- Stream of Discussion 1: Tourism definition(s) revisited - 75 years after the first AIEST conference.
- Stream of Discussion 2: Designing tourism systems for a sustainable future.
- Stream of Discussion 3: AIEST's Advances in Tourism Research: Perspectives of Actors, Institutions and Systems.
Participants from different scientific disciplines and tourism related industries are invited to contribute to the following major sub-streams of discussions:
- Actors behaviour, focusing on behavioural issues of consumers, management, politicians, etc;
- Institutional settings, focusing on topics such as entrepreneurship and innovation, cooperation and strategic alliances, ITC and productivity led-growth, structural change in leading tourism relevant industries, etc;
- Systemic perspective, focusing on topics such as the analysis of the market forces, marketing management of destinations, tourism promotion and policies, management of tourism related resources, sustainable development in tourism, regulation and governance of places, etc.
- Other, consisting of contributions that cannot be classified as above.
Hosts: Christian Laesser, Thomas Bieger, Pietro Beritelli
Venue: tbd
More details will be shared soon.
Winners of the awards at the AIEST Conference 2025 in Paris, France
The BEST CONTRIBUTION AWARD for the overall best contribution goes to Alessandra Pozzan, Nele Langebraun and Michael Gibbert for their contribution
"Through the looking glass: Navigating tourism case studies and interdisciplinary conventions".
1st and 2nd runner ups are (respectively):
- Peter Lewin, Danyelle Greene, Anna K. Zinn, Sarah MacInnes, Sara Dolnicar for their contribution "University partnership badges as a driver of sustainability implementation in hotels."
- Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider, Alice Wanner, Meike Jungnickel for their contribution "Dynamic adaptive pathways: The foundation for transition in tourism."
The PETER KELLER AWARD for the best contribution uniting theory and practice goes to Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider, Alice Wanner, Meike Jungnickel for their contribution "Dynamic adaptive pathways: The foundation for transition in tourism".
1st and 2nd runner ups are (respectively):
- Thomas Steiner, Rolf Müller, Mélanie Biehl for their contribution "Analyze, design, and test tourism ideas with AI."
- Giuzel Safiullova, Sara Dolnicar, Anna K. Zinn, Danyelle Greene for their contribution "TOURISM-4-GOOD: A single scheme to target multiple sustainable behaviours and tourism actors."
The AIEST PHD AWARD for the best academic contribution of a PhD candidate goes to Alessandra Pozzan, Nele Langebraun, Michael Gibbert for their contribution "Through the looking glass: Navigating tourism case studies and interdisciplinary conventions".
1st and 2nd runner ups are (respectively):
- Qingqing Chen, Danyelle Greene, Anna K. Zinn, Sara Dolnicar for their contribution "Can self-selected real-time feedback reduce shower duration? A field experiment."
- Peter Lewin, Danyelle Greene, Anna K. Zinn, Sarah MacInnes, Sara Dolnicar for their contribution "University partnership badges as a driver of sustainability implementation in hotels."
The CRITICAL FRIEND AWARD for the most constructive feedback on the work presented throughout the conference goes to Stephan Bingemer. Runner up is Sara Dolnicar.
Have a look at the abstract book here.