Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Call for chapters: Handbook of Research on Global Hospitality and Tourism Management

Handbook of Research on Global Hospitality and Tourism Management

You are receiving this e-mail because of your knowledge and interest in the area of management and related disciplines. Accordingly, I would like to cordially invite you to consider contributing your expertise to a forthcoming book I am editing, which is titled “Handbook of Research on Global Hospitality and Tourism Management”. This upcoming publication is an edited research compilation of chapters on global hospitality and tourism enterprise management that spans across multiple sectors of these industries.

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com

Our publication is anticipated to be released in 2015.

Detailed information about this book can be found at the following address: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1231. Contributions should derive from mostly completed or fully completed research in the areas of global hospitality and tourism management.

Should you accept this invitation, please note that chapter proposals must be submitted by February 28, 2014, to be considered. All proposals will go through a double blind review process. All contributing authors will also be asked to participate in the review of other submissions. Proposals must be original and not be published or under publication consideration by editors of other books or journals. The proposal must be in Microsoft Word format, a maximum of 1000 words, and focused on one of the 14 topics suggested in the call for chapters. Proposals should also include brief biographies of contributors with their institutional/professional affiliations and areas of specialization. Proposals are to be typed APA style, 12 points font size, Times New Roman. The official language is American English. Completed chapters, if accepted, should be between 12,000 and 14,000 words including figures, tables, references, and key words’ indexing. Authors of accepted proposals will receive acceptance notifications by April 1st, 2014, together with guidelines for authors. Completed chapters are due June 30, 2014. Notifications regarding full chapter decisions (accepted without modifications, conditionally accepted with revisions due date, or rejected, will be sent out July 15, 2014. Final revisions are due September 30, 2014.

To upload your proposal, please click on the following interactive link at the bottom of the page “ Propose a chapter for this book “ or use this direct link http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/submit/1231.You must register and create an account before you can upload your documents. Author’s guidelines can be accessed at: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/ .

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Angelo A. Camillo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management
School of Business - Woodbury University
7500 Glenoaks Boulevard, Burbank, CA 91510-7846 - USA
Phone: +1 81839433142  Fax: +1 8183943311
Website: www.woodbury.edu