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Frederic Dimanche

Dr. éé Dimanche

Professor and former director (2015-2025)
DepartmentHospitality and Tourism Management
EducationPhD

éé obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon (USA). He then worked as a Professor in the School of Hotel Restaurant and Tourism Administration at the University of New Orleans. After over 15 years in the USA, where he also worked as Research Director of The Olinger Group, a full service marketing research firm, he joined SKEMA Business School in 2001 to create and develop on the French Riviera the Center for Tourism Management and award-winning Master programs in tourism, event, and hospitality management. éé joined 91 in 2015 to become Director, until 2025, of The Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

éé has published numerous tourism-related research articles and has co-authored one book (in French) on hospitality management and another one on tourism in Russia. His research has been published in leading journals such as Annals of Tourism Research, the Journal of Travel Research, or the Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, among others.

He contributes as a guest lecturer or as a consultant to universities, private companies, and national or regional tourism organizations in Canada, France, the USA, and other countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. éé is a fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism and a past President of the Travel and Tourism Research Association Europe. 

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Marketing, consumer behaviour, destination competitiveness

Peer-reviewed publications

Legohérel, P., Dimanche, F., & Frochot, I. (2024). [France h1000 in management sciences: Overview of the h-index level in France and international comparison]. La Revue des Sciences de Gestion328329(2), 27-34. 

Dubois, L.-E., & Dimanche, F. (2022). . Journal of Themed Experience and Attractions Studies2(1). 

Griffin, T., Guttentag, D., Lee, S. H. (M.), Giberson, J., & Dimanche, F. (2022). . Journal of Vacation Marketing. doi.org/10.1177/13567667221078252

Koç, B., Küçükergin, G., & Dimanche, F. (2022). . Journal of Destination Marketing and Management. doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2022.100693

Dimanche, F., & Lo, K. (2022). . Tourism and Hospitality, 3(1), 31- 46. doi.org/10.3390/tourhosp3010003

Della Lucia, M., Dimanche, F., Giudici, E., Camargo, B. A., & Winchenbach, A. (2021). . The Humanistic Management Journal. doi.org/10.1007/s41463-021-00111-3

Dubois, L.-E., & Dimanche, F. (2021). . Journal of Tourism Futures, 7(3), 364-376. doi.org/10.1108/JTF-11-2020-0208

Havitz, M. E., Pritchard, M., & Dimanche, F. (2021). . Leisure Sciences43(1-2), 323-329. doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2020.1774451 

Rech, Y., Paget, E., & Dimanche, F. (2019). . Journal of Destination Marketing and Management, 12(June), 95-104. doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2019.03.003

Andrades, L., & Dimanche, F. (2019). . International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-11-2017-0769

Griffin, T., & Dimanche, F. (2017). . Journal of Tourism Futures, 3(2), 103-113. doi.org/10.1108/JTF-10-2016-0036

Andrades, L., & Dimanche, F. (2017). . Tourism Management, 62, 360-376. doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2017.05.008

Clark, H., Dimanche, F., Cotter, R., & Lee-Rosen, D. (2017). . Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes9(4), 424-432. doi.org/10.1108/WHATT-04-2017-0018

Forgacs, G., & Dimanche, F. (2016). . Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management. 15(6), 509-515. doi.org/10.1057/s41272-016-0071-z


Articles in professional or trade journals & magazines

Dimanche, F., & McClinchey, K. A. (2025, April 4). . The Conversation

Dimanche, F., & McClinchey, K. A. (2025, April 2).  The Conversation

Dimanche, F., & McClinchey, K. A. (2025, March 12). The Conversation

McClinchey, K. A., & Dimanche, F. (2024, November 13).  The Conversation

Dimanche, F., & McClinchey, K. A. (2024, August 8).  The Good Tourism Blog

Dimanche, F., & Huertas-Valvidia, I. (2024, July 22).  The Conversation

Dimanche, F., & McClinchey, K. A. (2024, April 30).  The Conversation

McClinchey, K. A., & Dimanche, F. (2024). The Good Tourism Blog

Dimanche, F. (2023, May 30).  The Good Tourism Blog

Dimanche, F. (2023, February 14). The Good Tourism Blog

Dimanche, F., & McClinchey, K. A. (2023, January 29). The Conversation.

McClinchey, K. & Dimanche, F. (2021, November 21). . The Conversation

Book contributions

Dimanche, F., & Andrades, L. (2024). Tourism trends: In L. Andrades, C. Romero Dexeus, & E. Martínez-Marín (Eds.), The Spanish model for smart tourism destination management: A methodological approach. Springer. 

Dimanche, F., & Perzyna, M. (2024). Diversity, equity, and inclusion management in the Canadian hospitality industry. In A. Manoharan, J. M. Madera, & M. Singal (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of diversity, equity, and inclusion management in the hospitality industry. Routledge.

Dubois, L.-E., Dimanche, F., & Newman, S. (2024). Challenges in developing cultural tourism: Insights from Canada. In A. Morrison & D. Buhalis (Eds.), Handbook of trends and issues in global tourism supply and demand (pp. 127-137). Routledge.

Wright, K.-A., & Dimanche, F. (2023). In S. Slocum (Ed.), Inclusion in tourism: Understanding institutional discrimination and bias (pp. 29-45). Routledge. 

Della Lucia, M., Giudici, E., & Dimanche, F. (2021). Lessons for shared value creation in tourism: The pandemic challenge. In M. Della Lucia & E. Giudici (Eds.), Humanistic management and sustainable tourism: Human, social and environmental challenges. Routledge.

Giberson, J., & Dimanche, F. (2019). Tourism and hospitality insights 16.12: Virtual Reality. In A. Fyall, P. Legohérel, I. Frochot, & Y. Wang, Marketing for Tourism and Hospitality: Collaboration, technology and experiences (pp. 428-430). Routledge.

Andrades, L., & Dimanche, F. (2018). Co-creation of experience value: A tourist behavior approach (Ch. 7). In N. Prebensen, J. Chen, & M. Uysal (Eds.), Creating experience value in tourism (2nd ed., pp. 83-97). CABI.

Dimanche, F., & Andrades, L. (2018). Methodological issues in cross-cultural tourism and hospitality research (Ch. 40). In R. Nunkoo (Ed.), Handbook of research methods in tourism and hospitality management. E. Elgar.

Dodds, R., Dimanche, F., & Sadowski, M. (2018). Planning for growth in islands: The case of Cuba. In M. McLeod & R. Croes (Eds.), Tourism management in warm-water island destinations (pp. 95-107). CABI.

Dimanche, F., & Griffin, T. (2017). Cross-cultural and visual research: Issues and concerns. In E. Sirakaya-Turk, M. Uysal, W. Hammitt, and J. Vaske (Eds.), Research Methods for Leisure, Recreation and Tourism (2nd ed., pp. 228-242). CABI.

​Recently, he has been teaching the following courses:

Undergraduate courses
  • HTM 402 - Strategic Marketing Planning
  • HTT 700 - Current Issues in Hospitality/Tourism - Risk and Crisis Management
  • HTH 810 - Luxury Management 
  • HTT 800 - Field Studies in Hospitality and Tourism
Honours & awards
2025 91 Errol Aspevig Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership
2024 Ted Rogers School of Management Research Ambassador medal
2023 Ted Rogers School of Management, Research Recognition Award for research achievement in the 2022/23 academic year
2020    Ryerson’s Associate Vice Provost International's Global Learning Award
2020 Ryerson University Ted Rogers School of Management Outstanding Research Recognition Award
2017 Inducted as a Fellow for the Ontario Hostelry Institute
2013 Elected to the International Academy for the Study of Tourism
2010 University of New Brunswick's Harrison McCain Foundation Research Professor Award

Over 300 interviews and mentions in TV, radio, print, and Web media (e.g., CBC News, Ici Radio Canada, Boston Globe, New York Times, CityNews, GlobalNews, etc.). Visit the HTM Institute for Hospitality and Tourism Management Research for references.