Call for abstracts & submission guidelines

We invite research contributions related to the main theme of the conference ‘Passion for Hospitality Excellence’ and in particular contributions where innovation and new ways of knowing play an important role.

Excellence in hospitality deals with many issues, like customer experience, employee satisfaction, and high quality standards. Excellence requires an inclusive view for the use of space, the delivery of services, the building and maintaining of relations, and the responsible application of resources to generate value. These issues present a number of challenges for education, research, and business practice.

To accommodate you as a researcher we provide an opportunity to state your fields of interest (special call for interest) with the aim to form special interest groups before and during the conference. Also you are invited to participate as a reviewer. Please send us your registration to info@eurochrie2010.nl

Send in before April 5, 2010

Submitted abstracts should be relevant to the overall conference theme and at least one of the conference topics (link). They should be written in English, and submitted before April 5, 2010 for double blind review. You will be notified of acceptance of your abstracts by May 3, 2010 with instructions for possible improvements. Then you will also be invited to submit your paper.

We invite two types of contributions.

Full paper: research paper with academic rigour and practical relevance
Best practice: description of a best practice in a specific context, solving a problem or challenge in an innovative and effective way. The best practice must be of relevance for educators in the field of hospitality and tourism.

All contributions must be original, previously unpublished work, follow academic writing standards, structure and methodology – APA style.

The abstract should include Title, Name(s) of author(s), Affiliations and E-mail addresses.

Your abstract should include:

The context of the research or best practice.
The problem that is being addressed.
The research methods that were applied.
Outline of the results.
Implications for research and/or practice

Abstracts can have a maximum of 500 words, be typed using Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spacing with justified alignment. The abstract should be submitted on-line as well as attached as a MS-Word document. Responsibility for accuracy rests with the author.

Applicants are asked to indicate the appropriate topic for the abstract and inform whether they are targeting a: Full paper with a 20 minute presentation or a best practice with an 10 minute presentation.

Should you have any questions please contact us at info@eurochrie2010.nl

We look forward to your contribution and hope to see you in person in Amsterdam.

Your hosts
Saxion University of Applied Sciences and Stenden University

Chairs scientific committee
Thomas Thijssen
Jan Schulp

Call for abstracts

Click here to open the Call for abstracts form.