Families Travelling with a Disabled Member: Analysing the Potential of an Emerging Niche Market Segment

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 212-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Huh ◽  
A.J. Singh
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Market Segment ◽  
Niche Market ◽  
The Us ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Us Census

The 2000 Census of Population indicated that 50 million Americans, or 19.3 per cent of the US population, were people with disabilities and covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act. It is estimated that the number of families with a member with a disability will grow significantly. Although people with disabilities and their families have sufficient discretionary income and time to take pleasure trips, tourism and hospitality marketers and practitioners to date generally have not much considered this group to be a focal market segment. The objective of the study was to determine whether families with a member with a disability should be considered a viable niche market by tourism and hospitality industry. Two secondary data sets from US Census reports and a six-state longitudinal travel market survey were used to evaluate the viability of this group as a market segment according to Kotler's criteria for market segmentation. Substantiality, differentiability and actionability were identified as the three most important criteria to determine that this segment is a viable niche tourism market. The findings indicate that this market can possibly be attracted through discount deals and reached through auto club publications and specially designed web pages. The marketing implications of this study are discussed.

The Changing Space of Families: A Genealogical Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Alice Bee Kasakoff
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Spatial Dispersion ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Adult Sons ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Us ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Us Census

This article highlights the usefulness of family trees for visualizing and understanding changing patterns of kin dispersion over time. Such spatial patterns are important in gauging how families influence outcomes such as health and social mobility. The article describes how rapidly growing families, originally from England, dispersed over the US North and established hubs where they originally settled that lasted hundreds of years, even as they repeated the process moving West. Fathers lived much closer to their adult sons in 1850 than they do today and many more had an adult son within a radius of 30 miles. Big Data from genealogical websites is now available to map large numbers of families. Comparing one such data set with the US Census of 1880 shows that the native-born population is well represented, but there are not as many foreign born or African Americans in these data sets. Pedigrees become less and less representative the further back in time they go because they only include lines that have survived into the present. Despite these and other limitations, Big Data make it possible to study family spatial dispersion going back many generations and to map past spatial connections in a wider variety of historical contexts and at a scale never before possible.

scholarly journals The spillover effects of the COVID-19 pandemic: Which subsectors of tourism have been affected more?

2021 ◽  
pp. 135481662110536
Author(s):  
Omneya Abdelsalam ◽  
Ahmet Faruk Aysan ◽  
Oguzhan Cepni ◽  
Mustafa Disli
Keyword(s):  
Quantile Regression ◽  
Financial Distress ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Uncertainty Index ◽  
The Us ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

This paper investigates the effects of COVID-19 pandemic-related uncertainty focusing on the US tourism subsectors, including airlines, hotels, restaurants, and travel companies. Using daily stock price data, we compute connectedness indices that quantify the financial distress in the tourism and hospitality industry and link these indices with a measure of COVID-19-induced uncertainty. Our empirical results show that some subsectors of tourism are affected more than others. The connectedness of tourism companies has severely increased after March 2020. Restaurants are the most heavily influenced subsectors of tourism, while airline companies come the next. Besides, our quantile regression suggests that higher quantile COVID-19 uncertainty index has more effect on the connectedness of tourism companies. Our results guide the policymakers and investors to detect the stress accumulated in each subsectors of tourism and to take more informed and timely decisions.

scholarly journals EXPLORING THE PERFORMANCE OF HOTELS’ WEBSITES FOR GUESTS WITH DISABILITIES: A CONTENT ANALYSIS APPROACH

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 315-331
Author(s):  
Murat NAZLI ◽  
Evla Eda KESİCİ
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Corporate Websites ◽  
Accessible Information ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Hotel Websites

The globally rising awareness about the social inclusion of individuals with disabilities also influences the tourism and hospitality industry in Turkey. This exploratory research focuses on the disability related content of 61 four and five star hotels’ corporate websites in Izmir to reveal the provision of services to people with disabilities within the lodging industry via content analysis. The findings mainly revealed that the websites are not well-structured to support social inclusion of people with disabilities. Most of the hotel websites lack the details of general accessible information and visuals of the properties related to disability and measurement details of offered products in line with the services. Accordingly, empowerment of stakeholders is emphasized in order to improve the awareness of economic and social benefits in accessible accommodation. 

scholarly journals Elder Orphans Hiding in Plain Sight: A Growing Vulnerable Population

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria T. Carney ◽  
Janice Fujiwara ◽  
Brian E. Emmert ◽  
Tara A. Liberman ◽  
Barbara Paris
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Expenditures ◽  
Vulnerable Population ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Care Plans ◽  
Public Data ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Us Census ◽  
Multiple Chronic Diseases

Adults are increasingly aging alone with multiple chronic diseases and are geographically distant from family or friends. It is challenging for clinicians to identify these individuals, often struggling with managing the growing difficulties and the complexities involved in delivering care to this population. Clinicians often may not recognize or know how to address the needs that these patients have in managing their own health. While many such patients function well at baseline, the slightest insult can initiate a cascade of avoidable negative events. We have resurrected the termelder orphanto describe individuals living alone with little to no support system. Using public data sets, including the US Census and University of Michigan’s Health and Retirement Study, we estimated the prevalence of adults 65 years and older to be around 22%. Thus, in this paper, we strive to describe and quantify this growing vulnerable population and offer practical approaches to identify and develop care plans that are consistent with each person’s goals of care. The complex medical and psychosocial issues for elder orphans significantly impact the individual person, communities, and health-care expenditures. We hope to encourage professionals across disciplines to work cooperatively to screen elders and implement policies to preventelder orphansfrom hiding in plain sight.

A review of the hotel industry in Nigeria: size, structure and issues

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Nwosu
Keyword(s):  
Size Structure ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Government Education ◽  
Hotel Sector ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Capital Development

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the dynamics that define, govern and shape the tourism and hospitality sector in Nigeria, in particular, the hotel industry with respect to its size, structure and salient issues that impact on it. Design/methodology/approach To explain the dynamics within the hotel sector, primary survey data from STR Global were used. In addition, content analysis of secondary data from government, education and industry sources were used to identify the issues within the industry. Findings The findings show positive indicators for employment and further expansion within the hotel sector in Nigeria. However, the lack of supporting institutions, legal frameworks and industry representation makes the management of human resources an area of concern. Research limitations/implications The findings of this research are limited due to the sample size and to the lack of publicly available data from government, education and industry. However, the implications suggest the need for a research agenda for the tourism and hospitality industry in Nigeria. This will create the framework to understand and improve best practices particularly with institutional frameworks, employment and human capital development. Originality/value The gap in the literature concerning any systematic review of the hotel industry in Nigeria makes this research timely, as it synthesises widely different sources into a coherent whole. This will help to form a reference point for future research in the field.

scholarly journals EXPLORING THE PERFORMANCE OF HOTELS’ WEBSITES FOR GUESTS WITH DISABILITIES: A CONTENT ANALYSIS APPROACH

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat NAZLI ◽  
Evla Eda KESİCİ
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Corporate Websites ◽  
Accessible Information ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Hotel Websites

The globally rising awareness about the social inclusion of individuals with disabilities also influences the tourism and hospitality industry in Turkey. This exploratory research focuses on the disability related content of 61 four and five star hotels’ corporate websites in Izmir to reveal the provision of services to people with disabilities within the lodging industry via content analysis. The findings mainly revealed that the websites are not well-structured to support social inclusion of people with disabilities. Most of the hotel websites lack the details of general accessible information and visuals of the properties related to disability and measurement details of offered products in line with the services. Accordingly, empowerment of stakeholders is emphasized in order to improve the awareness of economic and social benefits in accessible accommodation. 

scholarly journals The outbreak of COVID-19 and its impact in South Korea’s Tourism: A hope in Domestic Tourism

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Kapil Gurung ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Flight Operations ◽  
Domestic Tourism ◽  
Unpaid Leave ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has resulted an unprecedented impact on global economy. However, South Korea is effectively controlling the pandemic by implementing different level of social distancing measure. Most of the events are either postponed or cancelled and public places are operating by maintaining social distance and mandatory use of mask. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the future impact on tourism and hospitality industry caused by social distancing due to pandemic. The conceptual methodology was used to discuss on the secondary data from various sources. The finding states that the flight operations were halted, hotel occupancy reduced, and employees forced to take unpaid leave. In addition, the result discussed on the negative impact on tourism and hospitality sector due to pandemic. This paper concludes with few positive signs in domestic tourism sector and suggestion for authority to execute best policy in future for whole tourism industry.

An Important Relationship between Tourism and Hospitality: A Questionnaire Based Survey on Local People, Kolkata, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Shriya Das Mahapatra ◽  
R. K. Patra
Keyword(s):  
Hospitality Management ◽  
Local People ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Urban City ◽  
Important Relationship ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Employment Generation ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Industry Relationship

It has already been known that recent past tourism depends consistently on hospitality. The present study was aiming to identify the tourism and hospitality industry relationship on the basis of annual income, duration and stay types, tenure of tour, an analysis based survey among local people of Kolkata, India. The survey was done through a questionnaire, which was assessed through random sampling of 200 residents of urban city. The results indicated that lower the income groups but highest duration of stay but tenure of tour may be more than twice per year. In conclusion, people of Kolkata fond of tour because of suitable hospitality management in the tourist spots. Therefore, tourism and hospitality has a close relationship to enhance growth for revenue generation, employment generation, etc.

Gentrification and functional change in Budapest – ‘ruin bars’ and the commodification of housing in a post-socialist context

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Gergely Olt ◽  
Adrienne Csizmady
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Functional Change ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Heritage Buildings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

AbstractThe growth of the tourism and hospitality industry played an important role in the gentrification of the post-socialist city of Budapest. Although disinvestment was present, reinvestment was moderate for decades after 1989. Privatisation of individual tenancies and the consequent fragmented ownership structure of heritage buildings made refurbishment and reinvestment less profitable. Because of local contextual factors and global changes in consumption habits, the function of the dilapidated 19th century housing stock transformed in the 2000s, and the residential neighbourhood which was the subject of the research turned into the so called ‘party district’. The process was followed in our ongoing field research. The functional change made possible speculative investment in inner city housing and played a major role in the commodification of the disinvested housing stock.

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