Sandra Feng
Biographic Data
| ID | 6849383 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandra Feng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Feng |
| SIGNATURE | FENG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-5552-3687 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“I Like This Art, So I Like This Hotel”—A Mixed Methods Investigation on How Hotel Art Engages Customers in Luxury Hotels
Decorating hotels with art pieces is a favored practice, particularly in luxury hotels. However, research on the investigation of how hotel artworks engage customers and promote their hotel experience is limited. Therefore, a sequential mixed methods approach was employed to address this gap by incorporating two studies. First, a qualitative study (interviews, n = 15) was employed to understand how art engages customers. Second, a quantitative st…
Exploring Larp (Live Action Role Play) Tourism as a Liminal Experience
Inspired by the recent craze on LARP (live action role play) tourism, the study deconstructs LARP tourism experiences via examining the liminal experience through in‐depth interviews with 21 LARP tourists. Unlike conventional tourism products that are grounded in reality, the cardinal product of LARP tourism centers on the fictitious scripts, while tourism settings become the backdrop. As the story unfolds, a hyperreal bubble is created to encaps…
Linking Personal Nostalgia, Subjective Vitality, and Tourist Wellbeing—A Mixed‐Methods Approach
Personal nostalgia can potentially contribute to tourists' subjective vitality and wellbeing, yet extant studies have seldom examined how it happens. This study adopts a mixed‐methods approach to uncover the transmission mechanism. Through qualitative interviews ( N = 12), the study found that existential authenticity is the underlying power that triggers one's personal nostalgia and links it with positive emotions and subjective vitality. A ques…
Changing roles of tour guides
The guided tour industry has undergone drastic changes in China along with the socio-economic, demographic, and technological developments of the past decades, leading to new demands on the tour guide profession. The COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated the changes. Yet little is known regarding how the tour guides’ roles have evolved. This study aims to fill this gap through exploring new roles and services undertaken by tour guides, drawin…
Impact of online food delivery services on China’s hotel catering businesses
202206 bckw
Changing roles of tour guides
The guided tour industry has undergone drastic changes in China along with the socio-economic, demographic, and technological developments of the past decades, leading to new demands on the tour guide profession. The COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated the changes. Yet little is known regarding how the tour guides’ roles have evolved. This study aims to fill this gap through exploring new roles and services undertaken by tour guides, drawin…
Impact of online food delivery services on China’s hotel catering businesses
202206 bckw
Impact of online food delivery services on China’s hotel catering businesses
202206 bckw
Changing roles of tour guides
The guided tour industry has undergone drastic changes in China along with the socio-economic, demographic, and technological developments of the past decades, leading to new demands on the tour guide profession. The COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated the changes. Yet little is known regarding how the tour guides’ roles have evolved. This study aims to fill this gap through exploring new roles and services undertaken by tour guides, drawin…
“I Like This Art, So I Like This Hotel”—A Mixed Methods Investigation on How Hotel Art Engages Customers in Luxury Hotels
Decorating hotels with art pieces is a favored practice, particularly in luxury hotels. However, research on the investigation of how hotel artworks engage customers and promote their hotel experience is limited. Therefore, a sequential mixed methods approach was employed to address this gap by incorporating two studies. First, a qualitative study (interviews, n = 15) was employed to understand how art engages customers. Second, a quantitative st…
Exploring Larp (Live Action Role Play) Tourism as a Liminal Experience
Inspired by the recent craze on LARP (live action role play) tourism, the study deconstructs LARP tourism experiences via examining the liminal experience through in‐depth interviews with 21 LARP tourists. Unlike conventional tourism products that are grounded in reality, the cardinal product of LARP tourism centers on the fictitious scripts, while tourism settings become the backdrop. As the story unfolds, a hyperreal bubble is created to encaps…
Linking Personal Nostalgia, Subjective Vitality, and Tourist Wellbeing—A Mixed‐Methods Approach
Personal nostalgia can potentially contribute to tourists' subjective vitality and wellbeing, yet extant studies have seldom examined how it happens. This study adopts a mixed‐methods approach to uncover the transmission mechanism. Through qualitative interviews ( N = 12), the study found that existential authenticity is the underlying power that triggers one's personal nostalgia and links it with positive emotions and subjective vitality. A ques…
Tourism (4 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (3 works) · Business (2 works) · China (2 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (2 works) · Marketing (2 works) · Advertising (1 work) · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (1 work) · Art History and Market Analysis (1 work) · Consumer behaviour (1 work)