Paradigm Changes in Contemporary Sustainable Hospitality Entrepreneurship

Dear Colleagues,

Tourism, in general and hospitality as a specific part is an industry that has nowadays high potential to create paradigm changes in a sustainable manner. Contemporary sustainable development, globalization and the development of knowledge economies are redesigning into a global e-industry.

As sustainable hospitality development remains stationary, critical review and changes of the challenges for sustainable hospitality industry are needed in respect with the systemic framework of contemporary economic behavior and an increasingly intensive energy and resource demand.

In this global context, new paradigms must be developed in order to have a sustainable entrepreneurship in hospitality, meaning to search for opportunities for new services, new technologies or processes that facilitate social or environmental conditions, make more efficient use of energy and natural resources and less harmful to society.

This Special Issue will consist of selected papers from the Entrepreneurship in the Hospitality Industry International Conference (4th edition) on Sustainable Hospitality, held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, during October 14-15, 2016. The aim of the conference is to provide an opportunity for presenting, exchanging  information and discussing research outcomes and sharing experiences related to paradigm changes in contemporary sustainable hospitality among academics, researchers and practitioners, consultants, industry experts, PhD students and any other categories interested in hospitality and tourism development all over the world.

We encourage submission of articles debating implications of the growth paradigm in hospitality; Sustainable development of tourism; Entrepreneurial challenges in tourism; Innovation in tourism; Tourism networks; Entrepreneurial dimensions in tourism and economic growth; Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in tourism; Good practices in tourism governance, policy-making and management; Hospitality marketing and branding strategies; Hotel industry development and management; Quality service strategies for the hospitality industry; Restaurant and foodservice industry management; Green hospitality; Online and Mobile tourism.

Dr. Miika Kajanus
Prof.dr. Smaranda Adina Cosma
Dr. Vicky Katsoni
Guest Editors

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