June 05-07, 2024
Lucerne (Switzerland)

6th Advances in Destination Management

@ Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland

Come and join us!

The 6th Advances in Destination Management (short: ADM24) invited researchers and practitioners to share and discuss contributions that aim at advancing destination management and marketing. The forum provided an excellent opportunity:

  • to develop an understanding of the state-of-the-art in destination management research and practice,

  • to test novel ideas in front of an interdisciplinary audience interested/versed in destination management,

  • to challenge destination management’s cherished assumptions based on practical experience or theoretical considerations, and

  • to help identify and shape the research agenda in this domain published after the ADM forum as the Consensus on Advances in Destination Management.

Topics:

ADM 2024 invited contributions in six different streams hosted by a panel of international scholars.

  1. Managing tourism destinations with forward thinking destination governance

  2. Marketing of tourism destinations

  3. Sustainabe development and building resiliece at the destination level

  4. Transforming tourism destination with new technologies

  5. Innovativeness and entrepreneurship in tourism destinations

  6. Open advances

Plenary session

Academic and practical contributions were welcome

Contributions of the two target groups vary in aim and form.

Academic contributions
Scholars were invited to submit empirical and conceptual research or viewpoints that push the boundaries of existing knowledge and have the potential to inspire insightful and controversial discussions. Their contributions take the form of short papers that should comprise approximately 5-8 pages. Please check our academic guidelines.

Practitioner contributions
Practitioners were invited to provide state-of-the-art practical insights or domain-relevant challenges in the form of presentations that hold potential to inspire insightful and controversial discussions. Please check our practitioners guidelines.

 

Important dates

01.11.2023    Start of submission period
31.01.2024 End of submission period
01.03.2024     Author notification and registration opens
15.04 2024 Early bird registration deadline
31.05.2024 Regular registration deadline

Organizers and venues

ADM 2024 will be co-hosted between Universität St. Gallen (HSG, Switzerland) , Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts at the Lucerne School of Business on the Campus in Lucerne (Zentralstrasse 9), and Linnaeus University (Sweden) School of Business and Economics.

Contact

For any inquiries regarding ADM 2024, please contact Anna Para and conference secretariat at adm@hslu.ch.