Concept Note

Tourism sector contributing to around 10% to the global GDP and accounting for 1 in 11 jobs worldwide, has emerged as a dominant tool for socio-economic growth as well as world peace. It has turned itself as a leading service industry internationally in terms of gross revenue as well as foreign exchange earnings. In the Indian scenario, tourism industry has a strong potential to have a momentous impact on the economy of our country, as its multiplier effect reached to the grass-route level of tourism stakeholders. In 2022, the contribution of India's travel and tourism sector to India's economy was worth Rs 15.7 trillion. Indian tourism, burgeoning as one of the largest and fastest growing global tourism destination, cultural and ecotourism have become highly popular in the Indian context. Need of the hour is to help tourism industry to grow as one of the major industries through innovation & usage of advanced technologies. Hence, to address this issue of national importance, Bhikaji Cama Subharti College of Hotel Management, a Constituent College of Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut is feeling privileged to organize 8th International Conference on the theme “Advanced Technologies & Innovations in Tourism & Hospitality Industry” (ATITHI-2023) on 9th & 10th Dec, 2023. This International Conference will provide a global platform to the global leaders in tourism & travel industry, Tourism and Hospitality Academicians, Tourism and Hospitality Scholars, PG Students, Tourism Boards members, International & Domestic tourism stakeholders, Hoteliers, Tour and Travel Agents to plan out the path for development of Tourism & Hospitality sector using advanced technologies and innovation in Tourism and Hospitality Industry.

Conference Objectives

• To build up ideas, concepts and proposals for practical and implementable programs which enhance understanding among people, familiarize us about advanced Technologies & Innovations in Tourism & Hospitality Industry

• To assemble ground-breaking ideas and opinions for the advancement of Tourism & Hotel industry.

• To identify and build an academic and professional structure based on new research and advanced innovations in Tourism & Hospitality Industry.

• To explore the comprehensive understanding of the sustainable Tourism.

• To explore encouraging factors for developing interest of the scholars towards innovation & use of new technologies in tourism sector.

• To gather researchers at one place to pool the noble ideas and to share new strategies to support develop and foster Tourism

• To educate students into cultural values of the society as well as give them motivation and a sense of well-being & Hospitality industry.

Thematic Areas of the Conference

The conference will focus on a broad range of topics related to education, industry and research in hospitality and tourism. The Conference organizer invites papers relevant to the conference theme in hospitality and tourism management. All other type of research manuscripts specifically concerned to other areas of the Hospitality and Tourism will be accepted for presentation in the conference.

Sub-themes for the Paper Presentation

• Innovations in development of Tourism Industry
• Challenges in special events and sports tourism
• New Technologies in Service Sector
• Internationally new emerging Trends in Tourism and Hospitality for its Sustainability
• Innovation and New Approaches in Hospitality & Tourism Higher Education
• Strategies for developing new Entrepreneurship in Service Sector
• Effect of Technologies on HR practices in Service sector
• Higher Hospitality Education: The role for Hospitality Sector Development"
• New emerging Curriculum Design and Pedagogies in Tourism & Hospitality Education
• Competitiveness, sustainability and corporate social responsibility
• Social media, emerging technologies and e-tourism
• Staff retention in hospitality and tourism Sectors
• Quality management in Hospitality and Tourism sector
• Responsible and Ethical Practices in Hospitality and Tourism
• New Strategies for Assessment of Hospitality Marketing Efforts
• Hotel & Food Service Quality Engineering
• Role of Buddha circuit in Tourism development
• Contemporary Issues and Trends in Hospitality and Tourism Research
• MICE Marketing & Management
• Medical tourism and Wellness Management
• Service excellence and service quality
• Consumer behavior, decision making, experience and satisfaction
• Satisfaction & loyalty in Service Sector
• Traditional Culinary as a Strategy to Strengthen Food Security
• Innovative strategies for reviving tourism and hospitality industry after COVID-19