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Journals and Magazines

Travel, Tourism, & Hospitality magazines - curated list
A collection of online magazines for planning your trip or enjoying some armchair travel.
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OverDrive Travel & Outdoor magazine titles
There are over 300 magazines on the topic of travel available on OverDrive.
Collection is continuously updated.
Advances in Hospitality and Leisure
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A peer-reviewed research journal published annually since 2004.
Sustainable Hospitality Management: Designing Meaningful Encounters with Talent and Technology
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Considers how the sector can and should innovate to respond to challenges such as talent scarcity, the growing ecological footprint, and technological developments.
Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality Research
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This portrait of contemporary tourists proposes that these travelers create consumption audio-portraits and self-explanations (identity constructions) through their purchases and use of travel-related services.

Databases

Suggested search terms can be used individually or grouped together:

Hospitality, Tourism, Business, Hospitality Management, Hospitality Accounting, Restaurant Management, Hotel Management, Managerial Accounting, Financial Accounting, Human Resources

Global Road Warrior
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An extensive country-by-country resource for learning about culture, customs, history, and language worldwide. Consists of 175 Country Guides of 119 topics each.
Statista
Statista is a global data and business intelligence platform with an extensive collection of statistics, reports, and insights on over 80,000 topics from 22,500 sources in 170 industries. Established in Germany in 2007, Statista operates in 13 locations worldwide and employs around 1,100 professionals.

Statista Get Started Guide : detailed instructions on searching and accessing data.
Britannica Image Quest
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2,500,000+ Rights Cleared Images (no copyright issues)! Can be used for PowerPoint presentations, assignments, promotional brochures and pamphlets.
Gale eBooks
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Searchable collection of electronic encyclopedias, handbooks, and general reference books.
Gale General OneFile
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General OneFile is a comprehensive general-interest resource providing periodical and news information. In addition, General OneFile also features more than 500 travel guides; a full collection of National Public Radio programs from 1990 to the present, including searchable transcripts; links to over 5,000 video files including shows like the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, NRO TV and Meet the Press; more than 3,000 full-text titles recommended by Bowker’s “Magazines for Libraries”.
Hospitality and Tourism

Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications that cover topics including the cultural and economic aspects of travel and tourism as well as full-text travel guides from Fodor's.
ProQuest eBooks
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Over 40,000 eBooks covering many different subject areas.
ProQuest One Business
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Scholarly journals, ebooks, market research, company reports, dissertations, and global news from sources like The Wall Street Journal and The Economist. Multimedia resources, such as streaming videos and expert-curated datasets, and industry insights offer financial analysis, market trend research, and industry comparisons.

eBook Optimizing Digital Solutions for Hyper-Personalization in Tourism and Hospitality by Nuno Gustavo (Editor); João Pronto (Editor); Luísa Carvalho (Editor); Miguel Belo (Editor)
Publication Date: 2022-02-19

More than a simple starting point for a critical reflection on the state of the art of this sector, this book aims to contribute in an objective way to leveraging digital solutions to optimize the concept of hyper-personalization in the tourist experience.
Sustainable Customer Experience Design by Bert Smit; Frans Melissen
Publication Date: 2018-06-07

This book focuses on designing, staging and managing experiences within the context of the events, tourism and hospitality industries. Critical thinking questions, practical examples and international case studies are integrated throughout the text.
The Tourism, Hospitality and Events Student′s Guide to Study and Employability by Sally Everett; Nicola Cade; Abigail Hunt; Deborah Lock; Katie Lupton; Steve McDonald
Publication Date: 2021-01-14

Written by experts in the field, this friendly guide will provide you with everything you need to succeed and support you along every step of the way through your studies and into industry!
eBook Entrepreneurship Education in Tourism and Hospitality Management by Satish Chandra Bagri (Editor); R. K. Dhodi (Editor); K. C. Junaid (Editor)
Publication Date: 2022-05-27

Entrepreneurship Education in Tourism and Hospitality Management provides an in-depth look at various cases of entrepreneurship education in the tourism and hospitality industries across the world as well as their recent changes and developments.
eBook Accelerating Knowledge Sharing, Creativity, and Innovation Through Business Tourism by Muhammad Waseem Bari (Editor); Sadia Shaheen (Editor); Meng Fanchen (Editor)
Publication Date: 2020-04-10

Featuring research on topics such as knowledge management, social capital, and consumer behavior, this book is ideally designed for business professionals, managers, administrators, hotel executives, IT specialists, executives, entrepreneurs, managing directors, and students looking to boost their existing skills and expertise with innovation and creativity by interacting with others and in a new context.
International Dictionary of Hospitality Management by Abraham Pizam (Editor)
Publication Date: 2017-06-28

With over 728 entries, this book covers everything you need to know, from a concise definition of back office systems, to management accounting and yield management.
eBook Optimizing Digital Solutions for Hyper-Personalization in Tourism and Hospitality by Nuno Gustavo (Editor); João Pronto (Editor); Luísa Carvalho (Editor); Miguel Belo (Editor)
Publication Date: 2022-02-19

Optimizing Digital Solutions for Hyper-Personalization in Tourism and Hospitality serves as an essential reference source that emphasizes the importance of hyper-personalization models, processes, strategies, and issues within tourism and hospitality fields with a particular focus on digital IT solutions.
eBook Employability and Skills Development in the Sports, Events, and Hospitality Industry by Vipin Nadda; Ian Arnott; Wendy Sealy; Emma Delaney
Publication Date: 2022-06-24

Employability and Skills Development in the Sports, Events, and Hospitality Industry provides insight into current professionals working in the sports, events, tourism, and hospitality industry and considers the skills and qualifications necessary to work within or enter the industries.

Websites

Canadian Special Events Magazine [Blog]
Celebrates the business of live and virtual events.
Destination Canada
Destination Canada is Canada’s national marketing organization for the hospitality industry. Access the Destination Canada newsletter to stay connected to the industry.
Government of Canada - Canadian Tourism Sector
Helping Canadian tourism businesses welcome domestic and international visitors. Includes latest news, supports and tools for businesses, spotlights, career information, and travel & tourism data.
Hospitality Net
Offers B2B-driven opinion-based articles that discuss news and hot topics in the hospitality industry.
Tourism Nova Scotia
We lead tourism marketing and development initiatives to benefit all regions of our province.
UN Tourism
Tourism news, tools, and insights from around the world.

Associations

International Hotel and Restaurant Association
Sport Tourism Canada
Sport Tourism Canada (STC) is a non-governmental organization that promotes sport tourism as a grassroots economic development initiative.
Tourism Industry Association of Canada
Founded in 1930, TIAC takes action on behalf of Canadian tourism businesses and promotes positive measures that help the industry grow and prosper.
Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia
Our team is committed to championing and advancing tourism and hospitality across the province.

Streaming Video

Customer Service Fundamentals for Hospitality [LinkedIn Learning]
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Explore the inner workings of top-tier customer service, its core principles and current best practices, and the most important skills required for building a successful career in the industry.
Hot 10 Restaurant Trends [YouTube]
Vince Sgabellone, Industry Analyst at Circana, and Chris Elliott, Chief Economist at Restaurants Canada, reveal the Hot 10 Restaurant Trends for 2025 and beyond.
Indigenous Tourism with Brandy Y [CanCore Academic Video]
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A collection of interviews with Indigenous people on the topic of Indigenous tourism.
For More Tolerance, We Need More ... Tourism? [TED]
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Palestinian activist with an unusual approach to peace-keeping: Be a tourist. The TED Fellow shows how simple interactions with people in different cultures can erode decades of hate.

Podcasts

Entrepreneurship Corner hosted by Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Podcasts and videos highlighting entrepreneurs and their experiences.
Ground Yourself Before you Travel [CBC Curio]
From the 10 Minutes to Save the Planet podcast, this episode suggests ways to respect and add value to the places we visit.

Destination Canada
Contains published reports and recent statistics on the Tourism industry sector in Canada.
Statista
Statista is a global data and business intelligence platform with an extensive collection of statistics, reports, and insights on over 80,000 topics from 22,500 sources in 170 industries. Established in Germany in 2007, Statista operates in 13 locations worldwide and employs around 1,100 professionals.
Statistics Canada
The Travel and Tourism subject area offers access to statistics related to this industry. Statistics on domestic, international and tourism indicators are available.
Tourism Nova Scotia: Research
Tracking tourism performance and gaining insights to inform tourism strategy.

Travel and Tourism Statistics from The Daily

Statistics Canada's official news release bulletin

Off Campus Access

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