Won-Yong Oh (Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology) and Jinsuh Tark (Business and Hospitality) recently presented the case study, “MGM’s Dilemma: Responsibility vs. Profitability," at the 2021 Annual Conference: Administrative Sciences Association of Canada. Tark is in the dual MBA/Master of Science Hotel Administration program.  

Hyelin Kim (Hospitality), along with Kwangsoo Park, Seunghyun Brian Park, and Chihyung Michael Ok, collaborated on an article published in Sport Management Review. The article explores how participating in a recurring community sporting event impacts community engagement and the quality of life of participants.

Ozgur Ozdemir (Hospitality) and hospitality doctoral student Nasim Binesh are authors of "The effect of target’s CSR performance on M&A deal premiums: a case for service firms" published in Review of Managerial Science. This study examines the effect of corporate social responsibility performance on mergers and acquisitions deal…

Hyelin Kim (Hospitality) and co-authors recently published their article, "Why Not this Destination? The Effects of Travel Constraints of Independent Travelers on Destination Image Formation," in the International Journal of Tourism Research. The aim of the study is to understand the factors that prevent independent travelers from selecting…

Amanda Belarmino, Carola Raab, and Wenjia Han (all Hospitality), along with Jason Tang, '19 PhD Hospitality Administration, recently published their article "Exploring Motivations to Use Online Meal Delivery: Before and during Quarantine" in the International Journal of Hospitality Management. This article explores the motivations for consumers to…

Brett Abarbanel and Bo Bernhard (International Gaming Institute) and Ashok K. Singh and Anthony Lucas (Hospitality) presented the paper "A comparison of CB-SEM and PLS-SEM in validating online casino e-servicescape theory"  at the virtual conference GLOSERV 2021, May 10-13, 2021,  jointly organized by University of South…

Ashok K. Singh (Hospitality) and Michelle You of Cal Poly Pomona presented the paper "Machine learning prediction of hotel booking cancelation" at the GLOSERV 2021 virtual conference jointly organized by University of South Florida and University of Naples Federico II, May 10-13. Machine learning methods are used to predict room cancellations…

Ozgur Ozdemir and Nasim Binesh (both Hospitality) are the authors of a recently published paper online in the Journal of Tourism Economics. This study examines the effect of board diversity on risk-taking for tourism firms and analyzes the moderating effect of board independence, CEO duality, and free cash flows in…

Mehmet Erdem (Hospitality) was recently selected as an associate editor of Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology (JHTT). A peer-reviewed Social Sciences Citation Index research journal, JHTT aims to serve as a bridge between academia and industry through the intellectual exchange of ideas, trends, and paradigmatic changes in the fields of…

Seyhmus Baloglu, Tony L. Henthorne, and  Eun Joo Kim (all Hospitality) coauthored the article, "Signaling Effects of Branded Amenities on Customer-based Brand Equity." Published in the Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, the article found that the effects of branded amenities on customer-based brand equity …

The Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education recently published an article by hospitality professor James Busser with co-writers YunYing Zhong (former doctoral student and UNLV alumna), Valeriya Shapoval, and Kevin Murphy, all of the University of Central Florida. Their study aims to examine the state of hospitality and tourism…

Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute and William F. Harrah Hotel College) published an article, "Crisis management practices in the hospitality and gambling industry during COVID-19" in International Hospitality Review in collaboration with coauthors and International Gaming Institute colleagues Brett Abarbanel, Marta…