23.2229, Qs: Academic Conferences Survey

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LINGUIST List: Vol-23-2229. Wed May 09 2012. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 23.2229, Qs: Academic Conferences Survey

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Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 11:35:51
From: Giacomo Del Chiappa [gdelchiappa at uniss.it]
Subject: Academic Conferences Survey

E-mail this message to a friend:
http://linguistlist.org/issues/emailmessage/verification.cfm?iss=23-2229.html&submissionid=4546187&topicid=8&msgnumber=1
 
I am an Assistant Professor in Marketing at the University of 
Sassari(Sardinia-Italy). I'm currently conducting a research study which aims 
to investigate how association meeting organizers select convention sites for 
their international meetings (that is, meetings located out of the Association's 
home country). At present there is little rigorous information available to guide 
this important decision. Our study aims to address this important knowledge 
gap.

We would be most grateful if you could kindly participate in the survey which 
takes about 20 to 30 minutes to complete (if you are not the person 
responsible for selecting the meeting site, kindly forward this email to the 
colleague who is). Your contribution is especially important for this study. 
Please complete and return the questionnaire by May 21. This survey is
entirely confidential.

For this purpose, please use the questionnaire which is available as an online 
survey accessible from the following link:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WKQV2GP. 


Please, read the instructions that you will find at the beginning of the 
questionnaire before starting to answer.

Every respondent will be eligible to enter a prize draw to win one of 6 week-
end hotel stays for two people free of charge (three in the tourist area of 
Garda Lake and three in Sardinia, please find the list of prizes attached). The 
prize will cover just the cost of accommodation. All other costs are the 
responsibility of the prize winner. If you would like to
participate, please give us (at the end of the questionnaire) your e-mail so 
that we can include you in the draw. The six prize winners will be advised by 
email no later than April 30, 2012 and you will receive a copy of the final 
research report.

The 6 stays will be drawn among those who have fully completed the 
questionnaire.

Data gathered will be used in order to write scientific papers for national 
and/or international journals or conferences related to the topic of tourism 
marketing. We believe that the results will help to improve the performance of 
the international meetings industry by enabling convention site hosts to 
improve their facilities and services to the Associations' meetings industry. 
Meeting planners involved in the convention site selection process will also 
gain a deeper knowledge of how their peers in other associations go about the 
important task of selecting ideal convention locations.

If you have any questions regarding the research, please email
gdelchiappa at uniss.it. We hope to receive your valuable input for the 
success of the research. We wish you a nice day.

Further information and instructions are provided at the start of the survey.

Sincerely.

Dr. Giacomo Del Chiappa 

Linguistic Field(s): Not Applicable






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