Angliss University, Melbourne, Australia.

Conrad Lashley is Editor Emeritus of the Hospitality & Society and editor of Research in Hospitality Management. He is author, or editor, of twenty-one books including several texts on hospitableness and over 130 refereed journal papers and conference presentations. The dominant theme of much of this inquiry has been to show how the study of hospitality, from wider social science perspectives, can better inform the management of commercial hospitality provision, and the development of future industry managers.