Prof. Dr. Thorsten Merkle

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

www.zhaw.ch/de/lsfm/institute-zentren/ifm/

Membership of networks

• Higher Education Academy (HEA): Fellow
• International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE): Member
• Institute of Hospitality: Member

Projects

• Tourismus und junge Menschen: UNWTO Students' League Switzerland / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Spital Muri - Neukonzeption Hotellerie / Project leader / Project ongoing
• DC4HC – Digital Competence for Healthcare / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Hotellerie Benchmark im Gesundheitswesen / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• Analyse des Optimierungspotentials im Facility Management beim Fusionsprozess der beiden reformierten Kirchgemeinden Zollikon & Zumikon / Project leader / Project completed
• DIGINUT – Digitalisierung im Verpflegungsbereich / Project co-leader / Project completed

Publications

• Golding, Philippa; Merkle, Thorsten,

  2022.

  Matching business travel with wine tourism

  .

  In:

  Dixit, Saurabh Kumar, ed.,

  Routledge Handbook of Wine Tourism.

  Routledge.

  pp. 395-408.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003143628-35

• Merkle, Thorsten; Tajeddini, Kayhan; Vlachos, Ilias; Keane, Jim,

  2020.

  Entrepreneurship within airside food and beverage outlet patronage : the creation of ecosystems using outlet context and passenger’s emotions

  .

  In:

  Entrepreneurship as empowerment : knowledge spillovers and entrepreneurial ecosystems.

  Bingley:

  Emerald.

  pp. 127-150.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-550-720201010

• Knaus, Dominik Lukas; Merkle, Thorsten,

  2020.

  Open innovation in sports management : the case of the FIFA museum in Zurich, Switzerland

  .

  In:

  Sport entrepreneurship : an economic, social and sustainability perspective subject.

  Bingley:

  Emerald.

  pp. 43-53.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-836-220201008

• Merkle, Thorsten; Tajeddini, Kayhan; Mostberger, Sven; Rohner, Sarah; Schmid, Kira; Shaw, Eleanor,

  2019.

  Digital application : evidence from Zurich airport

  .

  In:

  Tajeddini, Kayhan; Ratten, Vanessa; Merkle, Thorsten, eds.,

  Tourism, Hospitality and Digital Transformation.

  London:

  Routledge.

  pp. 147-164.

• Merkle, Thorsten; Knaus, Dominik; Siegrist, Chantal,

  2022.

  Addressing the service innovation gap : the case of a fast food chain [poster].

  In:

  EuroCHRIE 2022, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, 24-27 October 2022.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26008

• Merkle, Thorsten; Knaus, Dominik; Siegrist, Chantal,

  2022.

  An exploration of the service innovation gap in Swiss tourism [poster].

  In:

  2022 Annual International CHRIE Summer Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, 3-6 August 2022.

• Merkle, Thorsten,

  2022.

  Tourism innovation in Spain and Portugal

  [review of Joao Leitao, Vanessa Ratten, Vitor Braga (eds.). 2021. Tourism Innovation in Spain and Portugal : New Trends and Developments. Springer, xii, 187 pages. ISBN 978-3-030-80732-0].

  Thunderbird International Business Review.

  64(6), pp. 709-710.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/tie.22310

• Klauser, Viola; Pfenninger, Mirjam; Merkle, Thorsten,

  2022.

  DIGINUT : Digitalisierung und Nutzen von Patientenernährungsdaten.

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25314

• Merkle, Thorsten; Kaeuper, Peter,

  2021.

  DIGINUT : Digitalisierung im Verpflegungsbereich.

  In:

  FM Perspektiven: FM Innovationen in HC digital, Wädenswil, 26. November 2021.

• Merkle, Thorsten,

  2021.

  Foodflow – und plötzlich ist alles digital.

  In:

  FM Perspektiven: FM Innovationen in HC digital, Wädenswil, 26. November 2021.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Akademische Journals (peer reviewed)

Merkle, T., Tajeddini, K., Wittmer, A. (2021). Can the Netflix business model actually work in commercial aviation in central Europe? It is complicated!. Teaching case study. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Cases, 9(2).

Grechi, D., Ossola, P., & Merkle, T. (2017). eWOM and docility: the restaurant decision-making process. The International Journal of Business & Management, 5(9), 247-257.

Merkle, T. & Lewis, R. (2016). RB Leipzig: A Novel Approach to Sport Stadium Hospitality. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Cases, 5(1)

Merkle, T. & Lewis, R. (2016). LSG Sky Chefs Sao Paulo: Managing Food Safety in Airline Catering in an Emerging Market. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Cases, 5(2)

Edited books

Tajeddini, K., Ratten, V., Merkle, T. (Ed.) (2019). Tourism, Hospitality and Digital Transformation: Strategic Management Aspects. London, Routledge.


Book Chapters

Merkle, T. & Golding, P. (2020). Sports Stadium Hospitality and Catering: A Global Perspective. Routledge Companion to International Hospitality Management. M.A. Gardini, M. Ottenbacher and M. Schuckert, M. London, Routledge.

Merkle, T., Tajeddini, K., Vlachos, I., Keane, J. (2020). Entrepreneurship within airside food and beverage outlet patronage: The creation of ecosystems using outlet context and passenger’s emotions. Entrepreneurship As Empowerment: Knowledge Spillovers And Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. V. Ratten. Bingley, Emerald

Knaus, D. & Merkle, T. (2020). Open Innovation in Sports Management – The Case of the FIFA Museum in Zurich, Switzerland. Sport Entrepreneurship: An Economic, Social and Sustainability Perspective. V. Ratten. Bingley, Emerald.

Ratten, V., Tajeddini, K., Merkle, T. (2019). Tourism, Hospitality and Digital Transformation: The Relevance for Society. Tourism, Hospitality and Digital Transformation: Strategic Management Aspects. K. Tajeddini, V. Ratten and T. Merkle. London, Routledge.

Merkle, T., et al. (2019). Digital Application: Evidence from Zurich Airport. Tourism, Hospitality and Digital Transformation: Strategic Management Aspects. K. Tajeddini, V. Ratten and T. Merkle. London, Routledge.

Teaching Case studies

Anderegg, R., Merkle, T. (2021). ‚Herbert-Bike’ – Developing an innovative platform for Mountain Bike Tourism in Switzerland. Teaching case study. The case centre, 520-0049-1

Merkle, T. & Lewis, R. (2014). Modern Asia: Bringing Asian cuisine to Stuttgart Airport. Teaching case study. The case centre, 614-012-1

Lewis, R., Merkle, T. (2014), “Work-life balance: perceptions from one luxury hotel in Monaco”, case study, ISBN: 978-2-9700952-2-4

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