Purpose – To develop and test a measurement model for the combined study of involvement and place attachment in a tourism context. Design/methodology/approach – The study was conducted in South Australia, a state that has positioned itself as a lifestyle tourism destination. Tourism...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an understanding of the internationalisation prospects of Chinese domestic hotel firms. Design/methodology/approach – This study examined the Jin Jiang Hotel Group, China's largest domestic hotel firm. The qualitative method of...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of mainland Chinese hotel firm internationalisation relative to traditional Western internationalisation theory through an analysis of the Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Group’s joint venture with the Thayer Lodging...