Editor’s note | Francisco Dias

Detection of high impact tourist events in Piemonte region, Italy | Roberto Fontana & Giovanni Pistone

The economic effects of taxing tourist accommodation | Beatriz Lacomba Arias & José Benítez-Rochel

Investigating transactional philanthropy in hospitality industry: an exploratory study studying “hotels that help” guest donation program | Colin Johnson, Mehmet Ergul & Miriam Scaglione

Exploring business opportunities in marine affairs: A feasibility study for submersible research tourism | Alex W.Adams

High cuisine restaurants: empirical evidences from a research in Italy | Angelo Presenza & Simone Iocca

The importance of celebrity association in tourism destination branding: determining the power of the JFK brand in New Ross (County Wexford, Ireland) | Noëlle O´Connor & Sinéad O’Leary

Souvenirs and territorial representations: a case study in Santiago de Compostela | David Santomil Mosquera & Rubén Camilo Lois González

RESEARCH PAPER

Social entrepreneurship: a hospitality and tourism perspective | Mehmet Ergul, Colin Johnson & Denise Kleinrichert

BOOK REVIEW

Tourist experience: contemporary perspectives edited by Richard Sharpley and Philip R.Stone | Alfonso Vargas-Sánchez