Sector of Souvenir.

2.            Moreno Pacheco, P., Lecturer, University of Seville, Spain & Gonzalez Rodriguez, R., Assistant Professor, University of Seville, Spain. Understanding Repeating Travel Phenomenon: A Segmentation Approach.

3.            Papageorgiou, G., Lecturer, University of Surrey, UK & Roper, A., Lecturer, University of Surrey, UK. Re-Packaged Tours: Are Business Models Really Changing in the UK Package Tour Industry?

4.            Rodriguez Diaz, B., Associate Professor, University of Malaga, Spain & Caballero Fernandez R., Associate Professor University of Malaga, Spain. MultiObjective Tourist Tour Design.

5.            Schmallegger, D., Msc Student, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria & Carson, D., Associate Professor, Charles Darwin University, Australia. Reaching the Independent Traveller: Product Distribution Issues for Aboriginal Tourism Enterprises in Remote Australia.

6.            Peters, M., Associate Professor, Innsbruck University School of Management, Austria. Are Wine-Lovers Wine-Tourists? An Analysis of Tourism Behavior of Wine-Festival Visitors in Austria.

 

13:00-14:30 LUNCH (inside the Conference Venue)

 

14:30-16:30 SESSION VIII: Alternative Forms of Tourism I

Chair:  Papageorgiou, G., Lecturer, University of Surrey, UK

1.     Kyriakidou, N., Lecturer, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK & Nachmias, S., Assistant Manager, Hilton Hotel, UK. Golf Tourism and its Benefits in the Greek Tourism Industry.

2.     Hose, T., Lecturer, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UK. Geotourism: Antecedents, Present and Future Developments.

3.     Menvielle, L., Ph.D. Student, University of Nice Sophia, France & Menvielle, W., Professor, University of Quebec at Three Rivers, Canada. Medical Tourism: A New Way of Traveling.

4.     Tseng, T.H., Assistant Professor, National Hsinchu University, Taiwan & Shen, C.-C., Associate Professor, National Kaohsiung Hospitality College, Taiwan. The Food and Beverage Tourism Behavior to Neophylic and Neophobic Tourists in Rural Area Taiwan.

5.     Wiesner, R., Researcher, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Weather Risk Management with Weather Derivatives – Shown by the Example of the Winter Tourism Industry.

6.     Karlis G., Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada. Researching Sport Tourism: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

  

FREE AFTERNOON TO VISIT THE NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

 20:00-21:30 DINNER

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

CRUISE: Departure at 7:15 a.m. Return at 8:30 p.m.

 Sunday, July 8th, 2007

Tour: Departure at 8:30 a.m. Return at 3:30 p.m.