Huiying Zhang (Hospitality) together with Xi Yu Leung, '12 PhD Hospitality and Jie Sun, '18 PhD Hospitality, co-authored "Attracting Generation Z talents to the hospitality industry through COVID CSR practices," which was published in the International  Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management.  Based on signaling theory,…

Mehmet Erdem and Saeed Vayghan (both Hospitality), together with co-authors Dori Davari and SooCheong Jang of Purdue University have published their research study, "Hotel Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic: High-Touch versus High-Tech," in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Research. The findings offer support to…

Hyelin Kim (Hospitality) and coauthors wrote the article "Enhancing the Quality of Life of Senior Tourists: A Theoretical Perspective," which recently was published in An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research . Their research shows that when senior tourists recognize goal attainment in leisure travel, their travel and…

Sojeong Lee, Toni Repetti, Ashok Singh (all Hospitality) and Bo Bernhard (Economic Development and International Gaming Institute) have published an article, "The Impacts of a Smoking Ban on Gaming Volume in a South Korea Casino," in The Journal of Gaming Business and Economics. The number of countries and cities implementing smoking bans has…

Sojeong Lee, ,Toni Repetti, Ashok Singh (all Hospitality), and Bo Bernhard (Economic Development and International Gaming Institute) have published an article, "The Impacts of a Smoking Ban on Gaming Volume in a South Korea Casino" in The Journal of Gambling Business and Economics. The number of countries and cities implementing smoking bans has…

Hyelin Kim (Hospitality) recently co-authored an article published in the Tourism Review International. The study explores Chinese tourists' perceived travel constraints in selecting second-tier travel destinations. 

Craig Granger (Integrated Graphic Services) and Angela Ramsey and Cailtyn Lopez (both Hospitality) largely were responsible for the Harrah College of Hospitality's digital Premier magazine, which recently earned gold at the 9th annual Education Digital Marketing Awards. The college's first all-digital version, 2021 Premier won …

Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute, Hospitality) was featured in a video interview with Asia Gaming Brief on the crossover between video games, gamification, and gambling games. 

Tiange Xu (Hospitality) received a $3,000 research stipend award from UNLV's International Gaming Institute and the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling for his research study examining problem gambling and mental health disorders in Nevadan university students. His mentors for the project are Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute)…

Nasim Binesh (Hospitality), a doctoral student, recently presented a research paper at the Food Trex Travel Research Summit international conference. Binesh worked with assistant professor Amanda Belarmino to develop the paper, which examines the role historical knowledge of a restaurant plays on a customer's willingness to pay…

Brett Abarbanel (Hospitality, International Gaming Institute) was interviewed by CNBC's Melissa Lee in the documentary Generation Gamble, which investigated the intersection of online betting, trading and gaming, and the growth of these markeets during the pandemic. Abarbanel discussed the role of risk-taking in our everyday lives…

Huiying Zhang (Hospitality), together with alumni Xi Yu Leung and Jie Sun co-authored "How the hotel industry attracts Generation Z employees: An application of social capital theory" published in Journal of Hospitality and Tourism. Based on social capital theory, this study investigates how the hotel industry attracts the Gen Z workforce through…