Post-COVID Tourism and Hospitality Dynamics

Umendra Narayan Shukla, PhD, is Professor at the Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management at Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, where he also held the roles of Head of the Department of Travel & Tourism Management and the Department of Hotel Management and Director of the Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management and Dean of Faculty of Management. Dr. Shukla has over 27 years of teaching experience at the university level. He is a member of the boards of studies and academic committees of tourism at various universities in India. He has presented his research at national and international conferences, including in countries such as Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Italy. He has been invited as an expert as well as resource person by many forums of academicians to deliver talks on sustainable and ecotourism, adventure tourism, personality development, and spiritual management. He has published his research in books, magazines, and journals. Sharad Kumar Kulshreshtha, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management, North-Eastern Hill University (A Central University), Shillong-Meghalaya, India. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. He has published research papers in books and journals of national repute and has participated and presented many research papers at national and international seminars and conferences. He has been invited as a resource person at various universities and business associations of India to deliver talks as a subject expert. Dr. Kulshreshtha has guest edited a special issue on "Tourism in Times of COVID-19" for the journal Anais Brasileiros de Estudos Turísticos and has edited and authored many books on hospitality topics.

“This book talks about a fresh start to revive and restart tourism and hospitality dynamics to once again ignite the soul of the travelling industry and make it flourish as always. . . . This book not only talks about the restructuring of the system but also connects with you on a level that understands the challenges and queries of what a traveler may have gone through. . . . A great step towards addressing the restarting and revival of tourism amid this pandemic.— Jyoti Mayal, President, Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI)“A much-needed and long-awaited compendium of extraordinary scholarly work designed to review, reflect, reimagine, and reinvent the global hospitality industry in the post-COVID-19 world. The broad range of topics demonstrates upon each page the thoughtfulness and intense research of the contributors. I commend you to purchase this book and adapt it for your students.”—Professor Joe Goldblatt, Emeritus Professor, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland"An excellent compendium of timely chapters discussing the nature of tourism after COVID-19. The editors have carefully chosen the manuscripts that would create impact and synergy in this regard."—From Foreword by Babu George, PhD, DBA, EdS, Professor & Associate Dean, School of Business, Christian Brothers University, Lorman, Mississippi, USA"Its impactful divergent nature of contents authored by multidisciplinary and truly global experts make this title as the most appropriate resource for students, research scholars, academicians, industry practitioners, and trade professionals to understand their preparedness to survive, sustain, and to ensure smooth industry practices during the so-called new normal."—From Foreword by Professor Saurabh Kumar Dixit, Department of Tourism & Hotel Management, Registrar In-Charge, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India“Offers a multi-dimensional perspective on tourism recovery efforts that address critical issues, from tourism employee manage­ment to destination governance. . . . A diverse collection of contributions that address practical issues but also engage with and expand the tourism literature in important ways.”—Prof. Ulrike Gretzel, PhD, University of Southern California, USA

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