Four Academy Fellows were at the 36th CAUTHE conference which this year was held In Adelaide,
Australia, hosted by Torrens University. From left they are Haiyan Song, David Airey, Sara Dolnicar and Christian
Laesser.
Susanne Becken
Journal Articles
Becken, S., Westoby, R., Fleming, C., Ariki, M., Loehr, J., Mafi-Stephens, M.,
Mate, F., Tira, S. & Vakucola, M. (2026). Tourism in the Pluriverse: Bridging Theory and Practice for
Regenerative Futures in the Pacific. Journal of Destination Management and Marketing, 40, 101087.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2026.101087
Loehr, J., Becken, S., Tiraa, S., Mafi Stephens, M., Westoby, R., &
Fleming, C. (2026). The value of Q-methodology for optimising tourism priorities. Asia Pacific Journal of
Tourism Research, 1-21.
Becken, S. (2025). Science-policy-practice gap–Tourism emissions in
Queensland. Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, 6(2), 100202.
Taveras Dalmau, V., Becken, S. & Westoby, R. (2025). From paradigm
blindness to paradigm shift? An integrative review and critical analysis of the regenerative paradigm.
Ambio. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02232-7
Wed, Mar 4, 2026, 11:20 - 11:40 Keynote: Smart Destinations Reloaded: How AI and Web 3
Transform Destination Management-Hall 7.1b Blue Stage https://tinyurl.com/ITBuhalisSmart
Wed, Mar 4, 2026, 15:30 - 16:15 Accessible tourism - ITB, CityCube, A5, Bastian Schütz (Meta
Meta, Lead Commercial Strategy & Go-to-Market across Mobility & Travel) and Olaf Schlieper (German
National Tourist Board)
ANTALYA Türkiye 29 April to 2 May 2026 Managing Tourism Across Continents Mtcon – The
Conference on Managing Tourism Across https://mtcon.org
Dimitrios Buhalis will chair:
LONDON 13-15 March, TRANSFORMING HOTEL HOSPITALITY FOR A THRIVING FUTURE, 52nd European Hotel
Managers Association (EHMA) https://ehma.com/london2026/
LONDON Friday 27th MARCH 13:00-1900 BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY ICTHR/LONDON ALLIANCE/BLUE ORCHID
HOTEL TOWER HILL Royal Suite LONDON https://lnkd.in/e949Xrgg
BATH 2-5 June 2026 – Tourism Marketing Track 55th EMAC Annual Conference of the European
Marketing Academy. https://www.emac2026conference.org/
MADRID Spain 16-19 July, 2026 Global Fashion Management Conference: Marketing & Management
in the Age of the AI Fashion Transformation, University of Navarra, Review Virtual Special Issue http://tiny.cc/hkhs001,
Deadline: 18.10.2026 Tourism
LONDON British Academy of Management 2026 BAM2026 Conference, Tourism, Hospitality &
Experience Management Track, Royal Holloway, University of London 7-11 Sept 2026. https://www.bam.ac.uk/
This volume presents a comprehensive framework for understanding and guiding destination
development through the interdependent pillars of planning, marketing, and impact management. Importantly, this
volume is a tribute to Professor Chris Cooper, and is curated by a global cohort of his former PhD students, now
respected academics and educators. Chris' influence—intellectual, personal, and pedagogical—resonates through
every chapter, embodying the values he lived by: curiosity, generosity, mentorship, and integrity. Tragically,
Chris Cooper passed away in July 2025, before the final version of this volume could be completed. Yet, his voice,
vision, and legacy continue to shape and inspire the field. We started on this before Chris's passing, and the
first chapter is written by him. We hope he would be proud of the finished book. Tourism
Destination Management: Planning, Marketing and Impacts stands not only as a vital academic contribution but
also as a living testament to one of tourism’s most influential scholars. For more information see here https://www.goodfellowpublishers.com/academic-publishing.php?promoCode=&partnerID=??promoCode=&partnerID=&content=story&fixedmetadataID=&storyID=503.
Journal Articles
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
Devis-Rozental, C.; Buhalis, D., Bello, B.; Darcy, S., 2026, Reframing accessible tourism
through the Humanising Framework, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management accepted
Buhalis D, Yin J, Xu, F., 2026, “Metaverse experiences in hospitality and tourism: blending
virtuality and reality”. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol.38(1): 74–85. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-01-2025-0068
Zhou, L., Lian, X., Fan, D. X. F., Buhalis, D., & Ladkin, A. (2025). Digital nomads:
transient social interactions and local (dis)embeddedness in DNA, China. Tourism Geographies, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2025.2595296
Darcy, S., Dickson, T., Michopoulou, E., Schweinsberg, S. & Buhalis, D. (2026). The
dynamics of leisure constraints theory in accessible tourism. In N. Halpern, J. Rickly, B. Garrod & M. Hansen
(Ed.), Handbook of Accessible Tourism (pp. 37-54). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111316130-003
Lo, A., Huang, Z., Buhalis, D., Thomas, N., & Pang, J. M. (2025). Marketing the employer
brand in hospitality: a content analysis of hotel corporate and career websites. Journal of Travel &
Tourism Marketing, 42(9), 1153–1168. https://doi.org/10.1080/10548408.2025.2573423
Rainoldi, M., Buhalis, D., Ladkin, A., 2024, Digital Praxiography: A qualitative research tool
for capturing practice in the wild, Journal of Service Theory and Practice https://doi.org/10.1108/JSTP-02-2024-0055
Christodoulides, G., Chatzipanagiotou, K., Baker, J., & Buhalis, D. (2025). Conceptualizing
and Measuring Customer Luxury Experience in Hotels. Journal of Travel Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875251363846
Richard Butler
Books
R.W.Butler (2026) Envisioning Tourism in the Future Bristol: Channelview Publications
R.W.Butler and R.Dodds (2026) A Research Agenda for Overtourism Cheltenham: Edward
Elgar
Journal Article
Yılmaz, E., Yılmaz, E., Butler, R.W., Perna, R.F. & Custódio, M.I. (2026): A new dating for
the origins of tourism: evidence from Göbeklitepe, Türkiye, Anatolia, https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2026.2614673
Scott Cohen
Journal Articles
Cohen, S. & Hannonen, O.(2026). A review of research
into lifestyle mobilities and digital nomadism. Annals of Tourism Research, 116, 104067.
Qiu, X., Cohen, S. & Skinner, J. (2026). Sexual non-monogamy in tourism.
Annals of Tourism Research, 116, 104103.
Gössling, S., Hopkins, D., Schweiggart, N., Cohen, S., Cocolas, N. &
Higham, J.E.S. (2026). Beyond the rhetoric of ‘sustainable aviation’: A counterfactual confrontation. Journal
of Travel Research, DOI: 10.1177/0047287525141186
Dimanche, F., & McClinchey, K. A. (2025, October 31). Do mega-sporting events like the
World Series pay off? Here is the economic reality behind them. The Conversation Canada. https://doi.org/10.64628/AAM.c3evqq7h5
Dimanche, F., & McClinchey, K. A. (2026, February 6). Will a ‘Trump slump’ continue to hit
US tourism in 2026 − and even keep World Cup fans away? The Conversation USA. https://doi.org/10.64628/AAI.fg9japg4q
Maria Gravari-Barbas
Books
Maria Gravari-Barbas, Sébastien Jacquot, Maja Jović and Johannes Novy, Tourism and the
Metropolis: Exploring Conceptual and Geographical Frontiers, Westminster Press, 2026
Maria Gravari-Barbas and Sandra Guinand, Handbook on Tourism Gentrification.
Concepts, Spaces, Features, Elgar, 2025
Ulrike Gretzel
Award
Highly Distinguished Smart Tourism Researcher 2025, Association for Smart Tourism.
Journal Articles
Ditta-Apichai, M. & Gretzel, U. (2026). Exploring community-based tourism enterprises’
social media uses: A netnography approach. Community Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2026.2622006.
Kozinets, R. & Gretzel, U. (2025). Netnography and qualitative digital methods to advance
service theory and practice, Journal of Service Theory and Practice 35 (4), 487-500.
Koo, C., Shin, S., Gretzel, U., & Xiang, Z. (2025). AI-powered smart tourism 2.0: A 10-year
retrospective and updated model. Electronic Markets 35, 108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-025-00847-y
Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Technology & Tourism
Metin Kozak
Journal Articles
M.Y. Başer, M. Kozak& İ. H. Erdoğan (2026). Do we worry about the use of
artificial intelligence and plagiarism? Students' AI-giarism behaviour through the fraud triangle. The Internet
and Higher Education, 69, 101071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2025.101071
H. Zhang, J. Wen, K. Huang, M. Kozak & Y. Fan (2026). The “original face”: Visitors’
experience in Buddhist pilgrimage tourism through the lens of Zen thought. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism
Management, 66, 101387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2025.101387
Edited Book
J. Wen, M. Kozak, J. Aston, & W. Wang (eds.). Interdisciplinary Research and Tourism.
London: Routledge.
Book Chapters
J. Wen, M. Kozak, & F. Hu (2025). Academic freedom in the tourism and hospitality
literature: A review and call for action. In J. Wen, M. Kozak, J. Aston, & W. Wang (eds.). Interdisciplinary
Research and Tourism. London: Routledge.
V. Chalermchaikit & M. Kozak (2025). Gender tourism: An interdisciplinary perspective. In
J. Wen, M. Kozak, J. Aston, & W. Wang (eds.). Interdisciplinary Research and Tourism. London: Routledge.
Visit
During a productive two-week visit to Al-Farabi Kazakh National University—ranked 166th
worldwide—Metin Kozak engaged in an academic diplomacy and knowledge exchange. He delivered a keynote address on
the fundamentals of consumer behaviour at a conference hosted in collaboration with the Kazakh National Academy of
Sciences, connecting with young scholars across the fields of earth sciences and communication. Strategic meetings
with Dr. Aliya Aktymbayeva, Dean of Geography and Environmental Sciences, resulted in plans for student exchanges
and a joint summer school. Furthermore, a visit to the School of Journalism, attended by faculty and doctoral
students, culminated in the signing of a formal bilateral protocol with Dr. Kanat Auyesbay, Dean, to facilitate
educational tours and institutional collaboration.
Gang Li
Journal Articles
Zhang, K., R. Liu and G. Li (2026). From Destination to Dining: How Perceived Cultural Distance
Shapes Tourists’ Dietary Preferences at Destinations. Journal of Travel Research. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875251413257
.
Xue, N., Y. Hou, J. Hu and G. Li (2025). Life-role Transitions and Tourists’ Misbehavior: A
Self-diagnosticity Perspective. Journal of Travel Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875251378501.
Li, G. and M. Karl (2025). Advancing Behavioral Economics Research in Tourism and Hospitality:
New Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, 49(7),
1191-1196. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480251362794.
Jiao, X. L. Chen, G. Li, and T. Liu (2025). From tourism demand to destination competitiveness:
A spatial spillover perspective. Tourism management, 111105225 ElsevierDOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105236.
Liu, X., A. Liu, J. L. Chen, G. Li and H. Song (2025). Tourism demand forecasting in both
normal and crisis times: Combining the bootstrap-aggregating method and the Bayesian approach. Journal of
Hospitality and Tourism Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1096348025131349.
Co-Editor-in-Chief for Annals of Tourism Research since 1st of January 2026
Chris Ryan
Advisory Services
Provided advisory services to Māori-funded projects at Wai Ariki in Rotorua, New Zealand—a
state-of-the-art spa and sauna development by the lakeside, integrating Māori cultural themes.
Contributed to the early-stage planning of a new wellness development on the Coromandel
Peninsula in New Zealand, currently known as Coromandel Arohanui.
Assessed research undertaken by the University of the Philippines in the Province of Batanes.
Journal Articles
Mai, X. T., Ryan, C., & Cockburn-Wootten, C. (2026). Understanding memorable tourism
experiences and behavioural intentions at geothermal destinations: A PLS-SEM and fsQCA approach. Journal of
Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 53, 101002.
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.
Uysal, M. (2026). Importance and Performance Analysis (IPA) in Theories and Models in Tourism
and Hospitality Research. CABI, UK. P. 340-345: https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800625822.005
Uysal. M. (2026). The Push and Pull Motivation Framework in Theories and Models in Tourism and
Hospitality Research. CABI, UK: pp. 418-424: https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800625822.0062
Wang, J., Uysal, M., Berbekova, A., & Wang, S. (2025). Narrative formats in virtual dark
tourism: impacts on generativity. Current Issues in Tourism, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2025.2602027
Keynote Presentations
Uysal, M. Quality of Life Research: Analysis and Policy Implications for Sustainable Tourism.
XVII Workshop – Tourism: Economics & Management, University of Siena, November 25-27, 2025, Siena, Italy.
Uysal, M. (2026). Critical Discourses on Inclusion and Accessibility in Curatorial-Heritage
Tourism, The International Conference on iNCLUSION in the Heritage Sector, Bogazici University, Istanbul,
Turkiye, January Academy10, 2026.
Norbert Vanhove
Book
Norbert Vanhove is pleased to announce the 5th edition of the book “The Economics of Tourism
Destinations - Theory and Practice” published by Routledge. The book will be available by July 2026.
