I am currently looking to contribute to a book chapter in the area of sustainability and tourism. Does anybody know if any publisher intends to or has put in a call for book chapters?
I am editing a book titled “Routledge Handbook of Hospitality Marketing.” If you are interested writing a chapter (5,000 – 6,000 words) on any of the topics listed below, please email me your abstract May 4th.
Important Dates:
Abstract submission deadline May 4, 2016
Full Chapters deadline October, 2016
TOPICS
PART 1: Hospitality marketing concepts
a. Hospitality marketing: A historical perspective
b. A critical review of five hospitality marketing concepts (Taken)
i. Production concept
ii. Product concept
iii. Selling concept
iv. Marketing concept
v. Societal marketing concept
c. A critical review of market segmentation, target marketing and positioning in hospitality marketing
d. A critical review of consumer behaviour in hospitality marketing
PART 2: Hospitality marketing methodologies
a. A critical review of hospitality marketing research and methodologies
b. Qualitative marketing methodologies
c. Quantitative marketing methodologies (Taken)
d. Marketing experiments (Taken)
e. Marketing information systems
PART 3: Hospitality marketing approaches, functions and strategies
a. Hospitality marketing strategy
b. Pricing
c. Product/service management
d. Distribution (Taken)
e. Financing
f. Marketing information management
g. Selling
h. Promotion
PART 4: Hospitality consumer behaviour
a. A critical review of hospitality consumer behaviour
b. Hospitality customers decision making process (Taken)
c. Hospitality customers information search behaviour (Taken)
d. Impacts of personal characteristics on hospitality customers behaviours (Taken)
i. Cultural factors
ii. Social factors
iii. Personal factors
iv. Psychological factors
e. Customer motivations, attitudes and believes
f. Relationship marketing and loyalty
g. Pricing and marketing
h. Marketing hospitality products/services to customers from diverse generations
PART 5: Impact of culture on hospitality
a. Impacts of culture on production and delivery of hospitality products/services
b. Impacts of culture on hospitality customers decision making process
c. Impacts of culture on hospitality customers information search behaviour process
PART 6: Sustainability and the Environment
a. Corporate social responsibility and hospitality marketing (Taken)
b. Consumers environmental attitudes and hospitality marketing
c. Impact of sustainability practices on hospitality consumers behaviours and attitudes
d. Promoting sustainability efforts and actions
PART 7: Innovation in hospitality marketing
a. A critical review of innovation in hospitality marketing
b. Innovation in product/service development and delivery
c. Innovation in marketing hospitality products/services
PART 8: Internet and Technology
a. A critical review of the impact of internet and technology on hospitality marketing
b. Impact of internet and technology on hospitality consumer behaviour
c. Changes in distribution of hospitality products and e-commerce (Taken)
d. Impact of peer-to-peer review sites on hospitality consumer behaviours and product service/delivery
e. Social media and hospitality marketing
f. Mobile apps and hospitality marketing
PART 9: Destination marketing
a. A critical review destination marketing
b. Destination branding and marketing
c. Destination decision making and selection process
d. Technology and destination marketing
e. Innovative approaches to destination marketing
PART 10: Special topics
a. Marketing experiences
b. Marketing specialty products/services
c. Service quality and marketing
d. Crises management and marketing
e. Branding, brand equity and brand extensions
f. Internal marketing
PART 11: Future of hospitality marketing: trends and challenges
a. An overview of future hospitality marketing trends and challenges
b. Internet and technology
c. Changes in hospitality consumers’ needs and wants