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LJTSCI Vol 1 Ed 2 Published
The second edition of the London Journal of Tourism, Sport and Creative
Industries has been published on www.emklondon.com
This edition features a range of research articles, case studies, work-in-
progress and discussion papers.
A brief overview of the edition is as follows;
The use of technology in services marketing of museums is discussed in
research Hume and Sullivan Mort (2008) by focusing on the ability of mobile
phones to enhance the exchange. Adopting a qualitative framework the
authors investigate the issues surrounding the uses of mobile phone
communications (primarily the use short messaging service – SMS) and its
ability to create and enhance service relationships and social bonds with
particular focus on generation-Y consumers.
Jönsson (2008) addresses the impacts of the Home Accommodation
Programme (HAP) on local communities in Barbados. HAP was developed to
cater for the increasing arrivals due to the region by the staging of this mega-
event during peak travel season (the 2007 Cricket World Cup) by home owners
using spare capacity in homes to accommodate tourists.
Ferdinand’s (2008) case examines how the use of volunteers assisted the
development of a small event company Concert Live. This is an example of
the innovativeness of creative industry companies who, with a flexible
workforce, can shift operations quickly to respond to business needs.
Karkut and Scott provide a work-in-progress on ‘Building Stories’ a
collaborative multi-disciplinary work carried out in the Iranian city of Qazvin.
The research focuses on joint work between a number of university
departments and external agencies. This piece of work encompasses themes
from a number of areas of tourism, development and creative industries.
This edition features two discussion papers on sport related themes. The first
by Beale is more than an examination of sport however. It is a discussion on
the use of professional social networking sites, charting their development
from general social networks into subject specific networks.
In the second paper Kitchin focuses on the increasing tensions between
England and India over the governance and development of international
cricket. The paper outlines the shift in power from London to the East in the
mid 1990’s and that while England has been an innovator it faces significant
issues with sustaining the advantages that flow from these developments.
Supporting Website
A blog site that publishes reviewed articles one edition in arrears also supports
this journal. The site can be accessed by clicking on the following link –
http://blogs.londonmet.ac.uk/ljtsci/
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