Browsing STH Scholarly Articles by Issue Date
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The Role of hotels in the consumption of cultural tourism in Kenya
(Revista de turism, 2009-12)Tourism is Kenya’s leading foreign exchange earner, yielding the country over US$500m annually. The industry contributes over 10% of the GDP to the national economy. However, considering that the industry experienced a ... -
A Delphi survey on hotel service quality frameworks and their application
(Revista de turism, 2011)Hotels have become an important aspect of a destination. It is therefore necessary to carry out evaluation of various studies and underpinning concept of quality models used in creating and sustaining leading service culture ... -
Bee diversity and floral resources along a disturbance gradient in Kaya Muhaka forest and surrounding farmlands of coastal Kenya
(Journal of Pollination Ecology,, 2011)Bees provide important pollination services that maintain native plant populations and ecosystem resilience, which is critical to the conservation of the rich and endemic biodiversity of Kaya forests along the Kenyan Coast. ... -
An assessment of hotel product quality in Kenya as a basis for building destination competitiveness
(Cognizant Communication Corporation, 2011-06-01)Developing countries such as Kenya and other African countries now consider tourism as a passport for development as it does not need expensive investment to initiate and operate as a national business. This study was ... -
An Assessment Of cooperative learning effectiveness In tourism And hospitality teaching:a case study of selected student groups at Strathmore university in Kenya
(Ecoforum, 2013)Cooperative Learning has been defined as a relationship in a group of students that requires positive interdependence, individual accountability, interpersonal skills, face-to-face promotive interaction, and processing. ... -
The roles of destination brands in influencing choices of wildlife-based tourists in Kenya.
(2013)This paper is concerned with discerning the efficacy of park branding in influencing tourist choice behaviour and understanding behavioural differences of visitors as a basis for explaining their choice and behavioural ... -
Critical success factors for franchised restaurants entering the Kenyan market: customers’ perspective
(Pak Publishing Group, 2014)This article seeks to determine the critical success factors for franchised restaurants entering the Kenyan market from the customers’ perspective. We used a quantitative methodology by taking a survey. The respondents ... -
Impact of e-Learning strategy on students’ academic performance at Strathmore University, Kenya
(Makere University, 2014)This study examined the impact of e-learning strategies on students’ academic performance at Strathmore University. The purpose of the study was to investigate the methodology, ideologies, output and ecology of ICT ... -
Antecedents of customer perceived value: evidence of mobile phone customers in Kenya
(International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2014-03)As the mobile phone industry in Kenya gets competitive, customer retention becomes an imperative precursor to firm performance. For this reason, the study was so conceived to examine factors that influence customer perceived ... -
Conservation and human livelihoods at the crossroads : local needs and knowledge in the management of Arabuko Sokoke Forest
(John Wiley & Sons, 2017-11-23)Arabuko Sokoke Forest is the largest remaining single block of indigenous dry coastal tropical forest in Eastern Africa. Households within a 5 km buffer zone depend heavily on the forest for their livelihood needs, and ... -
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Avian frugivore and pollinator composition in changing land use systems
Biodiversity conservation calls for identification of biodiversity hotspots where exceptional concentrations of endemic species are undergoing continuous loss of their habitats. Degradation of tropical forests due to ... -
Integrating the role of sports associations in the promotion of sports and recreation tourism at the destination level: creating a partnering framework for Kenya
In Kenya, tourism is the second most important earner of foreign exchange after agriculture. It has had a great impact in the direct employment of local population as well as in generating opportunities for other business ... -
Nataka chakula” (i'd like food): critical success factors in attracting and retaining customers in Kenyan restaurants
The restaurant industry has developed and expanded to gain a global presence in the last fifty years largely fuelled by the change of lifestyles. Urban populations have grown throughout the world, mobility of people has ... -
Critical success factors of a fast food franchise system entering the Kenyan market
The fast food industry has become an important part of globalization as people spend many hours working or doing business. The need for quick food services has grown with apparent shortage of free time. With reduced ... -
Environmental concern behaviours in Africa: an exploratory study
Environmental concern, including environmental behaviour continues to receive attention in both the public media and academic research. The purpose of the paper is to investigate environmental behaviour (both purchasing ... -
Community capacity development in universities : empowering communities through education management programmes in Strathmore University (a pilot study)
This research examined the issue of community capacity development in a university. The main way communities were empowered was through the education management programmes offered at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya. ...
