TY - JOUR
T1 - Managers’ perceptions of the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings as boutique hotels
T2 - insights from Iran
AU - Ghaderi, Zahed
AU - Dehghan Pour Farashah, Mohammad Hossein
AU - Aslani, Ehsan
AU - Hemati, Bahar
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PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Due to the paucity of empirical research in the field of boutique hotels, sometimes also known as heritage hotels, this study investigates the impressions of boutique hotel operators regarding the adaptive reuse of historical and old buildings into tourist accommodations. Data were collected through semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 22 boutique hotel operators in Yazd, Iran, in 2019. The results showed that, unlike the investigations of previous studies, the business of boutique hotels is not economical in Iran. The results also show the deficiencies in knowledge and experience of operators and limited ties to the local community despite the recommendations of previous research. The paper also suggests that though the concept of boutique hotels has emerged since the 1980s, uncertainties remain about what defines a boutique hotel and what industry practitioners understand about them owing to the lack of standardized criteria.
AB - Due to the paucity of empirical research in the field of boutique hotels, sometimes also known as heritage hotels, this study investigates the impressions of boutique hotel operators regarding the adaptive reuse of historical and old buildings into tourist accommodations. Data were collected through semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 22 boutique hotel operators in Yazd, Iran, in 2019. The results showed that, unlike the investigations of previous studies, the business of boutique hotels is not economical in Iran. The results also show the deficiencies in knowledge and experience of operators and limited ties to the local community despite the recommendations of previous research. The paper also suggests that though the concept of boutique hotels has emerged since the 1980s, uncertainties remain about what defines a boutique hotel and what industry practitioners understand about them owing to the lack of standardized criteria.
KW - adaptive reuse
KW - Boutique hotels
KW - heritage hotels
KW - historical buildings
KW - Iran
KW - Yazd
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U2 - 10.1080/1743873X.2020.1756834
DO - 10.1080/1743873X.2020.1756834
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084254731
SN - 1743-873X
VL - 15
SP - 696
EP - 708
JO - Journal of Heritage Tourism
JF - Journal of Heritage Tourism
IS - 6
ER -