Gaming/Casino Tourism

Call for Papers, Annual Meeting of the Association of
American Geographers (AAG), Las Vegas, Nevada, March 22-27,
2009

Gaming and Casino Tourism: The Role of Place and
Competition Among Places

Organizer: Wes Roehl, Temple University

Understanding gambling in today’s society is a challenge.
It is a challenge for a number of reasons which include:
constant innovation in games, technology, and legislative
status; the fact that there is no single gambling industry—
instead there is a mix of private and public sector players
that may have complimentary, competitive, or neutral
relationships to each other; the often strong and deeply
held opinions about gambling; and the important role of
place in shaping both supply and demand—for example Tunica
differs from East St. Louis which differs from Las Vegas
which differs from Montreal.

Given these challenges there is much work that needs to be
done. Possible topics could include:

*Cultural, economic, environmental, and social impacts of
gaming on the host destination: both longitudinal studies
of a destination and cross-sectional studies of multiple
destinations;

*Gambling on the Internet and its current and potential
implications for gambling destinations;

*Geographic variation in gaming business models;

*The geography of problem gaming;

*Substitutes and complimentary products in gaming;

*Sustainable gaming;

*Technology, its impact today and its implications for the
future;

* Urban planning and public policy lessons from new and
mature gambling destinations;

etc.

Please send an abstract to Wes Roehl (wroehl@...) by
ASAP since they are due to AAG headquarters by October 16,
2008.

Please share this call for abstracts with colleagues /
repost on appropriate mailing lists.

Details on the conference and the registration process can
be found at www.aag.org.

Wes Roehl
Dr. Wesley S. Roehl
President, HEMAR (Hospitality Educators
of the Mid-Atlantic Region)
Editor, Tourism Review International
Director of Graduate Programs in Tourism & Hospitality
School of Tourism and Hospitality Management
Temple University
1700 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122-0840
215-204-5861 (voice)
215-204-8705 (fax)

Dear friends,

I am looking for someone to serve as discussant on the session on urban tourism. So far I have gathered three presenters, including myself. Dan Knudsen, and Alan Lew with Ann Soper (jointly) are the other presenters.

One more paper on the session would also be welcome – the session description appears below.

Please let me know immediately if you wish to serve as a discussant on this panel. I would need your PIN ASAP.

Thanks so much.

Call for Papers:

Las Vegas AAG: March 2009

Tourism and the Urban Realm: Utopian Communities or Spheres of Exclusivity

In the last decade there has been increasing attention to the phenomenon of urban tourism as displayed by the growing number of articles but also edited collections and monographs. Discussions have centered, for instance, on the role of tourism and the broader experience economy in the commodification of urban areas. Some observers have used regulation theory to explain the dynamics of tourism growth in cities. Others have examined the spatial aspects of tourism's growth within the urban realm. There is a growing understanding that while there is a tendency for tourism-related activities to cluster in so-called 'tourist bubbles', an increasing number of visitors have begun to search for attractions beyond these areas, often infiltrating into more traditional neighborhoods.

Moreover, there has also been a growing tendency in many parts of the world - with Dubai being the poster child of this tendency - to develop 'instant' cities very much based on leisure, recreation, and tourism activities.

This session (or sessions) calls for papers that concentrate on the interface of urban communities to tourism and the broader experience economy. In addition to case studies, the session could include observations on one or the following issues. The growth of tourism and marginalization of certain groups of people or activities; neo-bohemias and tourism; tourism (the experience economy) and the creative class; tourism and its impact on urban design; instant tourism cities and their effects, retirement communities, etc. In depth examinations of cities like Las Vegas and those that try to emulate them are also welcome.

Hälsningar!!!

Dimitri Ioannides PhD

Professor of Human Geography

Mid-Sweden University and ETOUR

Kunskapens Väg 1

SE - 831 25

Östersund

Sweden

Tel. (46) 63195811

Mobile. (46) 768016020

E-mail. Dimitri.Ioannides@...

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If you are a grad student and are attending the AAG meeting in Las Vegas, please
see the attached call for papers and award announcement. Please contact me asap
with your AAG PIN id, if you plan on competing for these awards. At this time,
registration of your abstract is sufficient. Full paper is due sometime early
February. More details are available on http://www.geog.nau.edu/rts

Thanks
Sanjay


Sanjay K. Nepal, PhD
Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX-77845-2261
Tel: 979 862 4080 Fax: 979 845 0446
http://www.rpts.tamu.edu

Editor-in-Chief
eReview of Tourism Research
http://ertr.tamu.edu/

Chair
Recreation, Tourism and Sports Specialty Group,
The Association of  American Geographers (AAG)
http://www.geog.nau.edu/rts

Apologies for cross posting

This is to let you know that the RTS student paper deadline has been extended to
November 10. Please submit your abstracts to the AAG and let me know if you are
interested in competing for the awards.

Thanks
Sanjay





Sanjay K. Nepal, PhD
Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX-77845-2261
Tel: 979 862 4080 Fax: 979 845 0446
http://www.rpts.tamu.edu

Editor-in-Chief
eReview of Tourism Research
http://ertr.tamu.edu/

Chair
Recreation, Tourism and Sports Specialty Group,
The Association of  American Geographers (AAG)
http://www.geog.nau.edu/rts

The e-conference AC@30:  Lessons Learned and Implications
for the Future is online at sthm.temple.edu/blogs/ac30. It
will run through October 30th.  Authors will periodically
check in to reply to comments.  Please plan to visit.

Sincerely,

Wes Roehl


Dr. Wesley S. Roehl
President, HEMAR (Hospitality Educators
of the Mid-Atlantic Region)
Editor, Tourism Review International
Director of Graduate Programs in Tourism & Hospitality
School of Tourism and Hospitality Management
Temple University
1700 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122-0840
215-204-5861 (voice)
215-204-8705 (fax)

Apologies for cross-postings

Special edition of Current Issues in Tourism

TOURISM AND ECONOMIC RECESSION: RESPONDING TO FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS

Editors: C. Michael Hall & Chris Cooper

There has been growing interest in tourism studies in recent years on the role
that crisis plays in both tourism development and influencing tourist flows, as
well as the means by which it should be managed. Much of the focus has been on
responses to natural disasters and their subsequent economic and social impact.
However, the current economic recession in most of the developed world and the
global financial crisis provides an opportunity to better understand how tourism
responds to such economic challenges and the actions that consumers,
destinations, governments and firms take in terms of changing their behaviours.
Although many NTOs, RTOS and firms are indicating a potential downturn in
tourist numbers as a result of economic recession tourism is still seen as an
important means of income generation. For example, Tourism New Zealand has
launched a promotional campaign in China to try and offset the drop in visitor
numbers in other markets while Iceland has also noted the importance of tourism
as a means of attracting foreign exchange and generating employment as a
response to its own financial problems. On the other hand how will the economic
downturn in China impact upon the forecast huge rise in Chinese international
outbound travel.

We are therefore interested in papers on this theme. Papers would be
particularly welcomed on the following topics:

• Financial behaviour and strategies of tourism firms and entrepreneurs
• Consumer behaviour at times of economic recession
• Government policies with respect to tourism and economic growth and
development
• The affects of financial and economic crisis on destination image
• The affects of financial and economic crisis on business and conference
tourism
• Tourism firm adaptation to financial stress
• The potential affects of fluctuating costs of fuel and energy on tourism
and/or airlines
• Historical accounts of tourism responses to previous economic recessions and
lessons to be learnt
• Tourism business strategies and their viability during economic downturns,
e.g. 'budget' travel models
• Economic modelling of the impact of the financial crisis on tourism
• Financial and economic constraints on travel
• Impacts of the financial and economic crisis on event sponsorship
• Impacts of the financial and economic crisis on sustainable tourism
initiatives, especially with respect to climate and environmental change and
pro-poor tourism

Timeline
Submission of abstracts: end of January 2009
Submission of full papers: end of June 2009
Publication of issue: early 2010

Please send abstracts to Karen Rojas at Routledge (Karen.Rojas@...) or
email Michael Hall (michael.hall@...)or Chris Cooper
(chris.cooper@...) for further details.


___________________________________________
Professor C. Michael Hall, PhD.
Department of Management, College of Business & Economics, University of
Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand 8140
http://http://www.mang.canterbury.ac.nz/people/hall.shtml
Phone +64 3 364 2987 ext 8612 or Sec.: +64 3 364 2606
Dept. Fax +64 3 364 2020

http://canterbury.academia.edu/CMichaelHall

• Co-editor, Current Issues in Tourism:
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http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cvp-cit
• Book Review Editor, Journal of Sustainable Tourism: www.informaworld.com/JOST
• Co-editor, Aspects of Tourism book series:
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• Associate Editor for Asia and the Pacific, Tourism Geographies:
http://www.geog.nau.edu/tg/ ; http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rtxg
• Editor, Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility book series:
http://www.routledge.com/
• Co-editor, Routledge Critical Studies in Tourism, Business and Management:
http://www.routledge.com/
• Docent, Department of Geography, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
www.oulu.fi/geography/
• Visiting Professor, Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
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appologies for cross posting!

		TTRI Research Seminar
						DMOs in UK cities are increasingly recognizing the visitation opportunities offered by students at local higher educational institutions, which reflects the wider acknowledgement of this market by the tourism sector in general.  Indeed students have been referred to as the ‘bread and butter’ of the tourism industry, acknowledging in particular the income expected after graduation. University alumni therefore represent a marketing opportunity for cities in which there is substantial higher education provision. The market potential is not restricted solely to ex-students them­selves on repeat visits; as with other repeat visitors, alumni return­ing to their alma mater and/or its locale may be accompanied by relatives and friends and may also offer ambassadorial potential for word-of-mouth recommendation. University alumni arguably represent a viable yet largely untapped destination market seg­ment, and whilst both student and repeat visitor markets have both featured in the academic literature and been recognised by relevant marketing agencies, the alumni market continues to be neglected relative to other student segments.  The paper dis­cusses a study, undertaken for Marketing Manchester, of the alumni market for Greater Manchester.  It examines alumni motiva­tions and constraints in relation to returning to the city and its sub-region using a sample of 837 alumni from the University of Salford.  The findings, including the results from market segmen­tation and profiling analyses, are discussed together with their strategic implications.
				Dr Peter Schofield is an Associate Director of the Management and Management Sciences Research Institute at the University of Salford in Greater Manchester.  He has published widely on various aspects of urban tourism, consumer behaviour and destination marketing.  His current research interests include consumer decision making, destination and events marketing, resident attitudes to tourism development and ser­vice quality management with particular reference to hotel service failure and recovery strategies.

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Hello RSTers,

I have recently published a book on the history and culture of stadiums
with a focus on their role in the cultural landscapes of Rio de Janeiro
and Buenos Aires.

The book is availble at full price via the regular routes, but is still
available at a discount via the University of Texas Press website. This
book would be appropriate for many RTS courses as well as urban
studies, Latin American studies, and globalization studies.

Here is the link to the book:
http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exgaftem.html

Regards,
Chris Gaffney




Dr. Christopher Gaffney
Visiting Lecturer
Department of Geography The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
223 East Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3220
(h) 919-765-5827
(o) 919-966-1484
(f) 919-962-0398

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