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Frederic Dimanche

Dr. Frédéric Dimanche

Professor and former director (2015-2025)
DepartmentHospitality and Tourism Management
EducationPhD

Frédéric obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon (USA). He then worked as a Professor in the School of Hotel Restaurant and Tourism Administration at the University of New Orleans. After over 15 years in the USA, where he also worked as Research Director of The Olinger Group, a full service marketing research firm, he joined SKEMA Business School in 2001 to create and develop on the French Riviera the Center for Tourism Management and award-winning Master programs in tourism, event, and hospitality management. Frédéric joined Toronto Metropolitan University in 2015 to become Director, until 2025, of The Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

Frédéric has published numerous tourism-related research articles and has co-authored one book (in French) on hospitality management and another one on tourism in Russia. His research has been published in leading journals such as Annals of Tourism Research, the Journal of Travel Research, or the Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, among others.

He contributes as a guest lecturer or as a consultant to universities, private companies, and national or regional tourism organizations in Canada, France, the USA, and other countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Frédéric is a fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism and a past President of the Travel and Tourism Research Association Europe. 

linkedin.com/in/fredericdimanche (external link, opens in new window) 

 @FDimanche (external link, opens in new window) 

Marketing, consumer behaviour, destination competitiveness

Peer-reviewed publications

Legohérel, P., Dimanche, F., & Frochot, I. (2024). France H1000 en sciences de gestion: Panorama du niveau d’indice h en France et comparaison à l’international [France h1000 in management sciences: Overview of the h-index level in France and international comparison]. La Revue des Sciences de Gestion328329(2), 27-34. https://www.larsg.fr/produit/n328-329-france-h1000-en-sciences-de-gestion-panorama-du-niveau-dindice-h-en-france-et-comparaison-a-linternational/ (external link) 

Dubois, L.-E., & Dimanche, F. (2022). Brighter but not clearer: Entertainment-dependent destinations dealing with long COVID (external link) Journal of Themed Experience and Attractions Studies2(1). 

Griffin, T., Guttentag, D., Lee, S. H. (M.), Giberson, J., & Dimanche, F. (2022). Is VR always better for destination marketing? Comparing different media and styles (external link) Journal of Vacation Marketing. doi.org/10.1177/13567667221078252

Koç, B., Küçükergin, G., & Dimanche, F. (2022). How destructive are negative tourist-to-tourist interactions despite the mitigating effect of optimism? (external link) Journal of Destination Marketing and Management. doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2022.100693

Dimanche, F., & Lo, K. (2022). The elusive search for talent: Skill gaps in the Canadian luxury hotel sector (external link) Tourism and Hospitality, 3(1), 31- 46. doi.org/10.3390/tourhosp3010003

Della Lucia, M., Dimanche, F., Giudici, E., Camargo, B. A., & Winchenbach, A. (2021). Enhancing tourism education: The contribution of humanistic management (external link) The Humanistic Management Journal. doi.org/10.1007/s41463-021-00111-3

Dubois, L.-E., & Dimanche, F. (2021). The futures of entertainment-dependent cities in a post-COVID world (external link) Journal of Tourism Futures, 7(3), 364-376. doi.org/10.1108/JTF-11-2020-0208

Havitz, M. E., Pritchard, M., & Dimanche, F. (2021). Leisure matters: Cross-continent conversations in a time of crisis (external link) Leisure Sciences43(1-2), 323-329. doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2020.1774451 

Rech, Y., Paget, E., & Dimanche, F. (2019). Uncertain tourism: Evolution of a French winter sports resort and network dynamics (external link) Journal of Destination Marketing and Management, 12(June), 95-104. doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2019.03.003

Andrades, L., & Dimanche, F. (2019). Destination competitiveness in Russia: Tourism professionals’ skills and competences (external link) International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-11-2017-0769

Griffin, T., & Dimanche, F. (2017). Urban tourism: The growing role of VFR and immigration (external link) Journal of Tourism Futures, 3(2), 103-113. doi.org/10.1108/JTF-10-2016-0036

Andrades, L., & Dimanche, F. (2017). Destination competitiveness and tourism development in Russia: Issues and challenges (external link) Tourism Management, 62, 360-376. doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2017.05.008

Clark, H., Dimanche, F., Cotter, R., & Lee-Rosen, D. (2017). Human capital challenges in the events industry of Canada: Finding innovative solutions (external link) Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes9(4), 424-432. doi.org/10.1108/WHATT-04-2017-0018

Forgacs, G., & Dimanche, F. (2016). Revenue challenges for hotels in the sharing economy: Facing the Airbnb menace (external link) Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management. 15(6), 509-515. doi.org/10.1057/s41272-016-0071-z


Articles in professional or trade journals & magazines

Dimanche, F., & McClinchey, K. A. (2025, April 4). Voici les risques de voyager aux Etats-Unis... et vos droits. The Conversationhttps://theconversation.com/voici-les-risques-de-voyager-aux-etats-unis-et-vos-droits-253713 (external link) 

Dimanche, F., & McClinchey, K. A. (2025, April 2). Travelling to the U.S.? Here’s what you need to know about the risks and your rights. The Conversationhttps://theconversation.com/travelling-to-the-u-s-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-risks-and-your-rights-253210 (external link) 

Dimanche, F., & McClinchey, K. A. (2025, March 12). Does cancelling a trip to the U.S. really send a political message, or is it just hurting local tourism? The Conversationhttps://theconversation.com/does-cancelling-a-trip-to-the-u-s-really-send-a-political-message-or-is-it-just-hurting-local-tourism-251223 (external link) 

McClinchey, K. A., & Dimanche, F. (2024, November 13). Taylor Swift's Eras tour: Is it Toronto's 'Wildest Dream' for its economy or too good to be true? The Conversationhttps://theconversation.com/taylor-swifts-eras-tour-is-it-torontos-wildest-dream-for-its-economy-or-too-good-to-be-true-242371 (external link) 

Dimanche, F., & McClinchey, K. A. (2024, August 8). As cruising booms, environmental concerns intensify. The Good Tourism Bloghttps://www.goodtourismblog.com/2024/08/emerging-technologies-tourism/#as-cruising-booms-environmental-concerns-intensify (external link) 

Dimanche, F., & Huertas-Valvidia, I. (2024, July 22). ‘Dark leadership’ is a threat to Canada’s tourism industry. The Conversationhttps://theconversation.com/dark-leadership-is-a-threat-to-canadas-tourism-industry-233545 (external link) 

Dimanche, F., & McClinchey, K. A. (2024, April 30). Rough seas or smooth sailing: The cruise industry is booming despite environmental concerns. The Conversationhttps://theconversation.com/rough-seas-or-smooth-sailing-the-cruise-industry-is-booming-despite-environmental-concerns-228181 (external link) 

McClinchey, K. A., & Dimanche, F. (2024). Oh, Canada: Reconciliation via Indigenous storytelling, dignity, and ‘dark tourism.’ The Good Tourism Bloghttps://www.goodtourismblog.com/2024/01/canada-indigenous-dark-tourism/ (external link) 

Dimanche, F. (2023, May 30). Not for those seeking comfortable jobs. The Good Tourism Bloghttps://www.goodtourismblog.com/2023/05/career-in-hospitality-really/#FD (external link) 

Dimanche, F. (2023, February 14). The great realignment: What caused tourism’s labour crisis & how do we fix it? The Good Tourism Bloghttps://www.goodtourismblog.com/2023/02/tourism-labour-crisis-how-to-fix/ (external link)      

Dimanche, F., & McClinchey, K. A. (2023, January 29). Passengers need more than apologies after holiday travel chaos. The Conversationhttps://theconversation.com/passengers-need-more-than-apologies-from-airlines-after-holiday-chaos-198377 (external link) 

McClinchey, K. & Dimanche, F. (2021, November 21). Fear of travelling: Canadians need to put travel risk into perspective (external link) The Conversation

Book contributions

Dimanche, F., & Andrades, L. (2024). Tourism trends: Current challenges for tourism destinations management. In L. Andrades, C. Romero Dexeus, & E. Martínez-Marín (Eds.), The Spanish model for smart tourism destination management: A methodological approach. Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-60709-7_1 (external link) 

Dimanche, F., & Perzyna, M. (2024). Diversity, equity, and inclusion management in the Canadian hospitality industry. In A. Manoharan, J. M. Madera, & M. Singal (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of diversity, equity, and inclusion management in the hospitality industry. Routledge.

Dubois, L.-E., Dimanche, F., & Newman, S. (2024). Challenges in developing cultural tourism: Insights from Canada. In A. Morrison & D. Buhalis (Eds.), Handbook of trends and issues in global tourism supply and demand (pp. 127-137). Routledge.

Wright, K.-A., & Dimanche, F. (2023). Canadian immigration policies: Implications for discrimination and biases in tourism employment. In S. Slocum (Ed.), Inclusion in tourism: Understanding institutional discrimination and bias (pp. 29-45). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003255413-4 (external link) 

Della Lucia, M., Giudici, E., & Dimanche, F. (2021). Lessons for shared value creation in tourism: The pandemic challenge. In M. Della Lucia & E. Giudici (Eds.), Humanistic management and sustainable tourism: Human, social and environmental challenges. Routledge.

Giberson, J., & Dimanche, F. (2019). Tourism and hospitality insights 16.12: Virtual Reality. In A. Fyall, P. Legohérel, I. Frochot, & Y. Wang, Marketing for Tourism and Hospitality: Collaboration, technology and experiences (pp. 428-430). Routledge.

Andrades, L., & Dimanche, F. (2018). Co-creation of experience value: A tourist behavior approach (Ch. 7). In N. Prebensen, J. Chen, & M. Uysal (Eds.), Creating experience value in tourism (2nd ed., pp. 83-97). CABI.

Dimanche, F., & Andrades, L. (2018). Methodological issues in cross-cultural tourism and hospitality research (Ch. 40). In R. Nunkoo (Ed.), Handbook of research methods in tourism and hospitality management. E. Elgar.

Dodds, R., Dimanche, F., & Sadowski, M. (2018). Planning for growth in islands: The case of Cuba. In M. McLeod & R. Croes (Eds.), Tourism management in warm-water island destinations (pp. 95-107). CABI.

Dimanche, F., & Griffin, T. (2017). Cross-cultural and visual research: Issues and concerns. In E. Sirakaya-Turk, M. Uysal, W. Hammitt, and J. Vaske (Eds.), Research Methods for Leisure, Recreation and Tourism (2nd ed., pp. 228-242). CABI.

​Recently, he has been teaching the following courses:

Undergraduate courses
  • HTM 402 - Strategic Marketing Planning
  • HTT 700 - Current Issues in Hospitality/Tourism - Risk and Crisis Management
  • HTH 810 - Luxury Management 
  • HTT 800 - Field Studies in Hospitality and Tourism
Honours & awards
2025 Toronto Metropolitan University Errol Aspevig Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership
2024 Ted Rogers School of Management Research Ambassador medal
2023 Ted Rogers School of Management, Research Recognition Award for research achievement in the 2022/23 academic year
2020    Ryerson’s Associate Vice Provost International's Global Learning Award
2020 Ryerson University Ted Rogers School of Management Outstanding Research Recognition Award
2017 Inducted as a Fellow for the Ontario Hostelry Institute
2013 Elected to the International Academy for the Study of Tourism
2010 University of New Brunswick's Harrison McCain Foundation Research Professor Award

Over 300 interviews and mentions in TV, radio, print, and Web media (e.g., CBC News, Ici Radio Canada, Boston Globe, New York Times, CityNews, GlobalNews, etc.). Visit this page for references.