Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research

03/03/2025

🆕🎊 NEW issue is available online 🎊🆕

The 3rd issue of Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research's Volume 49 is available now at: 🔗https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/jhtd/49/3

The 15 papers included in this issue discussed many hot topics, and inspiring insights were reported. The editorial team would like to thank all contributors for choosing to disseminate their fabulous works

Wish you enjoy reading this collection of high-quality papers 🙇‍♂️

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27/02/2025

😍 study unveils guests’ preferred hotel lobby designs😍

In a recent article published in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, Soona Park (University of North Texas), Jianan Lee and Xinran Lehto (Purdue University) identified the community-centered design elements that are most favored for integration into hotel lobbies, and exposed how those elements contribute to cultivating a sense of place and community among hotel guests

Through applying a choice-based conjoint analysis, the research team found:

🥰 Biophilic design, communication infra, and local experiences create a social hub

🥰 These three design elements positively relate to a sense of place and community

🥰 A sense of place and community is key for hotel guests, boosting revisit intention

The eCopy of this article is available in ’s OnlineFirst column now: 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480241305760

DOWNLOAD and READ the paper if you interested in hotel lobby, lobby design, biophilic design, community-centered design, sense of place, and sense of community

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24/02/2025

🤗 study verifies the significance of work-life balance among Gen Z hospitality employees 🤗

In a recent article published in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, Hao (Mira) Shi, Xiaolin Shi, Catherine Cheung & Susan Gordon examined the role of work-personal conflict in Gen Z hospitality employees’ daily lives

Drawing on the daily diary data shared by 91 Gen Z Chinese hotel employees, the research team found:

😤 Work-to-personal and personal-to-work conflict at the within-person level increases turnover intention via emotional exhaustion

🥰 Workplace fun at the within-person level and person–job fit at the between-person level moderate the relationship between work-to-personal conflict and emotional exhaustion

🤗 Hospitality companies should try to increase the fun of their employees’ daily work and improve person-job fit to mitigate work-personal conflict among Gen Z employees

The eCopy of this article is available in ’s OnlineFirst column now: 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480241305761

DOWNLOAD and READ the paper if you interested in Gen Z, employee turnover, work-personal conflict, person-job fit, workplace fun, role stress theory & emotional exhaustion

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14/02/2025

🔬 study examined the veracity of potential knowledge claims arising from the use of bibliographic data🔬

In a recent article published in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, Tomas Pernecky and Abrar Faisal, PhD (AUT - Auckland University of Technology critically examined the veracity of potential knowledge claims arising from the use of bibliographic data and VOSviewer by conducting a meta-analysis of phenomenological research in tourism

Different from similar studies published in other avenues:

💫 This paper makes a critical methodological contribution to the study of experience, bibliometrics, and tourism epistemology, evaluating meta-analysis efficacy in portraying knowledge developments

💫 Critical evaluation of VOSviewer through phenomenological tourism research reveals previously overlooked insights

💫 Researchers are cautioned about overreliance on bibliometric data and visual aids in knowledge assessments

💫 The lack of traceability, transparency, and epistemic correspondence are identified as formidable barriers to accurately mapping knowledge

The eCopy of this article is available in ’s OnlineFirst column now:
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480241305746

DOWNLOAD and READ the paper if you interested in bibliometric analysis, VOSviewer, phenomenological research, and epistemological pitfalls

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12/02/2025

🖤 study unveiled how interpretation, visitor factors, and mindfulness shape tourists’ experiences at these emotionally charged sites🖤

In a recent article published in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, Thomas Eck (Sejong University), Soyoung An (Pukyong National University) and Li Jiang (Dalian University of Technology) sought to inform design of dark tourism experiences and deepen understanding of visitors’ interpretive experiences and learning at such sites

Drawing on the data collected at a South Korean dark tourism site, the research team found that:

💡The type of interpretation used by tourists influenced mindfulness differently

💡High content interest and low cognitive fatigue led tourists to be mindful

💡Mindfulness positively influenced learning and satisfaction among tourists

The eCopy of this article is available in ’s OnlineFirst column now:
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480241292013

DOWNLOAD and READ the paper if you interested in dark tourism, heritage, site interpretation, mindfulness theory, fatigue, learning and satisfaction

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05/02/2025

🆕🎊 NEW issue is available online 🎊🆕

The 2nd issue of Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research's Volume 49 is available now at: 🔗https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/jhtd/49/2

The 12 papers included in this issue discussed many hot topics, and inspiring insights were reported. The editorial team would like to thank all contributors for choosing to disseminate their fabulous works

Wish you enjoy reading this collection of high-quality papers 🙇‍♂️

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03/02/2025

Journals Blog is a research-focused blog dedicated to sharing innovative research which may benefit the wider academic community

We are pleased to see 's article - "When the future feels closer than the past: An experimental research of nostalgia vs forestalgia in destination ads" (contributed by Ruiying Cai, Xi Leung & Lu Lu) - has been featured

In this innovative work, the team discovered that:

💡Forestalgia ads are more effective when promoting trips in the near future

💡Nostalgic ads are more effective if the trip is framed as far off in the future

💡Forestalgia appeals are more effective among individuals who prioritize immediate rewards and tend to discount distant outcome

Link to the blog post
🔗 https://www.sagepub.com/explore-our-content/blogs/posts/sage-perspectives/2025/01/27/your-next-adventure-awaits-why-forestalgia-travels-ads-are-more-likely-to-work-on-you

Link to the full paper:
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480241305764

🥳 Big congratulations to the team & thank you for choosing Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research as the publication avenue !!!

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Nostalgia has been a powerful tool for attracting travelers to visit tourism destinations. Compared to the extensive attention that nostalgia marketing has rece...

28/01/2025

🧧 Happy Chinese New Year 🧧

As the Year of the Snake is quickly approaching, the editorial team of Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research extends our warmest wishes to all our readers and followers

The 🐍 symbolizes wisdom, intuition and transformation. May this year bring you insightful opportunities, personal growth, and success in all your endeavors

Thank you again for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more knowledge and insights with you throughout the year 😊

With appreciation and warmest wishes,
Jean-Pierre van der Rest, Li Miao, Peter Kim, Jenn Vallimont

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27/01/2025

🏮 customers is a vital & prerequisite action before designing and executing strategies🏮

In Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, you can find many innovative & useful papers about segmentation. If you are working on any research about , we highly recommend you to read the following inpsiring pieces published in our journal:

📚 Segmentation of luxury travel markets using qualitative + means-end theory based approach
https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480221103224

📚 Segmentation of physician-assisted su***de as a niche tourism market
https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480211011630

📚 Segmentation of the prospective solo travel market based on perceived travel constraints
https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480231163517

📚 Applicability of segmenting active sport tourism participants based on human values
https://doi.org/10.1177/1096348020926546

📚 Applicability of segmenting tourism markets based on demand growth patterns
https://doi.org/10.1177/1096348020962564

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24/01/2025

🏛️ study uncovered how economic policies affect the creation of new restaurant startups 🍱

In a recent article published in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, Xiaodan Mao-Clark (University of Hawaii at Manoa), Yoon Koh, Agnes DeFranco and Ki-Joon Back (University of Houston) unveiled the relationship between macroeconomic policies and restaurant crowdfunding startup activities through the prism of agency theory

Through analyzing all restaurant projects on Kickstarter.com in the United States during the 2014-2019 period, the research team found that:

📋 Free market policies (for incentive alignment) positively impact restaurant startup activities

📋 Social safety-net spending (for risk-aversion mitigation) positively influences restaurant startup activities

🖇️ An interaction between free market policies and social safety-net spending exists

🪙 Social safety-net has an optimal per capita dollar amount at the state-level

The eCopy of this article is available in ’s OnlineFirst column now:
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480241292025

DOWNLOAD and READ the paper if you interested in entrepreneurship, restaurant startups, economic policies, crowdfunding and agency theory

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20/01/2025

📢 Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research cordially invites you to join our second webinar in 2025 titled "Exploring New Horizons in Hospitality & Tourism Experience Design"

📆 Date & ⏲️ Time:
Feb 11, 2025 | 10am-11am (Eastern time)
Feb 11, 2025 | 9am-10am (Central time)

🗣️ List of panellists:
Dr Courtney Suess-Raeisinafchi | Texas A&M University
Dr Tiffany Legendre, Ph.D. | University of Houston
Dr Shawn Jung | Purdue University

🎮 Moderators:
Dr Alei Fan | Purdue University
Dr Wei Wei | University of Central Florida

Following the success of our first webinar, authors of three papers included in our recent special issue (volume 48 issue 8) will discuss the emerging topics and methods in hospitality and tourism experience research in this webinar

Join Us via
1️⃣🅰️ scanning the QR code on the poster and completing the online form

1️⃣🅱️ clicking the following link 🔗https://tinyurl.com/5yjcvv77

2️⃣ marking this event on your calendar

We look forward to seeing many of you joining this webinar organized by our guest editor team!

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15/01/2025

😯 study proved the double-edged sword impact of chaxu climate on turnover intention😯

In a recent article published in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, Yuheng Zheng (Tourism College of Zhejiang), Lisa Gao & Tao Feng (School of Hotel and Tourism Management, PolyU) investigates why some employees who experience chaxu climate - a prevalent organizational phenomenon in China - in hospitality organizations contemplate leaving, while others do not

According to the findings from three studies conducted by the team:
💡 Chaxu Climate exerts a double-edged effect on employees’ turnover intention

💡 Organizational justice is a contextual cue for attributing leadership motives & subsequent turnover intention

💡 Perceived insider status mediates the relationship between chaxu climate and turnover intentions

💡 Supervisors are more conscious of the chaxu climate when it comes to turnover decisions

The eCopy of this article is available in ’s OnlineFirst column now:
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480241296000

DOWNLOAD and READ the paper if you interested in chaxu climate, employee turnover, organizational justice, insider status, hierarchy level, and attribution theory

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13/01/2025

Led by Laurie Wu, Yuansi Hou & Peter Kim, the first webinar in 2025 - themed "Unveiling New Frontiers in Hospitality & Tourism Experience Research" - was completed with great success 🥳

The webinar was well attended & many inspiring knowledge were exchanged during the webinar. Thank you 🎖️YooHee Hwang, 🎖️F***y Manner-Baldeon, & 🎖️Yeqiang (Kevin) Lin for their participation & generosity in sharing their intellgience with us 🙌

The guest editor team is preparing the second webinar, and details will be shared with you soon. While you wait, you are recommended to read the articles included in that special issue: 🔗 https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/jhtd/48/8

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08/01/2025

is expected to continue to be a hot topic in the tourism field - as traveling has long been recognized as a way to heal ourselves 🤗

If you are working on any research about , we highly recommend you to read the following inspiring pieces published in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research:

📗 Tourist wellbeing: Re-thinking hedonic & eudaimonic dimensions
https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480221087964

📘 Virtual tourism experiences & mental restoration
https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480221116047

📙 Transformation of consumer expectations for well-being in hospitality
https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480221141601

📕 Conceptualizing parents’ joined recollected experiences of family travel with children
https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480231211739

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03/01/2025

🤖 study examined whether masculine or feminine robots should be used during service failures 🤖

In a recent article published in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, Huiling Huang, Faye Chen (Dept. of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management, University of Macau) & Stephanie Liu (The Ohio State University) investigated the joint effects of robot gender (feminine vs. masculine) and task type (female-dominated vs. male-dominated) on customer dissatisfaction following service failures

According to the results from two experiments conducted by the team:

👩 Feminine robots are seen as more communal but as equally agentic as masculine ones

👩‍🦰 Feminine robots induce less dissatisfaction when failing female-dominated tasks

😤 Perceived communion and tolerance explain how robot gender affects dissatisfaction

👫 Gender difference lessens when robots fail male-dominated tasks

The eCopy of this article is available in ’s OnlineFirst column now:
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480241296065

DOWNLOAD and READ the paper if you interested in artificial intelligence, service robot, service failure, gender stereotyping, task type, communion, tolerance and customer dissatisfaction

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02/01/2025

🆕🎊 NEW issue is available online 🎊🆕

The 1st issue of Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research's Volume 49 is available now at: 🔗 https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/jhtd/49/1

The 15 papers included in this issue discussed diversified topics like:
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The editorial team would like to thank all contributors for choosing to disseminate their fabulous works. Wish you enjoy reading this collection of high-quality papers 🙇‍♂️

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24/12/2024

🙏🌟A Heartfelt Thank You and Warm Wishes for 2024 🌟🙏

The editorial team of Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research is filled with gratitude for the unwavering support and dedication of our associate editors, editorial board members, ad-hoc reviewers and contributors

Your hard work and passion have been the driving force behind our success in 2024. Together, we have achieved remarkable milestones, and we look forward to continuing this journey with you 😘

Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and a prosperous New Year! May 2025 bring you happiness, health, and new opportunities ☺️

With appreciation and warmest wishes,
Jean-Pierre van der Rest, Li Miao, Peter B Kim & Jenn Vallimont

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20/12/2024

📢 Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research cordially invites you to join an insightful webinar titled "Unveil New Frontiers in Hospitality & Tourism Experience Research"

📆 Date & 🕘 Time:
January 10, 2025 | 9am-10am (Hong Kong time)
January 9, 2025 | 8pm-9pm (Eastern Standard time)
January 9, 2025 | 5pm-6pm (Pacific Standard time)

🎙️ List of panellists:
Dr YooHee Hwang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr Mimi Li, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr Yeqiang (Kevin) Lin, California Polytechnic State University
Dr F***y Manner-Baldeon, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

🎚️ Moderators:
Dr Yuansi Hou, University of Macau
Dr Luorong (Laurie) Wu, Temple University

Led by the guest editor team of our special issue, authors of three papers included in that special issue will discuss the emerging topics and methods in hospitality and tourism experience research in this webinar

Join Us via
1️⃣🅰️ scanning the QR code on the poster and completing the online form
1️⃣🅱️ typewriting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532865231
2️⃣ marking this event on your calendar

We look forward to seeing many of you joining this webinar organized by our guest editor team!

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