• Babymoon Tourism: Co-Creating Well-Being for Traveling Mothers 

      Vespestad, May Kristin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-03)
      This article aims to provide insight into how babymoon tourism can contribute to well-being by using a multimethod approach, combining autoethnography and netnography. The findings show that mothers-to-be experience well-being derived from co-creation and meaning. Participation in activities and everyday-like events at the destination can lead to happiness and improved quality of life. Self-development, ...
    • Bridging marketing and higher education: resource integration, co-creation and student learning 

      Smørvik, Kjersti Karijord; Vespestad, May Kristin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-18)
      Consumers are constantly searching for new experiences that provide more than just a product or a service. A cup of coffee is not just a cup of coffee. The atmosphere surrounding the coffee experience is a matter of ever greater importance to consumers. Along with an increased demand for experiences, the lecture hall has also become a setting where students expect to be entertained and engaged. This ...
    • Co-Creation as a Tool to Overcome Cross-Cultural Differences in Educational Experiences? 

      Vespestad, May Kristin; Smørvik, Kjersti Karijord (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-04)
      The teaching-learning relationship has been subject to discussion within higher education (HE), as has the traditional lecture. Teaching and lectures cannot be understood without including students as part of the setting, particularly so within a cross-cultural classroom where various hermeneutics are involved. International students have different ways of understanding and interpreting data, and ...
    • Exploring the use of content analysis methodology in consumer research 

      Vespestad, May Kristin; Clancy, Anne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-16)
      Content analysis is a viable way to thematise consumer experiences. The purpose of this review study is to examine the use of content analysis in consumer research (1977–2017). The authors explore <i>how</i> content analysis has been used. The reviewed studies address consumer experiences. The results show that qualitative content analysis is not used as a method in its own right; it is more often ...
    • How moral disengagement links to destination marketing organisations’ moral muteness in their sustainability communications 

      Vespestad, May Kristin; Hehir, Christy; Koivunen, Kati (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-13)
      If destination marketing organisations (DMOs) are to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, they have a moral responsibility to encourage the development of more sustainable tourism, to promote this to consumers and engage them to behave more sustainably. However, we know little about how these DMOs frame the sustainability discourses of their destinations or how they urge ...
    • Shaping climbers’ experiencescapes: Historic influence on the climbing experience 

      Vespestad, May Kristin; Hansen, Odd Birger (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-10-23)
      Climbing is increasingly popular in certain destinations, yet there is little knowledge of the influence of history on climbing and other adventure tourism experiences. Climbing destinations renowned within the climbing community may well be unknown to the broader tourist masses. Using qualitative interviews of climbers visiting the Lofoten Islands, Norway, this article examines how the historical ...
    • The Typology and Role of Online Information Sources in Destination Image Formation: An Eye-Tracking Study 

      Mariussen, Anastasia; Ibenfeldt, Cathrine von; Vespestad, May Kristin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2014)
    • Value in tourist experiences: How nature-based experiential styles influence value in climbing 

      Vespestad, May Kristin; Lindberg, Frank; Mossberg, Lena (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-27)
      Nature-based adventure experiences constitute a significant segment of the tourism industry and understanding consumers’ conceptualisations of value is crucial. The aim of this study is to understand how the perceived value of the climbing experience differs within the climbing community. Interviews with climbers revealed that multiple aspects of the climbing experience are valued, including efficiency, ...
    • Verdifulle turismeopplevelser - verdi for hvem? 

      Vespestad, May Kristin; Hansen, Odd Birger (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-02)
      Verdifulle opplevelser står sentralt i turismenæringen og har betydning både for bedrift og kunde. Denne artikkelen tar for seg hvordan verdi kan forstås fra både kunde- og bedriftsperspektiv. Studien sammenholder finansiell verdi og kundeverdi gjennom kvalitativ analyse av regnskaper og kundeomtaler for to reiselivsbedrifter med fokus på opplevelser. Analysen av kunders opplevde verdi, synliggjør ...