Daniel Guttentag, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Director of the Office of Tourism Analysis

Education

University of Waterloo 
Ph.D., Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, 2016
M.E.S. Tourism Policy and Planning, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, 2010

Colgate University - Madison County, New York
B.A., Department of History, 2004

Research Interests

Peer-to-Peer Lodging, Volunteer Tourism, Market Segmentation, Casino Gambling Behavior

Courses Taught

  • Principles and Practices of Hospitality and Tourism
  • Hospitality and Tourism Technology
  • Forecasting and Business Analytics in Hospitality
  • Innovator Program Coordinator/Mentor:Mentored alumnus Kolt Robins as he established Pacifica Aventuras, an adventure tour company in Nicaragua.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles (Peer-Reviewed)

Litvin, S., & Guttentag, D. (in press). There is no place like home for the holidays: Who travels in the midst of a deadly pandemic?. Journal of Travel Research.

Griffin, T., Guttentag, D., Lee, S. H. (M.), Giberson, J., & Dimanche, F. (2022). Is VR always better for destination marketing? Comparing different media and styles. Journal of Vacation Marketing. Published online 10 February 2022.

Guttentag, D., Scott, B. C., Pitts, R. E., & Smith, W. W. (2022). ‘Southern hospitality’ in Charleston, South Carolina: The diverse meanings of a regional form of hospitality in a growing tourism destination. Tourism Recreation Research. Published online 20 March 2022.

Litvin, S., Guttentag, D., & Smith, W. (2022). Political attitudes and Plog’s travel personality model. International Journal of Tourism Research, 24(1), 181-184.

Litvin, S., Guttentag, D., & Smith, W. (in press). Who should you market to in a crisis? Examining Plog’s model during the Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Travel Research.

Alrawadieh, Z., Guttentag, D., Cifci, M.A., & Cetin, G. (2020). Budget and midrange hotel managers’ perceptions of and responses to Airbnb: Evidence from Istanbul. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 32(2), 588-604.

Dubois, L.-E., Gibbs, C., Griffin, T., & Guttentag, D. (2020). The impact of video games on destination image. Current Issues in Tourism. Published online 15 February 2020.

Griffin, T., & Guttentag, D. (2020). Identifying active resident hosts of VFR visitors. International Journal of Tourism Research, 22(5), 627-636.

Guttentag, D., & Smith, S. L. (2020). The diffusion of Airbnb: A comparative look at earlier adopters, later adopters, and non-adopters. Current Issues in Tourism, Published online 25 June 2020.

Book Chapters and Contributions

Guttentag, D. (in press). Digital destinations and avatar tourists: A futuristic look at virtual reality tourism and its real-world impacts. In U. McMahon-Beattie, M. Sigala, & I. Yeoman (Eds.), Science fiction, disruption and tourism. Channel View.

Press & Media

Guttentag, D. (2018, August 30). What Airbnb really does to a neighborhood. BBC.

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