Mixed logit analysis of trade-off effects between international airline fares and fences: a revenue management perspective

As transportation is essential for tourism development, effectively utilizing its perishable resources has become an important issue. This study aims to analyse the relationship between airline fares and using conditions from the perspective of millennial tourists and taking the Taipei–Tokyo market as an example. The study attempts to show a revenue management practice in the manipulation of homogeneous seat service and give millennial tourists a better understanding of their preferences for ticket choices. We categorize availability of flight, advance booking, ticket validity, and changing conditions as main attributes and develop a stated-preference questionnaire with multiple hypothetical scenarios for respondents to select in the experiment. We effectively collect 390 valid samples for a mixed logit analysis and the results show that all applied attributes are statistically significant. Ticket validity is revealed to be the most important fence with the largest willingness-to-pay value and followed by availability of flight, advanced booking, and changing conditions.     

Sharing versus collaborative economy: how to align ICT developments and the SDGs in tourism?

Great hopes have been placed in the sharing economy to provide a new business model based on peer-to-peer (P2P) exchanges of underutilized assets. As a model, the sharing economy has been expected to make significant contributions to sustainability, providing new opportunities for entrepreneurship, more sustainable use of resources, and consumer co-operation in tight economic networks. However, in recent years, digital platforms have turned into the most important actors in the global sharing economy, turning global corporations, such as AirBnB, Booking, or TripAdvisor into intermediaries controlling and profiting from most transactions. Focused on accommodation, this paper conceptualizes the sharing economy in comparison to the wider collaborative economy, and discusses its social, economic, environmental, and political impacts in comparison to the sustainable development goals. It concludes that the sharing economy has great potential to make very significant contributions to sustainability, though the model is increasingly being replaced by the collaborative economy, which performs as an extension and acceleration of neoliberal economic practices.     

Meanings of leisure for older people: an Australian study of line dancing

In Australia and in many parts of the world, older people participate in line dancing. Our phenomenological study explored whether attending a regular line dancing class might offer a group of older people opportunities for active and successful ageing. Our research investigated the meanings and practices fostered in a community line dancing class in Melbourne. We gathered data via an interview with the teacher of the group, observation of a class and two focus group interviews with 25 members. Data were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis that is reported thematically under headings of: Belief in the efficacy of line dancing, Physical and emotional benefits, YouTube clips as instructional reinforcement and promotion, and Socialising. The findings show that participation in the class offered older student’s opportunities for dance and music engagement, active and successful ageing, health and well-being, social connection and purposeful leisure. The teacher of the class modelled serious and successful leisure and advocates for dance as holistic training for older people. We position our participants on a continuum of leisure engagement that ranges from the casual to the serious. Further research is required to support arguments for the efficacy of dance as a leisure pursuit for older adults.     

Challenges faced by world tourism cities – London’s perspective

World tourism cities perform multiple functions and exhibit various characteristics that influence tourism development within their boundaries. They are the main gateway for tourists visiting a country and their success has a direct impact on the visitor economy of that destination. London, the focus of this research, has been one of the world’s top tourism cities for many years, and a key gateway for domestic and international visitors. But despite the important role tourism plays in the economy of the city, there is limited research on the development of this activity in the capital. Using London as an exploratory case study, this paper contributes to better understanding the challenges faced by policy makers when planning and managing tourism in world cities. The adopted research method offers the advantage of gathering insightful information using multiple data collection techniques. Examining this new evidence contributes to expanding the knowledge on the particularities of tourism development in one of the top world cities, which could help policy makers in their efforts to better prepare for potential challenges faced by these complex but important destinations.     

关于基层商业银行领导班子建设的思考

加强银行基层机构领导班子建设,培养德才兼备的领导干部是金融事业发展的关键。作为基层行的领导班子,如何把党和国家的各项方针、政策、规章制度以及上级行的决策部署不折不扣地落到实处,是一项重要的任务。     

英汉习语中西文化差异探源

习语是一个国家的语言和文化的结晶。通过对英汉习语语言特征、文化差异的对比和分析,全面地了解英汉言语风格和文化差异,深刻地了解认识英汉民族文化内涵,将对中西文化交流起到积极地促进作用。     

计算机专业产学研相结合的实践

我校计算机专业坚持产学研相结合人才培养模式,优化课程设置,加大实习基地建设,鼓励学生参加教师科研、结合企业需要完成毕业设计,培养应用型人才。     

基于流程重组的中小型房地产企业文化重塑

房地产企业在对企业进行流程重组的同时,更要强调企业文化与流程的对接。中小型房地产企业应加强优化流程为平台的企业文化重塑,重塑后的企业文化将会有利于房地产企业的业务流程重组科学进行,促进房地产行业的健康发展。     

陕西深入学习实践科学发展观活动调研与思考

我们党一直重视对党员进行思想教育。开展党员集中教育活动是我们党的一贯做法和优良传统。陕西省在第一批学习实践活动中,认真查找影响和制约科学发展的突出问题,初步形成了推动科学发展、建设西部强省的新思路。     

转变思维方式 推动改革开放

以转变思维方式来推动改革开放的发展,是我国改革开放30年形成的一条重要经验。在改革开放的30年里．我们党根据实践发展的需要,不断转变思维方式,正确处理了经济社会发展中的一系列重大关系,取得了改革开放的伟大成就。在新的历史起点上,我们党按照科学的思维方式继续深化改革开放,必将取得发展中国特色社会主义事业的更大胜利。