Selling places: the marketing and promotion of towns and cities 1850-2000.

https://www.bostonfed.org/-/media/Documents/Workingpapers/PDF/ppdp0904.pdf

Why don't Lenders renegotiate more home mortgages? Redefaults, self-cures and securitization

Media Effects and Society

Crisis management research (1985–2020) in the hospitality and tourism industry: A review and research agenda

This study explores the interaction between environmental consciousness and sustainable food attributes as predictors in the market segmentation process for sustainable foods with respect to United States (U.S.) Generation Z (Gen Z) consumers. This study was executed using a cross-national, web-based survey to analyze and categorize Gen Z female (n = 435) and male (n = 377) consumers between 18 and 23 years of age living in the continental United States. The objectives of this study were to classify U.S. Gen Z consumers into unique segments based on their environmental consciousness and to assess the functional relationships among the following: (a) their degree of ecological awareness; (b) the importance of the perception of sustainable food attributes; (c) their food choices associated with healthy eating habits; and (d) sociodemographics. Survey data were analyzed using cluster analysis of consumer groups based on environmental consciousness. Environmental consciousness was measured using a composite score of the environmental involvement scale and the environmental values scale. Gen Z consumers with high environmental consciousness (sustainable activists) and moderate ecological awareness (sustainable believers) considered more eco-friendly and healthy product attributes when purchasing sustainable food, whereas Gen Z consumers with low environmental consciousness (sustainable moderates) considered more extrinsic product attributes (e.g., price and convenience). Furthermore, the results indicate that food choices associated with healthy eating habits could be used to develop a profile for different eco-conscious Gen Z consumer groups. The contributions of this study are twofold. First, for academic researchers, this paper extends marketing segmentation research concerning environmentally sensitive young consumers. Second, for industry professionals, this study provides food retailers or food service operators with sustainable consumer values that will aid in the development of effective, green marketing strategies to better attract and meet the sustainability expectations of Gen Z—the consumer segment with the most spending power of any generation.

U.S. Sustainable Food Market Generation Z Consumer Segments

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To Travel or Not to Travel: Exploring Food Allergy Policy in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry

How the #MeToo movement affected sexual harassment in the hospitality industry: A U.S. case study

While economic implications of volunteer tourism to the host economy have been acknowledged in previous tourism research, no empirical study to assess this influence has been published to date. This expenditure study begins to fill the gap in academic and practical knowledge. The purpose of this research was to compare and contrast the expenditure patterns of volunteer tourists with those of leisure tourists in New Orleans. Survey research methods were used to obtain a sample of volunteer tourists that was compared to a leisure tourist sample obtained from secondary data. Visitors' expenditures across six types of spending (local transportation, lodging, food/beverages, gambling, retail shopping, and tours/admission fees), demographics, and travel information were collected. Data analysis included t tests revealing that volunteer tourists' spending was lower in five out of six categories, total daily expenditures, and total trip spending. Volunteer tourists spent more on local transportation, but preferred cheaper accommodations and dining, seldom gambled, shopped little at the destination, and rarely visited tourist attractions. Examining differences in expenditure patterns can help a destination develop sustainable tourism policy and maximize economic benefits of volunteer tourism. In conclusion, this article proposes strategies to promote economically and culturally sustainable volunteer tourism

A comparison of expenditures between New Orleans volunteer and leisure tourists: implications for sustainability.

New Orleans is both a tourist destination and a city with high mass media representation. In recent years, New Orleans has increasingly become the focus of numerous media events ranging from the acclaimed HBO series Treme to the unmistakable images of the city in ruins following Hurricane Katrina. This research explores what images of New Orleans visitors expect to see and how visitors use the media to form perceptions about New Orleans. Specific to this study, content analysis provides a technique to determine the dominant themes and images of New Orleans that are projected to tourists through selected unofficial visual media form (motion pictures). Although unofficial media are not created or intended to attract tourists, they can increase tourism and influence expectations of a destination. Investigations into how tourists use the media and how prior media exposure affects satisfaction with the destination could be an important resource for cities attempting to expand their tourism industry, target a new population or change their destination?s image.

Bridget M. Bordelon

Papers

To Travel or Not to Travel: Exploring Food Allergy Policy in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry

How the #MeToo movement affected sexual harassment in the hospitality industry: A U.S. case study

A comparison of expenditures between New Orleans volunteer and leisure tourists: implications for sustainability.

Unofficial images of a tourism destination: New Orleans behind the scenes

Tourism planning post disaster: community perceptions of tourism development.