MacAskill, S. & Becken, S. (2024). Geographies of hotel guest electricity, water and gas consumption. Tourism Geographies. DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2025.2516098
Becken, S., & Rastegar, R. (2025). Advancing climate justice in tourism: A critical evaluation of the TPCC Stocktake. Annals of Tourism Research, 113, 103962.
Becken, S. & Loehr, J. (2024). Advancing climate change and tourism policymaking in the Pacific Islands. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2025.2454238
Dimitrios Buhalis
Conference Organization
Dimitrios Buhalis is happy to chair the following conference:
Buhalis, D., 2025, Editorial: 80 years of tourism review–transformative and regenerative power of smart tourism, Tourism Review, Vol.80(1), pp.1-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/TR-01-2025-905
Vasil, M., Chopdar, P.K., Das, S.S. and Buhalis, D. (2025), Guests' Value Co-Creation Behavior in Airbnb: The Role of Light Triad Personality, Perspective-Taking, and Host Incivility. International Journal of Tourism Research, 27: e70032. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70032
Lo, A., Huang, Z., Buhalis, D., Pang, J.M, Thomas, N., 2025, Mapping the landscape of employer value propositions in Asian hotels through online job postings analysis, Tourism Management, Vol. 110, October 2025, 105184 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105184
Rainoldi, M., Ladkin, A., Buhalis, D., 2025, Digital nomads’ work-leisure management practices, Annals Tourism Research, Volume 111, March 2025, 103904, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2025.103904
Kılıçarslan, Ö., Yozukmaz, N., Albayrak, T., Buhalis, D., 2025, The impacts of Metaverse on tourist behaviour and marketing implications, Current Issues in Tourism, Vol.28(4), pp.622–642 https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2024.2326989
Frederic Dimanche
Presentation
Frederic Dimanche contributed to an online panel session with a presentation titled "Current challenges of the international business environment: Focus on tourism in North America." This event, hosted by the Romanian-American University, was titled “Brief perspective on the current challenges of the international business environment.” Bucharest, Romania.
Conference Organization
French colleagues (Patrick Legohérel and Isabelle Frochot) and Frederic Dimanche contributed to the annual conference of the Association Française de Management du Tourisme at Paris Sorbonne University with an invited presentation titled Perspectives internationales sur le h-index et comment l’utiliser [The h-index: How to use it and international perspectives].
Panelist
Frederic Dimanche was a speaker at a Hotel Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI, Ontario chapter) event at the Sutton Place Hotel, to discuss "Customer Behaviours From Trends to Truth: Powering Hospitality with Consumer Intelligence."
Frederic Dimanche received from Toronto Metropolitan University the Errol Aspevig Outstanding Academic Leadership Award as well as a Research Ambassador Recognition by the Ted Rogers School of Management.
Larry Dwyer
Award
Awarded UN Tourism Ulysees Prize, 2025
Journal Articles
Dwyer L. Does Australia’s Visitor Economy Strategy Really Measure Tourism Stakeholder Well-being? (Under Review)
Dwyer L. (2024) ‘Measuring What Matters: resident well-being and the tourism policy cycle’ Sustainability, 16 (22), p.9718.
Dwyer, L. (2024) Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism (SF-MST): New Wine in an Old Bottle?. Sustainability, 16 (14), p.5867.
Dwyer, L. (2024). Tourism Degrowth and Resident Well-being. Journal of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, 12(3), pp.206-225.
Dwyer, L (2023) ‘Tourism Degrowth: painful but necessary’ Sustainability, vol. 15, issue 20, 1-23
Dwyer L. (2023) ‘Resident well-being and sustainable tourism development: the ‘capitals approach’, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 31:9, 2119-2135, DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2021.1990304
Dwyer, L. (2023). Sustainable Development of Tourism: Research and Policy Challenges. Highlights of Sustainability, 2(2), 83–99. https://doi.org/10.54175/hsustain2020008
Dwyer L. (2023) ‘Tourism development to enhance resident well-being: a strong sustainability perspective’, Sustainability 15, no. 4: 3321. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043321
Dwyer L (2023) ‘Why Tourism Economists should treat well-being more seriously’, Tourism Economics, vol 29, 2, 1975-1994, DOI: 10.1177/13548166221128081
Book Chapters
Larry Dwyer (2024) ‘Transnational corporations and the globalisation of tourism’ in M. Hall, A (eds) Companion to Tourism, Wiley-Blackwell, UK. pp197-209.
Dwyer L (2025) 'overtourism and resident well-being: a framework for analysis’ in Richard Butler and Rachel Dodds (eds) A research agenda for overtourism: origins, problems, resolutions, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK
Stankov, U., Gretzel, U., & Vujičić, M. D. (2025). AI-powered smartphones and phygital tourism experiences: implications and future research directions. Information Technology & Tourism, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40558-025-00317-3.
Conference Organization
Over 100 participants, including several tourism researchers, gathered in Marseille, France, May 28-30, 2025, for the NETNOCON 2025 Global Netnography Conference co-organized by Ulrike Gretzel. Tourism topics explored by netnographers participating in the conference included tourism in historical cities, accessible air travel, over-tourism, virtual festival experiences, and the exoticization of Eastern Europe.
Brian King
Journal Articles
Kim, JH, Kim, J, Kim, S. and King, B.E.M. (2025) Trade-offs when traveling to slow city or mega city destinations: Competitive mechanisms and perceptual dynamics. Tourism Management, Vol 111, Dec 105234, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105234
Lee, S and King, B.E.M. (2025) A Virtual Lens on Tradition: Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage Through AR and VR Journal of Smart Tourism. DOI:10.1177/27652157251344834
Taheri, B, Kim, H. and King, B.E.M. (2025) Engaging Self-Connected Visitors: Prior Knowledge, Two-Way Communication, and Braggart WOM, Journal of Vacation Marketing. DOI:10.1177/13567667251345153
Zhang, L, Wei, W., Fan, A, Milman, A and King, B.E.M. (2025) Cultural Sustainability in Hospitality and Tourism: toward a Holistic Framework, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 37(13), 20-38
Invited Presentation
Communicating Cultural heritage through an Era of Digital Disruption, Keynote Speaker, The 98th Tourism Sciences Society of Korea International Tourism (TOSOK) Conference, Commodore Hotel, Gyeongju, Korea. June 2025.
News
Dr. Jeffrey Savell (Vice Chancellor and Dean for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University) presents Dr. John Crompton with the 2025 HMGT Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his 50 years of dedicated service to Texas A&M University. Also in the photograph are (left to right) Dr. King (Department Head of the Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management & Tourism), Mrs Elizabeth Crompton and Dr. Patricia Klein (Executive Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences).
Metin Kozak
Journal Articles
Başer, M.Y., Kozak, M. & Büyükbeşe, T. (2025). Integration of emerging technologies in tourism and hospitality curriculum: An international perspective. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education, 36, 100546. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhlste.2025.100546
Metin has been appointed to resume his second term as the Dean of the School of Communication, Kadir Has University, Turkey.
Marina Novelli
Awards and Recognitions
Professor Novelli won the PRME Award for Outreach and Partnership in recognition of her extensive, impactful and sustainable outreach efforts, achieved through partnerships in the tourism sector. PRME is a United Nations-supported initiative of the UN Global Compact, and awards business and management schools for their excellence in embedding sustainability and responsible management practices into business education.
Earlier this year she received the prestigious John Rooney Award from the American Association of Geographers (AAG) for her outstanding contributions to the field and discipline of Applied Recreation, Tourism and Sport Geography. Marina has been driving multi-stakeholder partnerships and led impactful initiatives, interventions and programs that have fostered changes in policy, practice and performances of business, government, and civil society to address pressing sustainability challenges across the tourism sector.
Publication
Scarth A. and Novelli, M. (2025) The Business of Poverty in Africa: inside the Travel Philanthropy System, Oxford: Routledge.
Appointment
Member of World Economic Forum Global Future Council for Experience and Lifestyle Economy (2025-26)
Chris Ryan
News
Chris Ryan as a supporter of Crystal Palace since the early 1960s was delighted when watching the FA Cup Final live on TV. It was an emotional moment!
Journal Articles
Zhou, B., Zhu, Y., Huang, M., Qiao, G., Ryan, C., & Wang Y. (2025). Hiker's leisure involvement and mental health: Moderating role of self-efficacy and social support. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism 49: 100857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2025.100857.
Li, Y., Zhang, L., Wang, T., & Ryan, C. (2025). Does negativity bias exist? Exploring the mechanism of rural tourists’ interaction-based value co-creation: perceived benefits and costs as mediators. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 30(3), 300-319. https://doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2024.2437615
Cora Un In Wong, Lianping Ren & Chris Ryan (2025) Editorial Note – Looking into Hospitality and Tourism Education in the 2030s – Conundrums and New Standards, Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education, 37:2, 109-112, DOI: 10.1080/10963758.2025.2472181. For this entry Chris Ryan was a Guest editor with his colleagues Cor Wong from Macau Polytechnic University and Eve Ren from Macau University of Tourism (UTM, formerly IFT).
Position
Chris Ryan also continues in his role as editor for Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory.
Muzzo Uysal
Presentations
As an invited speaker at the Contemporary Research Symposium (April 11-13, Orlando, FL), Muzzo Uysal delivered a talk on “Quality of life research – well-being: Concepts, challenges, directions, and implications”.
An invited panel speaker gave a talk “Technology Innovations: ‘Setting the research agenda” at the 32nd ENTER e-Tourism Conference: The home for knowledge in ICTs in travel and tourism, Wrocław, Poland, Monday 17 February – Friday 21 February 2025.
Perceived Value, Attachment, and Consumer Well-Being: The Role of the Product Image of Wine Tourism Destinations (M. Coyne, A. Assaf, and M. Uysal), The 6th Conference on Managing Tourism Across Continents – Tourism for a better World (April 30-May 3, 2025; MTCON’25)
Predictors of Net Promoter Scores (NPS) of recommending Istanbul as a historical, cultural, or vacation destination (M. Uysal, J. Wang, M. Pinar and F. Guder). The 6th Conference on Managing Tourism Across Continents – Tourism for a better World (April 30-May 3, 2025; MTCON’25)
Awards
Leader Award, 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in the USA.
Recognized by Clarivate Analytics, owner of the Web of Science, as one of the world’s most highly cited researchers (top 1%) in Business and Management in 2025
