1st Edition
Solo Travel, Tourism and Loneliness A Critical Sociology
1. Single Travel and Romantic Loneliness within the Sociology of Tourism
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Sociology of tourism
1.2.1 A short companion
1.2.2 Tourism sociology today
1.2.3 The future of tourism sociology
1.3 Solo tourism in twenty-first century
1.4 Conclusion
1.5 References
2. The Economy of Romantic Loneliness: An Unexplored Market by the Tourism and Hospitality Industries
2.1 Solo travellers: a discursive approach
2.1.1 Solo travellers: what do we know about them?
2.1.2 Solo female travellers: the example of the app ‘Nomadher’
2.2 Commonalities and differences between single tourism and sex tourism
2.2.1 Overview
2.2.2 Dimensions of sex tourism
2.2.3 Commonalities and differences between sex and solo tourism
2.3 Illuminating the intersections between hospitality and events: dating events in hospitality settings
2.3.1 Insersection
2.3.2 Events and intersections
2.3.3 Speed dating events and hospitality
2.3.4 Conceptual framework
2.3.5 Dating events as rites of passage
2.3.6 Dating events and hospitality service quality
2.3.7 Customer perspectives on dating events in hospitality settings
2.4 Illuminating dating events in hospitality settings from a co-creation of product and service perspective
2.4.1 Overview
2.4.2 Play
2.4.3 Play from an events management literature perspective
2.4.4 Play from a hospitality management literature perspective
2.4.5 Play, hospitality industry and speed dating events
2.4.6 Methods and results
2.4.7 Discussion and concluding remarks
2.5 References
3. The Meta Dimension of Tourism and Hospitality
3.1 Overview
3.2 Corporate Social Performance (CSP) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the tourism and hospitality industries
3.3 Research avenues
3.3.1 Atmosphere
3.3.2 Gaps in literature
3.3.3 Gaps in services
3.3.4 Research agenda
3.4 References
4. Conclusion
4.1 Reinforcing the needs for interactions...
4.2 What’s next?
4.3 References
Biography
Hugues Séraphin is an Assistant Professor at Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom.
Maximiliano E. Korstanje is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Palermo, Argentina.
