Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management Awards

February 27, 2017

The Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (JHTM) makes awards each year to the authors of a best paper and two highly commended papers, and the best reviewers of the year. The awards are presented during the gala of the annual CAUTHE conference.

Best paper award

The award is based on usage statistics and Scopus citation counts of the published papers and an assessment of the papers’ contribution to the research field.

2023 What is holding customers back? Assessing the moderating roles of personal and social norms on CSR’S routes to Airbnb repurchase intention in the COVID-19 era. Chuah, S. H. W., Sujanto, R. Y., Sulistiawan, J., & Aw, E. C. X.

2022 Effects of rural revitalization on rural tourism. Jun Yang, Ruxin Yang, Ming-Hsiang Chen, Ching-Hui (Joan) Su, Yin Zhi and Jianchao Xi.

2021 Sleeping in a stranger’s home: A trust formation model for Airbnb. Zhenxing (Eddie) Mao, Margie F. Jones, Mimi Li, Wei Wei, Jiaying Lyum,

2020 ‘Friend or Foe? The complex relationship between indigenous people and policymakers regarding rural tourism in Indonesia’. Ringkar Situmorang, Teddy Trilaksono and Arnold Japutra

2019 Developing a measurement scale for cultural values and norms of Chinese mass travelers. Lianping Ren and Hanqin Qiu

2018 Power in tourism stakeholder collaborations: Power types and power holders. Hiroaki Saito and Lisa Ruhanen

2017 Motivating frontline employees: Role of job characteristics in work and life satisfaction. Xinyuan Zhao, Richard Ghiselli, Rob Law and Jing Ma

Highly commended paper award

2023

Wan, Y. K. P., Li, X., Lau, V. M. C., & Dioko, L. D. Destination governance in times of crisis and the role of public-private partnerships in tourism recovery from Covid-19: The case of Macao.
Horng, J. S., Liu, C. H., Chou, S. F., Yu, T. Y., & Hu, D. C. (2022). Role of big data capabilities in enhancing competitive advantage and performance in the hospitality sector: Knowledge-based dynamic capabilities view.

2022

Yu, J., Lee, K., and Hyun, S. S. Understanding the influence of the perceived risk of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the post-traumatic stress disorder and revisit intention of hotel guests.
Kwangji Kim, Mark A. Bonn, Meehee Cho and Kyung Hee. Clean safety message framing as survival strategies for small independent restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021

Kim, J., Kim, J., Lee, S. K., & Tang, L. R. Effects of epidemic disease outbreaks on financial performance of restaurants: Event study method approach.
Dhirasasna, N., Becken, S., & Sahin, O. A systems approach to examining the drivers and barriers of renewable energy technology adoption in the hotel sector in Queensland, Australia.

2020

Girish Prayag, Isabella Soscia and Ozlem Hesapci. Advertising guilt-laden vacations: The cross-cultural efficacy of a guilt decreasing appeal.
Hung-Che Wu, Ya-Yuan Chang and Tsung-Pao Wu. Pilgrimage: What drives pilgrim experiential supportive intentions?

2019

Pierre Benckendorff and Mengya (Lavender) Shu. Research impact benchmarks for tourism, hospitality and events scholars in Australia and New Zealand.
Mariana de Freitas Coelho, Marlusa de Sevilha Gosling and António Sérgio Araújo de Almeida. Tourism experiences: Core processes of memorable trips.

2018

Paul V. Mathrew and S. Sreesanth. Impact of responsible tourism on destination sustainability and quality of life of community in tourism destinations.
Steven Pike. Destination positioning and temporality: Tracking relative strengths and weaknesses over time.

2017

Yetta Gurtner. Returning to paradise: Investigating issues of tourism crisis and disaster recovery on the island of Bali.
Jay Kandampully, Anil Bilgihan, Tingting Zhang. Developing a people-technology hybrids model to unleash innovation and creativity: The new hospitality frontier.

Best reviewer award

The top reviewer award was based on both the number and speed of the reviews, as well as the quality of the reviews provided by these individuals