Fifth India International Hotel, Travel & Tourism Research Conference from 11-14 February 2015.

 Fifth India International Hotel, Travel & Tourism Research Conference from

11-14 February 2015.

Fifth India International Hotel, Travel & Tourism Research Conference will be presented by BCIHMCT, New Delhi from 11, 12 &13 February 2015.

The college has been conducting various research programme over the past years involving the Hospitality Industry studying about the needs of the guest, problems in performance and empowerment practices to improve quality of service. Papers were presented in National & International conferences accordingly. Our Research programme is casting new light on the industry operating practices.

The aim of this conference is to bring industry managers, tourism and hospitality researchers together to deliberate on the issues related to the travel and hospitality business. The conference will profile current and emerging trends in tourism, travel and hospitality sector and shall broadly cover the following theme:

MICE Scope and Opportunities

Marketing of Tourism and Hotel Operations Management

Marketing of Hotel and Tourism with changed perspective in the era of New Technology

Travellers perspective and marketing strategies

Quality and Customers Delight

Destination Management and Marketing

Market segmentation and management to establish trends or business strategy

Tourism & Hospitality product development and management

Sustainable marketing and tourism growth

Emerging Trends & Technologies

Tourism Business Strategies

Papers will be selected to develop a particular theme in each conference session. The programme will include workshops and other industry related forums as well as formal presentations. Key note speakers will be sought from prestigious industry practitioners and internationally renowned educators.

Selected papers will be published in “Indian Journal of Applied Hospitality and Tourism Research” Vol.7, (ISSN 0975-4954), Contributions to which are made by Academician, Hotel Managers and Practitioners and Tourism and Travel experts.

Our  previous conferences were well attended by National and International delegates. During the conference, Proceedings were complied in a book form (ISBN 978-81-920850-0-5) which had presentations made by  Indian Scholars and  Foreign Scholars from New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Spain, UK, Taiwan, USA, Malayasia, Canada  Thailand and South  Korea.

Renowned personalities from the Tourism and Hospitality sector who delivered Key Note in the previous Conferences were Professor J.S.Perry Hobson, Taylor’s University, Malayasia, Professor Nigel Hemmington,  Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, Prof Yoel Mansfeld, University of Haifa, Israel, Dr. Bruce Prideaux, James Cook University, Australia, Dr. Asad Mohsin and Dr Tim Lockyer, University of Waikato Management School, Hamilton, New Zealand , Dr Therdchai (Ted) Choibamroong, NIDA, Bangkok,Thailand were among the few International Speakers.

We feel proud in announcing that Professor Fevzi Okumus, Professor in the Hospitality Services Department with the University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management shall deliver Key Note in the Conference 2015.

We look forward to your kind support to make this Conference effective and successful.