First Announcement and Call for Papers

10th ITC NATIONAL TOURISM CONFERENCE On Tourism and Hospitality Industry: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges.

(March 8-10, 2013) At

The Business School, University of Kashmir Srinagar, Kashmir

Important Dates January 05, 2013 January 10, 2013 January 20, 2013 February 05, 2013

Deadline for abstract submission Notification of acceptance Registration deadline Manuscript due date

Dear Respected Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that 10th ITC Indian Tourism Congress, 2013 will be held at Kashmir University, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir on 8-10 March 2013. In this gracious occasion, we are going to discuss about current trends in tourism and hospitality industry. The participants are encouraged to explore the problems and possibilities of tourism and hospitality industry. The conference will feature technical sessions, leaving plenty of time for in-depth discussion in an informal atmosphere. Theme: Tourism and Hospitality Industry: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges. Thematic areas: 1. Contemporary issues in tourism and hospitality industry. 2. Tourism impact studies. 3. HR development for tourism industry. 4. Sustainable tourism development. 5. Heritage and cultural tourism. 6. Marketing and branding of tourism products. 7. Development of Sustainable Tourism in North India. Above list of thematic areas is not exhaustive. Related research would also be highly appreciated. Organizers The Business School, University of Kashmir in association with Indian Tourism Congress About Indian Tourism Congress Indian Tourism Congress (ITC) is a non-political, non-commercial organization of tourism academicians. It was formed in 2002 by group of leading tourism academics with the purpose to enhance the standard of teaching and research, further to promote its orderly growth and development needed to cater tourism industry. Prof. Manjula Chaudhary, Director, Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM), Gwalior is the President of ITC. Prof. Sandeep Kulshrestha of IITTM, Gwalior and Prof. S. P. Bansal, Vice-Chancellor, Maharaja Agrasen University, Himachal Pradesh are Sr. Vice President and Secretary General respectively.

About International and National Tourism Conferences Since its inception, Indian Tourism Congress (ITC) has been organizing International and National Tourism Conference in different parts of the Globe. Very recently, the 4th International ITC conference 2012 was held at Tashkent, Uzbekistan on “Changing Trends of Business Travel-From Silk Route to Contemporary MICE Tourism” on (10 to 13 August, 2012). The 9th ITC National Tourism Congress was organized by the Department of Business. Administration, Tezpur Central University The 10thITC National Tourism Congress is being organized by The Business School, University of Kashmir on the theme “Tourism and Hospitality Industry: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges” during March 810, 2013. Venue: University of Kashmir, Srinagar

About University of Kashmir: University of Kashmir which came into being in 1948 is located on the western side of the fabulous Dal Lake near the famous shrine of Hazratbal, which is eight kilometres away from the Tourist Reception Centre Srinagar. The lush green campus with delightful natural surroundings with the Himalayan Mountains in the background is spread over an area of 263 acres of land. The University has made steady progress in terms of academic growth and expansion, housing presently Faculties with 48 Teaching Departments and 14 Research Centres. In recognition of its great academic achievements, the University was awarded Grade ‘A’ by NAAC. The Business School is a professional school of management functioning within the University of Kashmir. It was established in the year 1991, with the objective to provide high quality management education to students. While the department has achieved high standards of excellence in its academic programmes, it intends to achieve and sustain excellence as one of the leading business schools in India. The School is presently offering courses in Master of Business Administration, Master of Travel and Hospitality Management, Five-year (Integrated) programme leading to the dual degree certification of Bachelor of Business (BBA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Research programmes leading to M. Phil and Ph.D. The Business School is also organising Management Development Programmes

for working executives and entrepreneurs for improving their managerial and administrative skills, Administrative Development Programmes for the officers in Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services and Consultancy services to the organizations for solving their problems and upgrading their management practices. Registration Fees: The registration fee includes lodging (on twin sharing basis for first 60 accepted paper presenters) and full board: buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner for 3 nights (outside state delegates only) and also souvenir of abstracts and Local tour of Gulmarg. Accommodation for other delegates will be arranged on request against additional payment. Registration fee: Before Jan.20, 2013 After Jan.20, 2013 For Delegate 2,000/3,000/2,000/3,000/Accompanying Person An additional fee of 500/- is to be paid by non ITC members (not applicable for accompanying person) Corporate delegates 3000. Local participants. Kashmir University faculty & Alumni 1500. Research Scholars 1000. 250 USD. Foreign delegates The registration fee should be payable by Demand Draft favouring “Director, The Business School, University of Kashmir” payable at Srinagar. The amount can also be paid by bank transfer to Bank Account Number. Bank Details: Name of Bank: Branch: Account No: Name of Account: IFS Code:

Jammu and Kashmir Bank. University Campus, Hazratbal Srinagar. 0007040100010301. Director, The Business School. JAKA0NASEEM.

In case of bank transfer, please mention the transaction id. Post-Conference Tour Our tour partner would organize post-conference tour for the conference participants. The optional one day / two day tour visits the Srinagar City and the hill station of Pahalgam with night stay in house boats of world famous Dal Lake. For more details and booking please contact: Mr. Rauf Ahmad / Aaquib Shah . Cell: 9419408084 / 9906677099 Tel: 0194-2501490. Fax: 0194-2501491. Email:[email protected]

Contributions Prospective participants are invited to submit abstracts of 200-300 words in MS Word by e-mail to [email protected] abstract should contain author’s name, affiliation, address for communication, fax number and e-mail address. The name of the presenting author should be underlined. All abstract must be supplied in English and deadline for submission is January 5, 2013. The presenting author will be notified by January 10, 2013. Full papers should be submitted by February 5, 2013. Manuscript style will be communicated to authors whose abstracts are accepted for presentation in the Congress. Paper format guidelines for paper submission All papers must be consistent in format and layout as follows: Papers must start with a title page but showing only: Title:

Not more than ten words – bold centred 14 point Arial Author(s): Name, position, organisation – bold centred 12 point Arial (2 lines each author) Contact Details: Full address, phone, fax, email, web site (if any) – centred 12 point Arial Authors Bio-data: Authors should provide their biographical details, not more than 100 words. Keywords: Up to five keywords to be provided for indexing, cataloguing and classification purposes There should be no author identification after the title page. The page following the title page should show only: Title, then the abstract within the paper, then the main text Main Text: Minimum 3,000 maximum 6,000 words – including tables, figures and references – single-spaced - All photographs should be in High Resolution (More than 200 dpi) JPEG format. - Authors must try to fit in all the tables in the end of paper. Page numbering: All pages should be numbered in footer in the bottom centre of each page Headers: Please leave empty so that we can add the conference title, date and location to every page Citations and References: Harvard style. References in the text should be cited by the author's name and year of publication in brackets e.g. (Bansal, 1999: 22). Where there are two or more references to one author for the same year, the following form should be used: (Bansal, 1999a), (Bansal, 1999b).

Where references include three or more authors the form (Bansal et al., 1999) should be used. A full list of references including all authors in alphabetical order should be given at the end of the paper. References should conform to the following convention: Gautam, P. and Kulshreshtha, S. (2010) Hospitality Education. In S.P. Bansal (ed.) in Search of Hospitality. New Delhi: Concept Publisher, 276-292. Barron, P. and Prideaux, B. (1998) Hospitality Education in Tanzania: is there a need to develop environmental awareness? Journal of Sustainable Tourism 6(3), 224-237. Bansal, S.P. and P. Gautam (2007) Sustainable Tourism Development. New Delhi: Indus. Software package: Paper size: Spacing: Font: Margins:

Headings: Secondary Headings: Third-order Headings:

MS Word A4 (21cm x 29.7cm) Portrait Single, one blank line between paragraphs, no indents Arial size 11, justified Top: 2.54cm Bottom: 2.54cm Left: 2.54 cm Right: 2.54 cm Capitals, bold, left margin Lower case, italics, bold, left margin Lower case, bold, indent

Content of Papers Papers should demonstrate critical rigour and make clear their contribution to knowledge. They should also state their implications in relation to the theme of the conference, and their contribution to one or more of research, education, policy or practice Publication during the conference 1. Book containing Conference Papers. 2. ITC International Journal-2nd issue. Prior to the conference, The Business School and Indian Tourism Congress plans to bring out publications (with ISSN/ISBN number) of some selected

research contributions (after blind referring system) for the conference in the shape of a book containing conference papers and the ITC International Journal2nd issue. It is desired that research papers should be submitted well in time and strictly as per the guidelines. Full length quality papers are invited for the above publications by February 05, 2013. Format for Presentations The presentation should be prepared using Microsoft PowerPoint. The presentation will then be copied onto a CD Rom and will be ready for you to present at your allotted time. No more than 15 PowerPoint slides should be included covering background, aims, methodology and findings. Who can attend? The conference is aimed at providing a meeting ground for the Intellectual and Professional experts/ resource base in tourism. It welcomes for participation, all of the following: • Academicians • Policy Makers • Travel Writers • Research Scholars • Entrepreneurs • Trade Professionals Tentative Programme 7 March, 2013 Arrival, registration, Dinner 8 March, 2013 Inauguration, Technical Session, Cultural evening followed by Gala Dinner. 9 March, 2013 Visit to Gulmarg for Technical Sessions and night stay 10 March, 2013 Valedictory Session, Departure for Srinagar. Dissemination of information Today electronic correspondence is an easy way to approach interested researchers. Therefore, we request you to circulate the present announcement within prospective participants. We would also appreciate your notifying us on your intention at your earliest convenience. Please specify whether you will join the Conference definitely or consider to join by sending an e-mail to [email protected]

Organizing Committee: Chief Patron: Prof. Talat Ahmed , Vice Chancellor, University of Kashmir. Patron: Prof. Manjula Chaudhary, President ITC, Director, IITTM, Gwalior. Advisors: Prof. S.P. Bansal, Vice-Chancellor, MAU, H.P. -Secretary General, ITC. Prof. Sandeep Kulshrestha, Sr. Vice President, ITC. Conference Director: Prof. Shabir A Bhat, Dean Faculty of Commerce & Management / Director, The Business School. Organising Secretary: Dr. Reyaz A Qureshi. Joint Organising Secretaries: Dr. Shahnawaz A Dar. Dr. Aijaz A Khaki Members: Prof. Deepak Raj Gupta, Director, CHTM, Jammu University, Vice President, ITC. Prof. Ashok Aima, Director, Tourism and Hospitality, Centre University, Jammu. Prof. A.M.Shah Prof. Musadiq. A. Sahaf. Prof. S. Mufeed Ahmed. Prof. Iqbal Ahmed Hakeem. Prof. Mushtaq Ahmed Darzi. Prof. Farooq Ahmed Khan. Dr. Bashir Ahmed Joo. Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad Siddiqi. Mr. Rafi Ahmad Khan. Mr. Ayub Shah. Dr. Farzana Gulzar. Mr Tariq Ahmad Lone. Dr. Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi. Dr. Majid Hussain Qadri. Dr. Ajaz Akbar Mir. Ms. Sumaira. Office Bearer: Mr. Mohammad Younis Sheikh. Contact Details: University 0f Kashmir Dr. Reyaz A Qureshi. Organising Secretary, 10ITC2013. The Business School, University of Kashmir,Srinagar-190006 Email: [email protected] Cell: +919419071552. Telefax: +01942420029

Indian Tourism Congress Prof. S. P. Bansal Secretary General, Indian Tourism Congress Email: [email protected] [email protected] Cell: +919816041389,+919418141389

10thITC NATIONAL TOURISM CONFERENCE On March 8-10, 2013 Tourism and Hospitality Industry: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges.

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