The focus of Dr. Maier’s research falls into two distinct categories:(1)contemporary leadership and (2)revenue optimization & analytics. Additionally, he has co-authored, Welcome to Hospitality: An Introduction-3rd edition and is the author of Hospitality Leadership Lessons in French Gastronomy. Dr. Maier has presented his research at several international symposiums regarding contemporary leadership and hospitality, web-analytics, including the UNWTO-Themis foundation and China Tourism Forums.
Articles
A Comparison of Impacts From Two Economic Downturns on Food and Beverage Revenues in U.S. Private Clubs (with Raymond R. Ferreira and Misty Johanson), Journal of Foodservice Business Research, (2012)
This study measured the degree of change in food and beverage revenue levels in private...
International Hotel Revenue management; Web-performance Effectiveness Model-Research Comparative, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology Information (2012)
In the hotel industry today, website marketing and third party distribution metrics are of critical...
Evaluating the Alignment of Academic Research and Industry Leadership Best Practices, Journal of Hospitality Tourism Education (2011)
This hospitality leadership research analysis was conducted in order to assess the alignment of academic...
Hospitality Industry Revenue Management Performance Modeling: Uncovering issues associated with inconsistencies in price parity across multiple distribution channels in the US hotel market, International Journal of Revenue Management (2011)
This study investigated the deployed competency of full-service Urban market hotels and their online global...
Hospitality Leadership, Dissatisfaction and Intent to Leave Among Multigenerational Groupings, Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism (2011)
This study examines generational similarities and differences in terms of; perceptions hospitality employees have of...
Books
Hospitality Leadership Lessons in French Gastronomy-The story of Guy and Franck Savoy (2012)
The book examines contemporary leadership practices in the restaurant industry through the life and times...
Welcome to Hospitality: An Introduction (2010)
Welcome to Hospitality: An Introduction provides a detailed description of the many facets of the...
Presentations
Hospitality Academic Leadership Pedagogy:Experiential Learning Methodology, ICHRIE Cenral Federation Research Symposium (2011)
Integrating classroom-based pedagogy with industry embedded learning activities may deepen student learning. This presentation describes...
Sacred Hospitality, Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology (2011)
Sacred Hospitality explores the nature, meaning, and commonality of values exemplified in the Judeo-Christian tradition...
Leadership and Service System Design, United Nations World Tourism Organization/PATA Tourism Conference (2009)
Examination of Service-Firm Employee Perceptions of Technology by Generational Groupings, ICERI- International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (2008)
Service firm technology and innovation play an integral role in organizational performance. This study examines...