Susan Bail

Ms. Susan Bail

Hochschule Geisenheim University, Geisenheim, Hesse, Germany
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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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14 April 2022 in Sustainability
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Cristina Veith
To compensate for loss of business during the COVID-19 crisis, wineries in the tourism industry had to apply new strategies. In order to collect and compare these newly developed sustainable strategies, a cross-cultural study has been conducted in 2021. This study is based on a qualitative survey using purposeful sampling with key decision-makers of 70 wineries from the U.S., Australia, Germany, Hungary, and Romania covering wine growing countries both from the Old and New World. The aim was to identify new and sustainable initiatives and resilience strategies implemented to deal with the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, noting any cultural differences in each country’s response and to analyse the perspectives of wine tourism in the future. The findings highlight the wineries’ impressive focus on creativity and flexibility while also bringing attention to cultural differences. The insights form a preliminary suggestion for best practice strategies that businesses within wine tourism may consider helpful in their future business planning.

4 January 2026 in Journal of Foodservice Business Research
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27 February 2023 in BIO Web of Conferences
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Maximilian TafelMaximilian Tafel
Maximilian Tafel
CVCristina Veith
Cristina Veith
Um die Geschäftseinbußen während der COVID-19-Krise auszugleichen, mussten die touristischen Weinbaubetriebe neue Strategien anwenden. Diese Strategien wurden in einer länderübergreifenden Studie im Jahr 2021 erfasst und verglichen. Die Studie basiert auf einer qualitativen Befragung von Entscheidungsträgern in 70 Weingütern aus den Ländern USA, Australien, Deutschland, Ungarn und Rumänien. Ziel war es, neue und nachhaltige Initiativen und Resilienz-Strategien zu identifizieren, die zur Bewältigung der durch die COVID-19-Pandemie verursachten Schäden umgesetzt wurden. Ebenso sollten die kulturellen Unterschiede in den Reaktionen der einzelnen Länder festgestellt sowie die Perspektiven des Weintourismus in der Zukunft analysiert werden. Die Ergebnisse machen deutlich, dass die Weingüter auf Kreativität und Flexibilität setzten und zeigen gleichzeitig kulturelle Unterschiede auf. Wir können schlussfolgern, dass die wichtigsten Initiativen in den Bereichen CRM-Datenbankmanagement, Förderung des Direktverkaufs und der Digitalisierung, Durchführung von virtuellen Veranstaltungen und Verkostungen sowie dem Angebot neuer Methoden der Produktlieferung lagen, wenn auch in sehr unterschiedlichem Ausmaß. Die Erkenntnisse liefern erste Vorschläge für Best-Practice-Strategien, die Unternehmen im Weintourismus in ihre zukünftige Geschäftsplanung einbeziehen können. To compensate for loss of business during the COVID-19 crisis, wineries in the tourism industry had to apply new strategies. In order to collect and compare these newly developed sustainable strategies, a cross-cultural study has been conducted in 2021. This study is based on a qualitative survey with key decision-makers of 70 wineries from the U.S., Australia, Germany, Hungary and Romania. The aim was to identify new and sustainable initiatives and resilience strategies implemented to deal with the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, noting cultural differences in each country's response, and to analyse the perspectives of wine tourism in the future. The findings highlight the wineries' focus on creativity and flexibility while also bringing attention to cultural differences. We can conclude that the most important initiatives were in the areas of CRM database management, promoting direct-to-consumer sales and digitalisation, holding virtual events and tastings, and offering new product delivery methods, albeit to a very different degree. The findings provide initial suggestions for best practice strategies that wine tourism companies can incorporate into their future business planning.