Vatel International Research Center in Hotel and Tourism Management

Vatel International Research Center in Hotel and Tourism Management

With the creation of the Vatel International Research Center in Tourism and Hotel Management, known as CirVath, Vatel Group gave itself a high-performing tool aiming at developing fundamental and applied research in the field of tourism and hotel management. Completely aware that the tourism industry is a model that must be reinvented, that its managerial model is broken and that the field not only needs to change its culture but also the way in which it carries out its activities, the goal of CirVath is to be a hub where reflections and analyses on tourism will continue to redefine the culture of tourism, reinvent the industry surrounding it, while reclassifying jobs in tourist and hospitality industries.

By promoting research in Vatel Group, the CirVath:

• Facilitates professional development of faculty members by broadening their knowledge and skill sets, by creating conditions for closer links between theory and practical applications and by the creation of a new professional identity;
• Creates new dynamics in the Group. New types of contacts, more fruitful exchanges between professors and research experts to boost team spirit, motivate and bring in fresh ideas;
• Improves our educational methods and courses. Answers are given to questions stemming from practical matters; assessments and methods thus generate new theoretical comprehension which trickles back down into practical applications;
• Puts Vatel Group in contact with other French and foreign schools and research centers, thus promoting interdisciplinarity, and we can even say, an international mind-set.

Vatel Group, thus recognized as a center of excellence, becomes a privileged partner of other specialized schools and institutions throughout the world.

I - CIRVATH ORGANIZATION

The CirVath is composed of honorary members, active members and contributing members. It is managed by a Board of Directors of six to twelve elected members, each with a three-year mandate. The Board appoints its office, composed of a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer.

II - THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

The CirVath also has a Scientific Committee which plays the following roles:

• Defining Vatel Group’s policy and research themes;
• Organizing seminars, symposium and conferences;
• Calling for papers and allowing them to be published;
• Proposing changes in the curricula generated by this research;
• Allowing and organizing oral defense sessions for final dissertations: choice of the examination board, rules and regulations for these sessions.

III - PUBLICATIONS

The CirVath ensures publication of its research in:

• The International Books of Tourism 
• Symposium Proceedings;
• Miscellaneous publications and magazines;
• The Vatel Internet web sites.

IV - TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Research can be led by faculty members and research experts in Vatel Schools as well as by other qualified persons who have a direct relationship with School management or with one of the faculty members.

The research abstract should not have over 1,000 words. It must be written as a Word document, standard line spacing, 10 point Times New Roman font, justified text, with 2.5 cm margins on the top, bottom, left and right sides.

The paper must not have already have been published or presented in an international conference. It must be written as a Word document, standard line spacing, 10 point Times New Roman font, justified text, with 2.5 cm margins on the top, bottom, left and right sides. References to other publications must be made using the Harvard (1) style. The paper must not exceed 8,000 words.

The abstract and paper can be written either in French or in English.

(1) Click on the following links for information on the Harvard style: 

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aide:R%C3%A9f%C3%A9rences_Harvard
http://education.exeter.ac.uk/dll/studyskills/harvard_referencing.htm

V – THEMES OF RESEARCHES