Southeast Chapter of Travel and Tourism Research Association Annual Conference & Tourism Research Symposium

Call for Papers

Deadline: November 24, 2008

The SETTRA Conference is held in conjunction with Southeast Tourism Society Spring Meeting, to be held March 23 – March 25, 2009, in Montgomery, Alabama. The Research Symposium will be on Tuesday, March 24. Abstracts will be reviewed and presenters will be notified of their acceptance by January 16, 2009. Presentation abstracts and proposals by both academic researchers and practitioners are welcome in the following two categories:

1. Oral Research Paper Presentation 2. Illustrated Paper (poster) Presentation

I.Abstracts are requested for research paper presentations and for illustrated paper (poster)

presentations. Abstracts should focus on the following:

• Applied Travel and Tourism
  
• Case Studies
  
• Management of Tourism
  
• Tourism Marketing
  
• Tourism Development
  
• Tourism Planning
  
• Sustainable Tourism
  
• Tourism Research
  
• Methodological Aspects of Tourism Research
  

Specific methods, results, and applications should be emphasized. The papers will be presented at the workshop and published in a proceeding. The authors and presenters of accepted papers and presentations are expected to register for the Research Symposium and/ or the Conference. Oral research and illustrated paper presentations: Abstracts should be submitted electronically, preferably in MS Word format using APA format and graphic quality requirements. Material submitted for review must consist of:

(1) Title Page: With the title of the paper and the author’s names, affiliations, complete addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. Please also indicate on the title page one of the three choices below (a, b, or c) to indicate how the abstract should be reviewed:

a. Review only for an oral presentation.

b. Review first for an oral presentation and second for display as an illustrated paper presentation.

c. Review only for display as an illustrated paper presentation. Those researchers whose material lends itself to visual rather than verbal communication should submit poster presentations.

(2) Abstract: No more then a 2000 word abstract (not including figures, tables, and references) with the title of the paper/poster centered at the top. Abstracts should clearly state the purpose, results, conclusions, and applications of the research.

Submit Abstracts to: Erick T Byrd, PhD, Department of Recreation, Tourism, & Hospitality Management, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402. Phone: (336) 334- 3041. Email: etbyrd@uncg.edu

Conference Registration: For information about the conference registration contact:

SETTRA/ Southeast Tourism Society

3400 Peachtree Rd., ND; Suite 725 Atlanta, GA 30326

Phone: (404) 364- 9847 Fax: (404) 262- 9518

http://www.settra.org / http://www.SoutheastTourism.org