The symposium offers:
– highly renowned international keynote speakers:
- Sara Dolnicar, University of Queensland, Australia
- Daniel Fesenmaier, University of Florida, United States
- Noel Scott, Griffith University, Australia
– Workshops on research methods:
- Michael Bosnjak, University of Mannheim, Germany
- Fevzi Okumus, University of Central Florida, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, United States
– Doctoral colloquium chaired by Andreas Zins Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research
– high quality scientific sessions with peer-reviewed contributions
– two best paper awards offered by the:
- IJCTHR International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research for papers with a tourism focus (head of the IJCTHR award selection committee Serena Volo, Italy)
- IJCHM International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management for papers with a hospitality focus (head of the IJCHM award selection committee Mathilda Van Niekerk, USA)
– ISBN publication for accepted abstracts (date of publication December 2016)
– Journal coverage for selected papers Special Issue on the IJCTHR International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research (guest editors Linda Osti and Oswin Maurer)
– a unique South Tyrolean experience