Luxury Travel and Hospitality

Grand Tour and Luxury Travel

• The traditional Grand Tour was distinguished from the newer type that emerged by the end of the eighteenth century.
• The Golden Age of Travel allowed for an increase in wealthy travelers due to a certain development.

Luxury Consumption and Hospitality

• Luxury consumption can have a paradoxical effect on consumers despite its status benefits.
• Luxury consumption can affect an individual's priorities according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Human Trafficking and Hospitality

• The hospitality industry is susceptible to supporting human trafficking activities.
• Luxury hotels may inadvertently play a role in human trafficking.

Combating Human Trafficking

• Some hotel chains, such as ACCOR, are taking action to combat child sexual exploitation in hotels.

Modern Slavery and Hospitality

• Factors contribute to the creation of an environment where employees are less inclined to report crimes related to sex tourism and the exploitation of minors.
• The vulnerability of workers to exploitative working conditions contributes to modern slavery in the hospitality industry.

Ethical Sourcing and Supply Chain Management

• The principles of ethical sourcing and responsible supply chain management can help mitigate the risk of modern slavery within the hospitality industry.

Sustainable Luxury Tourism

• The nascent academic study of luxury tourism implies a certain understanding of sustainable high-yield luxury tourism experiences.
• The primary objective of developing "high-yield" tourism is to promote a certain type of tourism.

Diversity and Inclusion

• Adopting an all-inclusive approach to multiculturalism, known as the AIM model, fosters positive and effective organizational change.
• Organizations in the luxury tourism sector can effectively embrace and foster the benefits of diversity by adopting the AIM approach.

AIM Approach and Workplace Diversity

• The AIM approach helps employees in a diverse organization by acknowledging and valuing their differences.
• The AIM approach impacts employee interactions differently than the colorblind approach in a hospitality setting.
• The AIM approach has benefits, including employee empowerment and satisfaction.

Servant Leadership and Employee Empowerment

• Servant leadership is essential for employee empowerment, which has a critical aspect of organizational culture.
• Empowering leadership has a positive outcome on customer-contact staff and employee engagement.
• Servant leaders' behavior has a positive outcome on employees' self-determination and self-efficacy.

Customer-Brand Engagement (CBE)

• The key driver of Customer-Brand Engagement (CBE) is emotional attachment, according to various studies.
• A satisfied and emotionally attached customer-brand relationship has a positive consequence.

Luxury Brand Experience

• A luxury brand's memorable experience and luxury values are contributed to by a certain factor.
• Elevating Service Standards/Quality Assurance has a primary focus and a main challenge.
• Technology Integration has a main focus and a challenge associated with it.

Foodies and Gastronomy

• Foodies perceive food in a certain way, and a certain event has been instrumental in changing perceptions about tourism and gastronomy.
• The role of restaurants has evolved in society, and aesthetic experiences have a certain characteristic.

Michelin-Starred Restaurants and Tourism

• Michelin-starred restaurants have an impact on the tourism value chain and a role in promoting culture.
• The primary goal of developing 'high-yield' tourism is to promote a certain type of tourism, and governments prioritize developing the luxury tourism market due to a certain reason.