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Eat, Sleep, Fly, Repeat: Meal Patterns Among Swedish Business Travelers
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Umeå University School of Restaurant and Culinary Arts, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8179-4628
Örebro University, School of Hospitality, Culinary Arts & Meal Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3875-6300
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Food and Nutrition, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5464-5686
2020 (English)In: Journal of Gastronomy and Tourism, ISSN 2169-2971, E-ISSN 2169-298X, Vol. 4, no 2, p. 53-66Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Over half of the annual guests at Swedish hotels are supplied by the corporate sector. These guests are made up of individuals who travel for meetings, conferences, or presentations as a part of their job. Access to meals while travelling is essential and introduces added complexity to business travelers' everyday lives. These meals, and the pattern in which they are consumed, are part of the individual traveler's personal and group identities. Therefore, the aim of this article is to study if business travelers deviate from their habitual meal patterns and, if so, what changes they make. To further the understanding of this group's meal patterns, a questionnaire was created and distributed. It was answered by 538 self-identified business travelers. These business travelers were made up of three groups: solo travelers, group travelers, and individuals who traveled both in groups as well as alone. Pearson's chi-squared test was used to analyze differences in actions related to the meal pattern between groups. The analysis showed that changes in the meal pattern did occur in some instances. However, the majority of the business travelers adhered to their habitual meal pattern while adjusting their behavior depending on the time of day. Managers of catering suppliers gaining insight into the meal habits of business travelers could help to ease an otherwise stressful situation by supplying meals, as a context, that fit with the business traveler's habitual patterns and meal contexts.

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Cognizant Communication Corporation , 2020. Vol. 4, no 2, p. 53-66
Keywords [en]
meal behaviour, meal practice, business tourism, hospitality management
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Culinary Arts and Meal Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-85814DOI: 10.3727/216929719X15736343324841OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-85814DiVA, id: diva2:1468958
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The R&D Fund of the Swedish Tourism & Hospitality Industry (BFUF)Available from: 2020-09-18 Created: 2020-09-18 Last updated: 2022-02-09Bibliographically approved

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