Do you have a sound, useful, and practical message about innovative and sustainable practices of interest to managers in the hospitality industry? Submit your research to the upcoming special issue of Cornell Hospitality Quarterly: Sustainable and Eco-Innovative Practices in Hospitality and Tourism.
Special Issue:
Hospitality companies are cognizant of the importance of innovation and a proactive environmental approach to successful operation. Consequently, hospitality and tourism organizations are striving to be eco-friendly while maintaining their competitive edge financially. In support of this effort, we are seeking research that helps hospitality organizations create sustainable solutions that make best use of core resources and improve organizational efficiencies while reducing our collective carbon foot print. Research that helps hospitality and tourism organizations become operationally productive, socially responsible and proactively ‘eco-innovative’ citizens of the society is highly encouraged.
Submit Papers in these Areas:
Areas of inquiry may include but are not limited to:
- New models, frameworks, and explanations for the hospitality and tourism fields with a
- focus on sustainability
- Economics of sustainable decisions – qualitative and quantitative approaches
- Best eco-innovative practices in travel, tourism & hospitality organizations
- Defining sustainability – a critical review of current literature and suggestions for future
- ISO 400, Nordic Swan Green Palms – comparative analysis of Green tools and measures
- Scale development for measuring Green firms of tomorrow
- Case studies of champions of sustainability, social responsibility, eco-innovation and
- Green practices from hospitality and tourism
- ‘Going Green’ from an interdisciplinary perspective
Deadlines:
Abstracts Submissions – October 15th , 2012
Abstract Decisions – Nov. 15th, 2012
FULL Paper Submission – January 15th 2013
Full Paper Decisions – March 15th 2013
Submission of Revisions – April 15th 2013
Revision Decisions – May 15th, 2013
How To Submit:
Prospective authors are strongly encouraged to contact the special issue editors regarding potential topics of interest or any questions / suggestions regarding the special issue. Click here for contact information. All manuscripts should be submitted online via
mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cq only.
Please click here for more information and complete submission guidelines.
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