ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TOURISM MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING CFP

 A call for chapters for this title:

 

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TOURISM MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING 

Editor in Chief: Professor Dimitrios Buhalis, 

EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING LIMITED

 

Scope of the Encyclopedia:

The Encyclopedia of Tourism Marketing and Management will define the field over the coming years as a key reference. The Encyclopedia will consist of between 150 and 200 alphabetically-ordered entries, covering cutting-edge topics. The Encyclopedia will be published in print, as an eBook on all of the major eBook aggregators, and will also be made available on Elgaronline, the content management platform. Our Encyclopedia program is naturally at home in such an online setting, which allows for sophisticated search functionality as well as direct linking to references and sources through XML coding. As a result of a high-profile presence, Elgaronline ensures our books enjoy significantly enhanced dissemination, readership, usage and impact.

 

Editorship:

The Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing will be edited and overseen by Professor Dimitrios Buhalis at the University of Bournemouth.

To contact Professor Buhalis email dbuhalis@bournemouth.ac.uk

 

Submission Instructions

Each of the entries in the Encyclopedia should be submitted through the Manuscript Manager submission system. A dedicated page for the project can be accessed at the following link: https://eep.manuscriptmanager.net/sLib/v4/login.php?paramScreen=Khn3oDP UBsSk19hl9R87oVEi4w9AdzJGXTMXh59q53s=

 

Call for papers, Instructions, Format and Style Guide:

The Publisher includes a comprehensive style guide on their Author Hub, which can be accessed here. Each of the entries in the Encyclopedia should consist of:

• 1500 words of text that present an overview of the subject in a cohesive and logical manner.
• The level of writing in the entries should be targeted at academics and postgraduate students, undergraduate students, policymakers and practitioners.
• The entry should include a maximum of eight (8) references, of which a maximum of three (3) should be from the author
• All text, tables and figures need to be in word file. High resolution figures should be provided separately.
• The text should be original, not published before and should have a very low similarity score on Turnitin.
• Maximum of two authors per entry
• When submitting your entry, please also include your name, affiliation, contact details, and email address. These should be presented as you would like them to appear in the final Encyclopedia.
• The entry’s title should immediately be followed by the text. We do not require the entries to use a table of contents.
• Please include a list of six keywords. These will be incorporated into the electronic presentation of the Encyclopedia on Elgaronline, and will assist with wider search functionality and discoverability.
• Footnotes should not be used in the entries. A list of references should instead be collected and placed as a bibliography at the end of the entry.
• You should include no more than one figure or table in your entry. Please closely follow the Publisher’s guidelines, which are available under the “Figures and Photographs” and “Tables and Boxes” tabs on the Author Hub.
• When uploading your entry to Manuscript Manager please upload it as a Microsoft Word file (.doc or .docx). This will help to significantly expedite the copy-editing process. Please name the file with the name of the first Author and the term. (e.g. Buhalis_eTourism).
• Chapters that contain special characters (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Greek, etc.) should be submitted as both PDF and Word files. Please check the PDF carefully, before submission, to ensure the special characters are displayed as intended. In the event of uncertainty regarding how any characters are to be displayed in the Word file, the copy editor and/or typesetter will use the PDF as a reference point.

 

Deadlines:

• You should upload your 200-word proposal by 30 September 2020. Please name this file with the name of the first Author, the term, and “Proposal” e.g. Buhalis_eTourism_Proposal.
• If approved you will be invited to upload your entry by 31 December 2020.
• The Review process will be between 1 January 2021-15 November 2021.
• The final manuscript will be delivered to the Publisher by 31 December 2021.

 

The Publisher agrees to grant a free electronic copy of the Work to each of the contributing authors.

 

Copyright:

Before uploading your entry please ensure that you have read and acknowledged the Publisher’s Copyright Policy, which can be found here. We expect all of the entries in the Encyclopedia to be original works, and do not encourage the inclusion of copyrighted material. As a contributor it is your responsibility to clear any necessary copyright permissions for your chapter, and the Publisher will not be able to cover the cost of any permission fees that may arise. Please submit as supplementary material your article through Turnitin, iThenticate, Crosscheck or any similar software to check the similarity between your study and previous studies. Minimize similarity percentage below 1% from any previous study and less than 10% overall.

 

Zombie Preparedness CDC

We head back to the (virtual) classroom after labor day.  Many universities are attempting to meet face to face, while others have already said to forget it.  

Unfortunately, with K-12 and Universities heading back to the classroom I am expecting a rise in Covid-19 cases.

So, some lessons:

Paper masks are one time use ONLY, throw away after that single use.

Cloth masks can be used for one day only, so put in the wash daily.

Save the face shields and medical masks for the front line people.

Wash you hands frequently.

Sanitize your hands with an excessive amount of sanitizer to get all the nooks and crannies saturated and then let dry.

 

This is serious stuff my friends.  After all, in a tongue and check announcement, we even need to watch out for Zombies.

 

 

 

American Airlines to cut service to 15 cities

 You can imagine that people reading that headline immediately scanned to the list to see if their town is on the list.  I wasn't too worried about Hartford/Springfield, better known as Bradley International Airport (BDL).

But I still scanned to see if the list included any of the towns I may have flown or might in the future.

None, thank goodness.  But for 9 of the 15, AA was the only air service.  This means of course that people will need to drive to a larger airport.

It has been a while, but I remember flying to a small airport once and it was cheaper than just flying to the major hub.  Maybe those days are gone.

My UK friend noted it appeared that flights were as busy as usual in the US compare to the EU.  I answered, yes, the flights are still there but empty.

(Waiting in KEF)

For southern New England see this website.

And for western Europe, see this one.

I have no plans to fly in the near future.

Today in Rock n Roll History

 Specifically for the Grateful Dead, see this Archive.org website for the concerts played on August 18th.

 

 

Want a different date?  Just edit the URL. 

https://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3AGratefulDead%20AND%20title%3A%22month-date%22

 

Scare Attractions and Covid-19

 Found this UK website called Scare Tours.  Lots of good info from "across the pond" about fright tourism.  The interesting thing I want to share is that they conducted a survey from visitors to their site about Covid-19.

 

The final question asked "do you think there will be a second wave....?

Forty percent said yes.

St Lythans Burial Chamber, Wales

 St Lythans Burial Chamber is a wonderful little site that deserves a visit:  

"This bare and imposing Neolithic (New Stone Age) tomb stands alone in the centre a field on the outskirts of Cardiff. While it was originally covered by an earthen mound around 90ft/27m in length, only traces of this now remain, leaving its huge stones fully exposed to the skies. 

The largest is the massive capstone, still supported by three unusually tall uprights. Excavations in 2012 demonstrated that originally the burial chamber was buried within a large cairn of stones 30m long and 12m wide.  The chamber itself has never been excavated, so who or what is buried here remains a mystery."

 

Find it at  51°26'33.2"N 3°17'41.8"W.

For more info, see the wikipedia site.

NATIONAL PARK TRUST HELPS PROTECT POPULAR SCENIC VIEW ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL IN VIRGINIA

 Washington, D.C. (August 4, 2020) – On July 23, 2020, the National Park Trust transferred ownership of 239 acres of land in one of the most popular areas of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (A.T.) near Troutville, Virginia to the National Park Service. In the fall of 2018, the Park Trust volunteered to support the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) in the acquisition of the property in Hogan Hollow, Virginia. The landowner wanted to sell before the National Park Service could accept the acreage, so in June 2019, the Park Trust worked with The Conservation Fund to acquire and temporarily hold the property until it could become part of the A.T.  Read the story https://www.parktrust.org/national-park-trust-helps-protect-popular-scenic-view-on-the-appalachian-trail-in-virginia/

Here is a picture of me on  McAfee Knob (scanned from 35 mm slide taken in 1974).

 

 

 

LiDAR for Parks and Protected Areas

 

Applying LiDAR for Parks and Protected Area Management 

Robert S. Bristow, Anna Therien, Timothy LeDoux 

 Abstract: Many parks and protected areas around the globe lack basic resource inventories needed for the creation of effective sustainable management plans. Despite the absence of comprehensive resource inventories, outdoor recreation planners still have to address existing problems and threatened resources on protected lands as best as they can. The challenge for parks and protected areas managers is to establish this priority, given the lack of much-needed resources and data. To address this gap, remote sensing technologies such as Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) can be used by recreation managers to create cost-effective resource inventories for large areas of land in national and local parks. This research note demonstrates how the use of LIDAR technology and historical archives can be used to create a resource inventory of a variety of historic features in the Bear Hole Watershed of West Springfield, Massachusetts, an area that encompasses over 1,293 acres of protected park lands. 

Cascading Falls in Bear Hole Watershed 

 https://js.sagamorepub.com/jpra/article/view/10481 

 

Viva Las Office

 

Viva Las Office?

Sorry, but I don't think of Las Vegas as a place to get work done.  But MGM Resorts is offering some sweet deals for home office workers to hang out on the Strip.  Starting at about $100 a night, you get an assistant and food credit.  And you get to see this at the Bellagio.

Actually a good deal.

Book soon though.

St Quentin's Castle, Llanblethian

St. Quentine's Castle in Wales is a very pretty site and perfect for a picnic.

A nice history is found here.

The Wikipedia site for the castle.

Here is another website with some pictures.

Easy to find also.

Film Tourism with Don Dohler

So, I have tried not to become a couch potato during this pandemic, but in the last year or so I became aware of Baltimore film director Don Dohler.  He was also a publisher and many of his magazines and movies are freely available on the Internet Archive.

Over the past couple of days, I watched his horror film called Fiend.

I watched it to see if I recognize any of the locations.  For the most part no, since may scenes were shot at Moray Court.

But I did recognize Popular Grove Church.  I have relatives there.  I also have a photo on Google Earth of the church.

The film was release in 1980 and I was living in the area.

Outdoor Recreation Management and Response During COVID-19

Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals

presents:


Outdoor Recreation Management and Response During COVID-19The series continues! Join us Wednesday August 12, 11am - 12:30pm PDT for a special webinar:

August 12: Maximizing Earned Income and Managing Visitor Expectations in Outdoor Recreation

11am - 12:30pm PDT

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The pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges in managing parks and outdoor recreation facilities for visitor use. Please join our esteemed panel for a discussion around maximizing earned income and managing visitor expectations. We'll dive into recent visitor patterns and consumer travel preferences. The discussion will cover operations planning for consistent service quality, safety, sanitation, and sustainability, and opportunities for generating new revenues to offset budget reductions.

Eric Flanigan, Vice President, Retail, Aramark
Warren Meyer, President, Recreation Resource Management
Brian Stapleton, Vice President, Food and Beverage, Aramark
Jared Zucker (Invited), Concessions Program Manager, California State Parks

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For those who are unable to join, but interested in learning more, register and receive the webinar recording and follow-up.

This important webinar is open to all, FREE, yep - so please forward to your networks. Please consider joining the Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals as a member to support our work and our ability to provide continued training opportunities for outdoor recreation professionals. https://www.recpro.org/join-us