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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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* Strategic Foresight * Business Resilience * Circularity and Responsible Consumer Behaviour * Sustainable Talent Management * Technological innovation in hospitality *
City Hospitality
City Hospitality research focuses on hospitable encounters between host and guest and their experiences.
Strategic Foresight
Detecting trends and developments that are, or will become of interest to hospitality professionals.
Technological Innovation
The research line will revolve around the introduction of automations and robotization in the hospitality industry.
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
Professor of Responsible Consumption
Karoline Wiegerink
Professor of City Hospitality & City Marketing
Jan Huizing
Research Fellow in City Hospitality & City Marketing
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
Klaas Koerten
Research Fellow
Alexander Schmidt
Professor of Technological Innovation in Hospitality
Ahmet Vatan
Visiting Research Fellow
Stefania Ntregka
Research Fellow
Isabel Son
Research Fellow
Daphne Maria Dekker
Professor of Hospitality and Hospitable Behaviour
Melinda Ratkai
Professor of Hospitality Business
Alexander Sassen
Research Fellow in Finance and ESG
Contact
Do you have any questions? Please reach out to us via research@hotelschool.nl