Journal Article

Signal detection as the first line of defence in tourism crisis management

Abstract

The vulnerability of the tourism industry to a range of crises has attracted many scholars to investigate the crisis strategies and practices employed by destinations and tourism organizations mainly with regards to crisis preparedness, containment and damage limitation, crisis recovery and subsequent learning. One over-looked area has been that of crisis signal detection. This paper proposes a three-stage conceptual framework for crisis signal detection consisting of signal scanning, capture and transmission to the crisis response centre. With this framework as a basis, 16 corporate level executives of international tourism organizations were interviewed in order to explore the significance of signal detection in their crisis management practice and the challenges faced in each of these three stages. The findings offer insights into the design of crisis management mechanisms and open areas for further research.

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Authors

Paraskevas, A
Altinay, L

Oxford Brookes departments

Faculty of Business\Oxford School of Hospitality and Management
Faculty of Business

Dates

Year of publication: 2013
Date of RADAR deposit: 2013-10-17

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