CALL FOR PAPERS


The College of Business & Management of the University of Technology, Jamaica, hosts of the International Conference on Business, Hospitality and Tourism Management, welcomes papers for presentation at the conference which will be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, October 10 - 12, 2012 (venue to be announced).

The conference will have an international mix of academics, industry practitioners, company directors and policy makers and other professionals who will discuss global trends and present cutting-edge research. Activities will also include industry workshops and panel discussions.



CONFERENCE TRACKS:

  • Public and Environmental Issues
  • Technology in Tourism and Hospitality
  • Health and Sports Tourism
  • Faith Based Tourism
  • Ethics in Business and Hospitality
  • Indigenous Foods
  • Heritage Tourism
  • Culinary Tourism
  • Entrepreneurship (SMEs)
  • Re-Structuring and Retooling
  • Human Resources Management
  • Workforce Education and Development
  • Issues in Higher Education
  • International Relations
  • Internationalisation of Higher Education
  • Technology in Education
  • Business Education
  • Accounting
  • Insurance
  • Corporate and Commercial Law

INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS:

Participants will acquire practical skills and techniques, and will be awarded certificates of participation in the following areas:


  1. Business
    • Practical Approach to Corporate Governance
    • Driving, measuring, increasing productivity: How do we do it?
  2. Hospitality
    • Culinary Tourism
    • The dynamics of revenue management in hospitality

PANEL DISCUSSION:

A daily feature of the conference will be panel discussions on a topical issue affecting economic development worldwide.

PARTICIPANTS:

  • Academics and educators
  • Government officials
  • Tourism policy makers
  • Researchers
  • Industry consultants
  • Students in related disciplines
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Professionals from allied fields
  • Other interested personnel

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Conference papers should adhere to the following:

  1. Abstracts should be submitted using the recommended format:
    • 4 page abstract (in English)
    • Name(s) of author(s)
    • Affiliation of author(s)
    • Postal address
    • E-mail address

  2. Abstracts should:
    • cover the background
    • include literature review
    • outline research methodology
    • summarize implications of the study
    • make recommendations
    • be typed using Times New Roman
    • use 12-point font
    • be double-spaced
    • use justified alignment
    • be submitted as Word file
    • submitted electronically

  3. Submission[s] should meet the deadlines indicated in the time-table below:

    4. Abstract submission: March 31, 2012
    NB!!!
    Feedback to authors: April 31, 2012
    Full Paper submission: July 31,2012
    Registration of Presenters: July 31,2012

Abstracts should be submitted electronically to Beldona@udel.edu or cmyers@utech.edu.jm

 

Mailed abstracts can be sent to:
Srikanth Beldona, Ph.D
University of Delaware
HRIM Department
14 West Main St.Newark,
DE 19716, USA		OR  Claudette Williams-Myers, Ph.D
University of Technology,Jamaica
College of Business and Management
237 Old Hope Road
Kingston 6, Jamaica WI

 

CONTACT/S:


  Francis A. Kwansa, Associate Professor
HRIM, University of Delaware
14, W Main St; Newark, DE 19716, USA
(302) 831-6083
kwansa@udel.edu 		Mrs. Joan Lawla - School of Business Administration
University of Technology, Jamaica
237 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6, Jamaica, W. I
(876) 512-2369
jlawla@utech.edu.jm

Mrs. Marilyn Cornelius
University of Technology, Jamaica
237 Old Hope Road,
Kingston 6, Jamaica, W. I
(876) 970-5430
mcornelius@utech.edu.jm

Or email us at: bus&mgnt.conference@utech.edu.jm