Hospitality Research Center

Defining Tourism Opportunities

The Hospitality Research Center at the University of New Orleans is a collaborative effort of the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration (HRT) and the Division of Business and Economic Research (DBER). Each faculty member of the School of HRT has broad experience in the tourism and hospitality industry and has extensive academic preparation. Working together, in cooperation with the professionals in the Division of Business and Economic Research, the UNO HRT/ DBER research program is consistently recognized for research productivity in the hospitality field. The function of the Hospitality Research Center is to provide a variety of research services to hospitality, travel and tourism organizations.

Selected recent projects include:

• Visitor Estimates
• Special Events Impact on the Economy
• Tourism Industry Salary Surveys
• Visitor Profiles
• Impact of Gambling
• Convention Studies
• Tourism Conversion Studies
• Louisiana Restaurant Industry Studies