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Amir Shani

Other affiliations: University of Central Florida
Bio: Amir Shani is an academic researcher from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tourism & Hospitality. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 62 publications receiving 1785 citations. Previous affiliations of Amir Shani include University of Central Florida.


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined whether the cognitive, affective and overall image of tourists in the resort city of Eilat can be used to predict behavioral intentions of local residents and tourists.

257 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the contextual factors that affect the emotional labor (EL) strategy undertaken by hospitality employees and reveal four situational and organizational factors: manager-employee relationship, job's physical demands, quality of EL training, frequency, duration and repetition of guest/employee encounters.

135 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the experience of hosting friends and relatives (HFR) based on 51 in-depth interviews with local residents at the Israeli tourism destination of Eilat, and presented a fourfold typology of HFR behavioral styles that span from engagement in predominantly indoor-related activities to visitations in outdoor commercial attractions.

130 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the potential effects of a promotional video on the image change of China as a travel destination and found that the dominant factor affecting the respondents' behavioral intentions was the cultural and nature tourism dimension.
Abstract: This study empirically examines the potential effects of a promotional video on the image change of China as a travel destination. The analysis is based on an experimental study conducted among young, international short-term employees in the USA. Despite positive changes in almost all the destination attributes as a result of watching the promotional video, the structure of the image constructs remains fairly stable, providing critical insights on the potential role of publicity campaigns in affecting destination images. Results of the study reveal that China's image consists of mixed and often contrasting representations, especially the polarity of modernisation and progress versus nature and history. It was found that the dominant factor affecting the respondents' behavioural intentions was the cultural and nature tourism dimension. Although other image dimensions exhibit influence as well, findings of this study suggest that perceived value should be a strategic focus in promoting China as a desirable travel destination, in addition to culture and nature tourism. This paper ends with conclusions and implications for both research on destination image and destination marketing in China. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

92 citations

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01 Jun 2009
TL;DR: The authors examined the distinct characteristics of the hospitality industry through use of personal interviews with general managers of leading hotels, and focus groups among hospitality management students, and found that managers commonly characterized the industry from an outward perspective focusing on industry features such as the relatively extensive and deep host-guest relationship, as well as the on-going tension between opposing trends and aspects, such as progress vs. stagnation, ordinary vs. extraordinary, and hospitability vs. profitability.
Abstract: This study examines the distinct characteristics of the hospitality industry through use of personal interviews with general managers of leading hotels, and focus groups among hospitality management students. The managers commonly characterized the industry from an outward perspective focusing on industry features such as the relatively extensive and deep host-guest relationship, as well as the on-going tension between opposing trends and aspects, such as progress vs. stagnation, ordinary vs. extraordinary, and hospitability vs. profitability. Alternatively, the students adopted a more inward perspective of the industry, emphasizing hospitality work attributes; such as the intensive teamwork and solidarity among hospitality employees, along with mixed and contrasting images of variation vs. repetitiveness, hospitableness vs. emotional labor, and hard labor vs. alternative lifestyle.

88 citations


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