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Achieving Sustainable Upper-scale Gastronomy using Hyper-local Concept
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Mateo Radić This research was focused at Dubrovnik's potential for sustainable gastronomy tourism, with an
emphasis on using organic and locally sourced foods in high-end restaurants. The study topic
investigated how managers and owners of restaurants in Dubrovnik's upscale dining industry see
and apply sustainable practices. The owners and managers of upscale restaurants innDubrovnik
were interviewed in-person for the study. Based on price range and internet reviews, eight
restaurant managers and...
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Addressing Virtual Team Dynamics
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Antonia Stanković Application of virtual teams among corporations has been on the rise for the past few years. The focus of this study is on virtual team dynamics due to its cost-effectiveness, and highly competent workforce. Virtual teams face various challenges that limit their performance, and because of that, this study deals with qualitative analysis that virtual teams can’t perform effectively without six factors known as trust, team cohesion, communication effectiveness, satisfaction, conflict, and...
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Agro-tourism in Konavle
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Josipa Miloglav The purpose of this research is to define if there is a need and the possibility of
sustainable growth for agro-tourism in Konavle region. The aim of the paper is to find out what
local people and entrepreneurs in Konavle think about this topic, and see if this idea is
interesting and possible, and what are the possibilities and challenges of such a growth. The
secondary research has shown many similar cases in European countries close to Croatia who
are already successful in this area....
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Albania, the Future Destination of Medical Tourism in the Balkan Region.
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Ardit Belegu Have you ever wondered about doing medical tourism? Medical tourism has become a trend during the last decade for western citizens who take care of their health. Some of the services that people are looking for are plastic surgery, artificial fertilization, obesity treatment, dental surgery, etc. Customers who mostly prefer this type of service are from Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Italy, Canada, Germany, and America. Medical tourism helps the economies of the countries...
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Architects vs. Laypersons: Different Perspectives on a Community Development
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Margarita Anđelković Abstract
Architects and laypeople differ when it comes to rating the building designs. The reason for that could be the professional education of architects or the occupational subculture on which architects base their values, norms and beliefs. The purpose of this research is to see do architects, architecture students, laypeople and non-architect whose work requires familiarity with architecture differ in rating of the building designs. Questionnaire was administered to 85 participants...
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Artificial Intelligence in Hiring Process
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Ivana Tepšić Artificial intelligence and machine learning have recently made its way into human resources management. In this context, humans can train machines to identify a job candidate that would be a good match for the company among thousands of candidates, at least this the intention of this approach. While we can anticipate benefits of implementing such solutions there are many controversies surrounding this technology. In this research we are probing some key questions and principles that will...
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Artistic visual presentation of food 1
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Adela Bijađija Čustović Abstract
An experiment on assessing the influence of the artistic visual presentation of food on the dining experiment was conducted between 40 students to find out if there actually is any influence of visual presentation of food on likeness and tastiness of the food. Two groups were a part of this experiment; a group which was served traditionally looking banana roll cake and a group which was served modernly decorated banana roll cake. The participants were given two questionnaires in...
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Assessment of demand drivers for boutique hotels: The case of Croatia
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Marina Bobelj In the last years, boutique hotel niche has been further gaining strength. Growth in interest of boutique hotel sector can be explained by changing trends and demands of the customers. Due to there is a lack on research done on boutique hotels in Croatia, this his paper investigates the motivational factors of boutique hotel guests in Croatia for switching from non-boutique hotels, the perceived image of boutique hotel managers in Croatia regarding guests’ motivational factors, and...
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Attitudes towards Blockchain Technology in the Hospitality Industry
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Ira Kvakarić Blockchain technology has been making its mark globally in the last decade, benefiting
different industries through multiple applications. However, the hospitality industry seems to
be falling behind on blockchain adoption.
The present research has investigated blockchain technology from its technical nature, current
benefits and applications across numerous industries to the public opinion on blockchain
technology and its potential impact on the hospitality industry, namely hotels....
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Awareness and Willingness on Halal Certification of Non-Halal Restaurant Owners in Croatia, with focus on Dubrovnik
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Laura Barišić Having regular restaurants without certifications for people of other religions is not right answer anymore. Certain certificates can improve the whole business and tourism branch overall in every country. The purpose of this paper and the study is to find out how many restaurant owners are aware of Halal certificate and how many of them are willing to have Halal certificate in non-Halal restaurants. The study is based on data collected from restaurant owners in Croatia, Dubrovnik. Previous...
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Blended Learning Instruction of Foreign Languages at RIT Croatia: Students' Satisfaction
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Dorotea Šutalo Solutions for the transition from traditional learning environments to online learning environments of students and universities in this COVID-19 time can potentially be blended learning instructions. Blended learning instruction is balanced between traditional and online learning instruction. In traditional learning instruction students have higher external motivation and in person connection with professors and peers, while online learning instructions require higher intrinsic motivation...
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