2nd Annual International Conference on Tourism and Hospitality Research (THoR 2013) June 16, 2013

CONFERENCE THEME

THoR conference aims to create an international platform for exchanging ideas, debate, opinions, research results among academicians and practitioners globally and incorporate methodological research that addresses issues on tourism and hospitality industry. To promote excellence in teaching and stimulating research in tourism and hospitality; provides essential and intelligent information about worldwide hospitality and tourism issues, practices, challenges and solutions both practically and theoretically.

Key areas of focus (but not limited to):

• Sustainable Tourism • Eco-Tourism • Medical Tourism
• Heritage Tourism • Educational Tourism
HIGHLIGHTS

• The Conference Proceedings (Print ISSN: 2251-3426, E-periodical: 2251-3434) will be indexed by EBSCO, CrossRef, ProQuest, Ulrichsweb and will be submitted to Scopus, ScienceDirect and Cabell's Directories amongst others, where applicable.

• Journal: Depending on their importance, originality, quality, relevance and other editorial considerations, eligible research articles will be invited for publication in the GSTF Journal on Business Review (GBR) (Print ISSN: 2010-4804, E-periodical: 2251-2888) which is indexed by EBSCO, CrossRef, EconBiz, ProQuest, Ulrichsweb and Cabell's Directories.

• Book: Selected authors will be invited to contribute book chapters in "Business Review: Advanced Applications" to be published by GSTF.

The book will be edited by Dr. Farid Shirazi, EIC of GBR. He is an Assistant Professor & ITM Learning Edge Faculty Advisor in Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.

• Best Paper Awards and Best Student Paper Awards will be conferred at the conference (in order to qualify for the award, the paper must be presented at the conference).

• THoR 2013 will also constitute a Special Panel Session.

• Panel Proposals are invited for submission to the THoR 2013. A minimum of three papers centering on a specific topic will be accepted for submission under Panel Category.

Official Website: http://www.tourism-conf.org/