Key Journals for Hospitality & Tourism
Many hospitality journals available in Rosen contain articles related to the Travel and Tourism Industry. General hospitality/tourism periodicals may also have relevant material on the industry.
Here are a few examples of journals found in the Rosen Library that often contain tourism-related articles. Titles with hyperlinks are available in electronic format and can be accessed by UCF students, faculty, and staff. You will be prompted to log in with your NID and password.
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Using Databases to Find Articles
UCF Libraries offers hundreds of unique databases, some of which are not available through Primo. If you are not finding the articles you need through Primo, we suggest trying a few of our databases that contain articles related to the lodging industry:
- Hospitality & Tourism Complete (EBSCOhost) (1960+) This link opens in a new windowHospitality & Tourism Complete covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This collection contains more than 828,000 records, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. There is full text for more than 490 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books.
- Leisure Tourism Abstracts (CABI) (1974+) This link opens in a new windowLeisure, tourism, hospitality, and recreation information.
- ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) (1971+) This link opens in a new windowCovers advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, business conditions, trends, corporate strategies & tactics, management techniques, competitive & product information, company histories & new product development.
- Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowBusiness Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
- IBISWorld - Industry Market Research This link opens in a new windowA collection of Industry Market Research. Includes Industry Reports (NAICS) and Industry iExpert Summaries for the United States.
- Mintel Academic This link opens in a new windowContains full text market research reports covering U.S. and global consumer markets, with an emphasis on European and U.S. markets.
- GlobalData Explorer This link opens in a new windowInternational industry and company information, including SWOT profiles.
Additionally, some MarketLine reports are available via Business Source Premier. - RKMA eBooks This link opens in a new windowRichard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes market research handbooks for the following markets: restaurant, food & beverage; sports; consumer; consumer behavior; international consumer; business-to-business; consumer use of the internet & mobile web; healthcare business; retail business; entertainment, media & advertising; leisure business; and travel & tourism. As of 2025, RKMA also publishes a Technology Business Ebook Series.
- UN Tourism Elibrary (UN World Tourism Organization) This link opens in a new window"The subject areas reflect all important themes moving the tourism sector and include, among others, ecotourism and sustainable development, tourism statistics, market research, innovation and new technologies and tourism policies. The UN Tourism Elibrary contains books, journals and statistical reports by country and by indicator."
