Over the last years, public smoking bans have been introduced in most European countries. Unlike elsewhere, in Germany such bans were introduced at state level at diff erent points in time, which provides important intra-country regional variation that can be exploited to identify the eff ects of such bans on the hospitality industry. Using monthly data from a compulsory survey carried out by t...

Purpose This study aims to apply a new forecasting approach to improve predictions in the hospitality industry. In order to do so we develop a multivariate setting that allows incorporating the cross-correlations in the evolution of tourist arrivals from visitor markets to a specific destination in Neural Network models. Design/methodology/approach This multiple-input multiple-output approach a...

Cloud Computing and the Internet of Things (IOT), which is the interconnection via the Internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data are hot discussions now in the trade of Indian based farming and hospitality industry. Cloud computing which is the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and proc...

a r t i c l e i n f o The activities of misbehaving customers represent a significant problem for organizations across diverse sectors and industries. Customer misbehavior signifies behavior within the exchange setting that deliberately violates the generally accepted norms of conduct in such situations. The core aim of this study is to advance understanding of the antecedents to past customer ...

In many settings where spatial preemption might be expected to produce tightly concentrated industry structures, firms share the market instead. Using a strategic investment model, I show that this can be rationalized by accounting for heterogeneity in consumer demand, particularly with respect to branding. I present an empirical example using data on the branded segment of the lodging industry...

The Medical Council of India (MCI) via amendment to the “Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulation 2002” has brought out the code of conduct for doctors and professional association of doctors in their relationship with pharmaceutical and allied health sector industry which prohibit them from accepting any gifts, travel facility or hospitality, from any phar...