Lynn Minnaert – Dean of the School of Hospitality

Lynn Minnaert is the Dean of the School of Hospitality at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Her research interests include social tourism, family tourism, the social impacts of the Olympics and social legacy initiatives in the meetings industry. Prior to joining MSU Denver, she held teaching and leadership positions at Edinburgh Napier University, New York University, the University of Surrey and the University of Westminster.

1. Inskon C. & Minnaert, L. (2022). Tourism Management: An Introduction (3rd edition), SAGE: London.
2. Minnaert, L. (2021). What, and Who, Is Social Tourism? The Roles of the Public, Private and Voluntary Sector in Social Tourism Provision in Flanders, Belgium. In: Eusebio, C. & Lima J. (eds.): Social Tourism: Global Challenges and Approaches. CABI: Wallingford.
3. Minnaert, L. (2020). Leveraging stakeholder perspectives in social tourism: ‘large scale listening’ for innovation. In Diekman, A. & McCabe, S. (Eds): Handbook of Social Tourism. Edward Elgar Publishing: Northampton.
4. Minnaert, L. (2020). Stakeholder stories: Exploring social tourism networks. Annals of Tourism Research, 83, 102979.
5. Minnaert, L. (2019). Social Tourism. In Agarwal, S., Busby G. & Huang R. (eds): Special Interest Tourism: Concepts, Contexts and Cases. CABI: Wallingford.
6. Minnaert, L. (2019). The State of Inclusion in Meetings and Events. Meeting Professionals International, MPI Foundation. Available online: https://www.mpi.org/docs/default-source/academy/inclusion-report-final.pdf
7. Minnaert, L. (2018). Family Travel in the United States. In: Munar, A. M., Alsop, J. G., Benjamin, S., Boluk, K., Carr, A., Cooke, L. & Wright, P. (Eds.). Tourism and Wellness: Travel for the Good of All?. Rowman & Littlefield.