Question 01
How do visitor economies create value for both destinations and communities?
Research centre · GTH · In development
Global Tourism & Hospitality Research Center
Explore how destinations, visitor economies and hospitality institutions can develop responsibly.
Mandate & purpose
Why this centre matters.
Explore how destinations, visitor economies and hospitality institutions can develop responsibly. The Global Tourism & Hospitality Research Center is a developing centre concept within GRS Group. Its purpose is to connect credible research on tourism and hospitality with the decisions, institutions and communities that can use it.
Portfolio status: In development. This describes the centre’s research direction and does not claim a staffed programme or completed projects.
Research agenda
Priority questions to investigate.
Question 02
What evidence helps hospitality institutions develop workforce capability?
Question 03
Which indicators support sustainable destination and tourism policy?
Thematic scope
Seven interconnected domains.
The themes below provide a starting scope. Individual studies would narrow their questions, populations, geography and methods in a written project brief.
- Destination development
- Visitor experience
- Hospitality workforce
- Tourism policy
- Sustainable tourism
- Sector data
- Community impact
Evidence programme
How the centre would work.
Map the evidence
Comparative evidence on destination systems, hospitality capability and visitor-economy outcomes. The first step is to establish what is known, where evidence is weak and which decisions require better information.
Build meaningful indicators
Identify data sources, definitions and limitations relevant to tourism and hospitality. Any comparison should account for local context and avoid unsupported rankings.
Translate into action
Co-develop practical options with tourism bodies, universities and hospitality networks; specify who can act, what resources are needed and how outcomes could be reviewed.
Knowledge products
Outputs matched to the question.
Depending on a project’s scope and review requirements, possible outputs include evidence briefs, comparative studies, indicator notes, policy briefs, institutional guidance and research reports. Outputs are added to the publications section only after completion and approval.
See the Group publication approachPartnership & participation
Build the agenda with relevant institutions.
Potential collaborators include tourism bodies, universities and hospitality networks. Partnership proposals can focus on a defined evidence gap, a comparative study, a joint publication or a practical research system. Researchers and reviewers can register their interest through the central GRS network.
Governance & quality
One shared standard of care.
A project would be scoped, scientifically reviewed and assessed for ethics, data protection, conflicts of interest and publication quality before external release. Sensitive, human-participant or sector-specific work requires safeguards and permissions suited to the study.
Governance and institutional trustWork with GRS
Build evidence in tourism and hospitality.
Discuss a research, strategy or institutional challenge with the Group, or join the expert network supporting its specialised centres.
General enquiries: info@grsgroup.org