Best PhD Student Paper Award

The winners were:

• The Role of Emerging Tourism Networks and Rural Cluster Development: A Wild Atlantic Way Perspective
  by Kelly O'Sullivan Browne, Sophie Price and Fiona Tobin
  Institute of Technology Tralee, Margaret Linehan​, Cork Institute of Technology

The nominees were:

• Technology Disruption and Shifting Perceptions: A Dynamic Change Perspective on how Employees Make Sense of Technology-driven Organizational Change in Dutch Tourism Industry
  by Annemiek H.T. van der Schaft, Xander Lub, Omar Solinger and Beatrice van der Heijden
  NHTV University of Applied Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & Radboud University
• Virtual Reality Presence as a Preamble Experience: The Role of Mental Imagery
  by Vanja Bogicevic, Soobin Seo, Jay Kandampully, Stephanie Q. Liu and Nancy A. Rudd
  Ohio State University & Washington State University