Call for Case Studies
ANNUAL CASE STUDY COMPETITION – 2025
by JOURNAL of HOSPITALITY & TOURISM CASES (JHTC)
An International CHRIE Journal.
Submission Deadline Monday, 27 January 2025 (11:59 PM PST)
Winners Announced By mid-April2025
Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Cases, International CHRIE, and Johnson & Wales University invite case studies for the annual ICHRIE Hospitality and Tourism Case Study Competition. All case studies submitted to the ICHRIE Case Study Competition are peer-reviewed and considered for publication in the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Cases. The three most meritorious case studies will receive prestigious ICHRIE Conference recognition, promotion, and financial prizes at the 2025 ICHRIE Global Conference.
Prizes - Sponsored by Johnsons & Wales University.
- 1st Prize: US $ 1,000 + Free ICHRIE Conference Registration
- 2nd Prize: US $750
- 3rd Prize: US $250
Submission Guidelines
The case studies may focus on any topic and subject area related to tourism, hospitality, and education. Case studies may be developed from field research, published sources, and/or generalized experiences. Purely fictional/hypothetical cases are not accepted. The organization’s name and key protagonists may be disguised at the organization's request and/or in cases involving ethical dilemmas. However, the extent of disguise and reason for disguise must be included in the teaching note. Case studies do not have to follow a specific structure but are expected to include sections related to the following topics:
- A background of the subject organization and/or of the topic.
- An analysis of the dilemma/decision and the teaching objectives.
- A review of the key theories that students are expected to learn and apply.
- A section discussing the questions and their detailed answers to resolve the dilemmas and/or decisions of the case study.
- A list of related references and additional readings.
The case study must be a maximum of 5,000 words, excluding figures, tables, appendices, and related references. Each case study submission must be accompanied by teaching notes with no maximum word limit. However, a teaching note of a minimum of 1,000 words is expected. The case studies and the teaching notes will be evaluated against three criteria: quality of the content, theoretical underpinnings, and case presentation. Previous winning case studies may be viewed at: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/htca
Guidelines
Case studies must adhere to JHTC guidelines for case study writing (https://journals.sagepub.com/author-instructions/HTC).
No editorial decisions are made on the cases before the competition winners have been selected.
Submission Deadline
The deadline for submitting case studies to the 2025 ICHRIE Case Study Competition:
Due Date: Monday, 27 January 2025 (11:59 pm PST).
Cases must be submitted through the following submission site: Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Cases.
Please make sure that you select “2025 Case Competition” as the submission type. Cases submitted past the due date cannot be considered for the ICHRIE Case Competition.
Please be advised that the editors cannot accept cases sent via email as we cannot submit them for you. If you require further information and/or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the JHTC Editors:
Meet the Editors:
Henri Kuokkanen, Ph.D., Institut Lyfe, [email protected]
Eric D. Olson, Ph.D., Metropolitan State University of Denver, [email protected]
H.G. Parsa, Ph.D., University of Denver, [email protected]
