Call for Papers: 3rd USA-China Tourism Research Summit and Industry Dialogue

Announcement: Call for Papers

The 3rd USA-China Tourism Research Summit has extended the deadline for submissions in English or Chinese for stand-up presentations relevant to the themes/topics within the domain of USA, China, USA-China hospitality and tourism. The new deadline to submit is August 30, 2019. Please submit abstracts for consideration focused on the following tourism and hospitality topics:

Emerging issues in international travel and tourism practice
Factors impacting US-China tourism exchange
Chinese tourist behaviors, experiences, decision-making, and satisfaction
Service management of outbound Chinese tourists
Sustainable tourism development in China
Social media (e.g., WeChat) and emerging technologies (e.g., virtual reality, 3-D postcards) in destination marketing and management
Policy, planning, and governance
Marketing, branding and reputation management
Human resources management and strategic leadership development
Innovation, creativity and change management
Education and training
Tourism economics and forecasting
Financial and performance management
Emerging research methods and methodologies
Other topics of contemporary significance in hospitality and tourism with an USA-China focus

Submission Guidelines

Structured abstracts in English or Chinese are invited on the above conference topics.
Structured abstracts for both complete research and work-in-progress are welcome.
Structured abstracts should be no longer than 1200 words (excluding tables, figures, and references) and should follow a research paper structure (e.g., Introduction, Theoretical Foundation/Literature Review, Research Methodology, Research Findings, Conclusions and Implications, and References).
Structured abstracts must be prepared using double space, Times New Roman, 12-point font size. The reference style for the conference is that of the American Psychological Association (APA).
All submissions should be in MS word (.doc) or PDF format.
All submitted papers must represent original research that has not been presented in other conferences or published in any journal.
Successfully submitted abstracts will be acknowledged with an electronic receipt including an abstract reference number, which should be quoted in all correspondence. Allow at least 2 hours for your receipt to be returned to you.
For all accepted paper presentations, at least one of the authors MUST register for and present the paper at the conference.
Please submit your structured abstract to Dr. Wei Wei at wei.wei@ucf.edu.