Hotels around the world perform a range of functions, primarily the provision of food,
beverage and accommodation but they also occupy a unique place in the” social …

This article, through the prism of 'sexual hospitality'explores the tradition of the sexualized,
objectified and later commodified roles imposed on women through their hospitality …

This paper analyzes the role and significance of love hotels in Japanese popular culture
today. With 500 million visitors every year, love hotels account for nearly half of all sexual …

This editorial introduces the idea of Hospo-gender, a new understanding of 'hospitality as
gender and sexual politics'; the theme of this Special Issue which covers how gendered …

There is often a tension in society between the importance placed by psychology on sex and
the extent to which many of us want to talk about it. The contention of Bauer and McKercher …

This paper draws on cultural studies and cultural geography in its examination of hotels as
remarkable, but under-explored spaces in postmodern travel and tourism. It is argued that …

Japanese Love Hotels are a big industry in Japan, accounting for about 30,000 hotels and
more than a million visits per day. Love hotels are also a source of fascination for …

This article examines the processes through which a commercial bar is transformed into a
hospitable space. Drawing on a study of a venue patronized by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and …

In" Heidegger's Mistress," Wayne Koestenbaum writes," I don't yet know the füll meaning of
what I am telling you. 1 My drift concerns the romance on uncompleted projects"(18) and in …

This was the editorial for the first issue of Hospitality & Society, published in 2011. It has
been reprinted to help contextualize the reflections in this 10-year anniversary issue, which …