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Special Joint Conference: The Silk Road and the Tourism and Hospitality Industries<\/strong><\/p>\n April 13-14, 2018, Almaty, Kazakhstan<\/p>\n Conference Theme:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Economic Integration along the New Silk Road and Land of Great Steppe<\/strong><\/p>\n Deadline:\u00a028th January 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n Dear Sir\/Madam<\/p>\n This multidisciplinary conference focuses on the creative and innovative economic integration facing the Central Asian countries along the New Silk Road, but including the global issues that impact all of us, no matter where we live. KIRC facilitates the exchange of ideas, values, research and experience amongst academic scholars, business leaders, and policy makers in the areas of Accounting, Management, Economics, Finance, Information Technology, Tourism, and Hospitality and other related fields.\u00a0 Though the primary language of the conference is English, yet some sessions will be scheduled in Kazakh and Russian to accommodate both presenters and audience. In addition to these academic research tracks, special round table sessions\/ work shops\/ seminars will be held on \u201cThe Silk Road and the Tourism and Hospitality Industries\u201d in Special Joint\u00a0 Conference on \u201cThe Silk Road and the Tourism and Hospitality Industries\u201d <\/strong>with co-organized by Bang College of Business, KIMEP University (Kazakhstan), Oxford School of Hospitality Management, Oxford Brookes University (Oxford, UK), School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong, China), Mugla Sitki Kocman University (Turkey), Kyung Hee University (South Korea) and Tourism Academics Association (Turkey) this conference invites papers that will address socio-cultural, economic, political, environmental and technological complexities and challenges of Tourism and Hospitality development within the Silk Road.<\/p>\n Conference structure and scope:<\/strong><\/p>\n The conference will consist of concurrent sessions on presentation of research papers as well as guest speeches, panel discussions and work shops.\u00a0 Papers and presentations will be organized on:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Special Joint Conference on \u201cThe Silk Road and the Tourism and Hospitality Industries\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0Silk Road\u00a0or\u00a0Silk Route\u00a0was an ancient network of trade routes that for centuries were central to cultural interaction and economic cooperation through regions of the Asian continent connecting the East and West from China to the Mediterranean Sea. With the recent initiatives taken by the countries along the Silk Road (including China, Kazakhstan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, India and Russia), the Silk Road promises to offer trade and cultural exchange opportunities with the potential to shape the modern world. Specifically, under the pressing trends of economic globalization, cultural diversity and rapid development of information technology, the Silk Road offers tremendous opportunities for the Tourism and Hospitality Industries.<\/p>\n This Joint conference invites papers that will address socio-cultural, economic, political, environmental and technological complexities and challenges of Tourism and Hospitality development within the Silk Road.<\/p>\n We welcome both conceptual and empirical research papers that link knowledge to different regional and country contexts (For example countries such China, India, Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkey but not limited to these countries) and advance tourism and hospitality research as well as management practitioners\u2019 understanding of the interactions and the dyadic relationship between the Silk Road and the Tourism and Hospitality industries.<\/p>\n We hope you will participate in stimulating and thought-provoking sessions, enjoy the lively social events and develop research networks during the conference.<\/p>\n The conference will be exploring the overall theme of \u2018The Silk Road and the Tourism and Hospitality Industries\u2019 and will focus on the following research areas and the sub-themes:<\/p>\n Postgraduate Student Papers and PhD Student Training<\/strong><\/p>\n Track chair<\/strong><\/p>\n Prof Mark Saunders<\/strong><\/p>\n This track is designed to enable postgraduate researchers to present their work whilst it is at a development stage. The track will include a timetabled open form \u2018question, answer and feedback\u2019 workshop session with the co-author of the world\u2019s best-selling research methods textbook, Research Methods for Business Students<\/em>.<\/p>\n Journal Editors Training on getting your papers published in Academic Journals: <\/strong><\/p>\n Professor Kaye Chon (Editor of Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing), Papers\/ abstracts submission<\/strong><\/p>\n Please submit your abstract\/ extended abstracts\/ full paper\/ presentation\/ and case studies in any above areas\/topics to the conference coordinator on the email address: kirc@kimep.kz . A conference peer review committee will review abstract\/ extended abstracts\/ presentation\/ and case studies and authors will be informed about the decision\/ comments before the 19th<\/sup> Februrary,<\/strong>2018<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Publication opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n Important Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n Authors of accepted abstracts will be informed about the submission guidelines for the full and work in progress papers.<\/p>\n Please submit abstracts by email to: kirc@kimep.kz<\/strong><\/p>\n Registration fees:<\/strong><\/p>\n The conference registration fee includes coffee breaks and Saturday lunch<\/p>\n Address:<\/strong><\/p>\n KIMEP University,<\/p>\n 2, Abai Avenue, office 334<\/p>\n Almaty,050010,\u00a0 Kazakhstan<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Contact information:<\/strong><\/p>\n Research Coordinator: Aizada Takhibayeva, <\/strong><\/p>\n E-mail: Kirc@Kimep.kz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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\nProfessor Levent Altinay (Editor of the Service Industries Journal),
\nProfessor Chris Cooper (Editor of the Current Issues in Tourism)<\/p>\n\n
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