The Hospitality Research Centre
The Hospitality Research Centre is the research unit of Hotelschool The Hague. It is our aim to provide relevant and timely insights to hospitality professionals and students. The Research Centre has published studies about topics such as hospitable behavior, revenue management, Airbnb and ‘sharing’, overtourism, sustainable consumer behavior and circularity in hotels, the design of hospitality education and the application of hospitality principles in other sectors. Our researchers do independent academic research, applied projects for businesses and they frequently speak at international academic and professional conferences.

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Technology as a monitor to combat food waste

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The importance of a sustainable strategic vision for hospitality organisations in a post-pandemic future

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The theory and practice of student wellbeing in higher education

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Tourism and digitalisation towards 2030 in the Canary Islands

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Hospitality in the hospital: students link hotel knowledge to patient care

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Hotel industry knowledge in research into home recovery for colon cancer patients
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Research areas
The research at Hotelschool The Hague revolves around the following key questions for the hospitality profession:
- What is hospitality and what is hospitable behaviour?
- What is the future of hospitality?
These questions are addressed by our researchers in different research lines:
City Hospitality * Hospitality, Happiness and Care * Strategic Foresight * Business Resilience * Digital Transformation in Hospitality * Circularity and Responsible Consumer Behaviour * Sustainable Talent Management.
City Hospitality

City Hospitality research focuses on hospitable encounters between host and guest and their experiences.
Hospitality, Happiness and Care

Exploring hospitality in healthcare and improving both the patient and employee experience from a hospitality perspective.
Strategic Foresight

Detecting trends and developments that are, or will become of interest to hospitality professionals.
3rd International Hospitality Research Symposium 2022
Working papers
Research in progress by Hotelschool The Hague students and faculty is published in the Working Paper series. These Working Papers are meant to contribute to the debate, to inspire other students and researchers and to showcase student research.
Who we are

Jeroen Oskam
Director Research Centre

Anna de Visser-Amundson
Research Fellow in Consumer Choice Behaviour

Karoline Wiegerink
Professor of City Hospitality & City Marketing

Jan Huizing
Research Fellow in City Hospitality & City Marketing

Angelique Lombarts
Professor of Hospitality, Happiness and Care

Arjan van Rheede
Senior Research Fellow in Research Methodology

Yasemin Oruc
Marketing & Innovation Lecturer and Research Fellow

David Brannon
Research Fellow in Sustainable Talent Management

Boukje de Boer
Research Fellow

Jenny Sok
Research Fellow

Klaas Koerten
Research Fellow

Luca Cosivi
Research Fellow
Contact
Do you have any questions? Please reach out to us via research@hotelschool.nl