Kemal Birdir

Kemal Birdir was born in Adana, Turkey in 1967. He completed his bachelors degree in 1989 in Çukurova University, received MBA from Hawaii Pacific University in 1994 and completed his PhD in Purdue University in 1998. He is currently working at Mersin University Faculty of Tourism as a full-time professor.

Publications

Impact of ICTs on Event Management and Marketing
Impact of ICTs on Event Management and Marketing
Kemal Birdir, Sevda Birdir, Ali Dalgic, Derya Toksoz. © 2021. 357 pages.
Conferences, symposiums, and other large events that take place at far away hotels require many hours of preparation to plan and need a capable event staff to market. Without the...
Which Key Factors Will Be Effective in the Success of Festivals?: An Evaluation in the Context of Information and Communication Technology
Which Key Factors Will Be Effective in the Success of Festivals?: An Evaluation in the Context of Information and Communication Technology
Ali Dalgic, Kemal Birdir. © 2021. 17 pages.
Festivals have become one of the most popular types of events. Many factors need to be brought together for the festivals so that people can get rid of the stress of daily life...
Job Crafting for Tourism Employees: Conceptual Overview, Dimensions, Antecedents, and Consequences
Job Crafting for Tourism Employees: Conceptual Overview, Dimensions, Antecedents, and Consequences
Derya Toksoz, Ali Dalgic, Kemal Birdir. © 2020. 21 pages.
Job crafting, which expresses that individuals changing their jobs physically, cognitively, and relationally and adapt them to their personal characteristics, leads to individual...
Smart Hotels and Technological Applications
Smart Hotels and Technological Applications
Ali Dalgic, Kemal Birdir. © 2020. 21 pages.
Technological developments and demographic changes have started to encourage the hotel businesses to use automation systems and adapt the concept of smart hotel. Smart hotels use...
Smart Tourism Planning: Geographical Evidence From Poland
Smart Tourism Planning: Geographical Evidence From Poland
Katarzyna Leśniewska-Napierała, Tomasz Napierała, Sevda Sahilli Birdir, Kemal Birdir. © 2020. 15 pages.
This chapter discusses geographical context of smart tourism planning through the analysis of relations between spatial planning, tourism development, and technology. The main...