Kévin GRANDE

Kévin GRANDE Research Active Faculty - Assistant Professor
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    • Department
      Tourism Department
    • Languages
      French, Spanish, English
    • Teaching specialisations
      Quantitative management methods, Multi-criteria decision support, Research Methodology, Financial Management, Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship, Benchmarking and performance, Strategies and resources management, Outdoor hospitality management
    • Areas of research
      Competitiveness, Performance, Strategy and Innovation of tourism SMEs
    • Campus
      La Rochelle

    Biography

    K. Grande holds a Master's degree in Management Sciences applied to tourism and international hospitality at the University of Perpignan Via Domitia. He is also completing a PhD in Tourism Management at the University of Girona - Faculty of Tourism (Espagne). His doctoral thesis focuses on the measurement of competitiveness and performance in the outdoor hospitality sector. He leads a research project federating 70 tourism SMEs around the creation of a multi-criteria decision making tool, creation of performance indicators and dashboards. In parallel, he manages several establishments for the CAPFUN group. Finally, he launched Benchranking.com, a consulting company specialized in competitiveness and performance.

     

    During 2019-2022, Kevin Grande will work as a Temporary Teaching and Research Associate at the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) in Perpignan. He will also collaborate with the School of Tourism Management (IEFT Lyon). Kevin Grande join the Excelia group in 2022 as an Assistant Professor. He is a member of the research group Organizational Networks, Innovation and Development of Tourism Strategies and Products (ONIT-UDG) at Girona (Spain); and Tourism Management (CRESEM-UPVD) at Perpignan (France).

  • 2022

    PhD in Tourism Management Sciences (with mention Cum-Laude), Université de Gérone, Spain

    2016

    Master in Tourism & Hospitality Management, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, France

    2013

    Bachelor, Science, Management, Staps de Font Romeu

  • 2024-2024

    Responsable du contrat de collaboration recherche VVF_Excelia -, Excelia, La Rochelle, France

    2023

    Responsable - Contrat de recherche - Groupement VVF, Excelia, La Rochelle, France

    2023

    Research Partnership - French National Federation of Outdoor Hospitality (FNHPA)- EXCELIA, Excelia, La Rochelle, France

    2022-2023

    Temporary lecturer - IAE de Perpignan

    2022

    Co-créateur du METAVERS - RED ALERT HOSPITALITY by Excelia, Excelia, La Rochelle, France

    2022-2022

    Consultant - Formateur en Management Stratégique du Tourisme - Cabinet d'Expertise Comptable - Actif Conseil 66

    2022

    Research Active Faculty - Assistant Professor, Excelia, La Rochelle, France

    2021-2021

    Operations Director, Capfun Campings

    2021

    President, Benchranking.com, , France

    2020-2021

    Temporary Lecturer and Research Assistant, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia – IAE de Perpignan, Perpignan, France

    2020-2020

    Consulting activity, Actif et Stratégie Conseil, , France

    2019-2019

    Consulting activity, La Via Natura campsites , , France

    2018-2020

    Part time teacher, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia – IAE de Perpignan, Perpignan, France

    2018-2018

    Consulting activity, Regional federation of campsites in Grand Est, , France

    2017-2018

    Management teacher, Lycée Cordouan & Lycée Atlantique, , France

    2017-2020

    Consulting activity, Ezeecamp SAS, , France

  • Journal articles

    GRANDE, K., HAYNES, N. (2024). Campsite Revenue Management Decision-Making – A Semi-Systematic Review. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 1 (1), 1. doi:10.1177/14673584231218111.
    GRANDE, K., SÉRAPHIN, H. (2024). Children’s Recreation as a Comparative Advantage Tool for Camping Businesses. What is on Offer and Research Agenda.. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. doi:10.1016/j.jort.2024.100733.
    GRANDE, K., HAYNES, N. (2024). Unleashing the Power of Organizational Performance through the lens of Customer Perspective Attributes for the Outdoor Hospitality sector.. International Journal of Hospitality Management.
    GRANDE, K., DONG, H., PEYPOCH, N. (2024). Successful Camping Operators: Performance Measurement using Cluster Analysis and DEA methods. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 46. doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2024.100768.
    SERAPHIN, H., GRANDE, K. (2024). Developing play for children: An untapped competitive advantage tool for destinations. Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, 5 (2).
    GRANDE, K., BOTTI, L. (2023). Measuring the comparative advantage of camping businesses: A multicriteria sorting methodology. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 0(0) (1145813), 1-20. doi:10.1177/14673584221145813.
    GRANDE, K., BOTTI, L., RAQUEL CAMPRUBI, R. (2023). Assessing the camping competitiveness using a clustering approach. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 1 (1), 12. doi:10.1016/j.jort.2023.100618.
    GRANDE, K. (2022). Analysing the business model canvas of the camping industry using cluster analysis. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 0 (0), 1-16. doi:10.1177/14673584221141301.
    GRANDE, K. (2021). An exploratory analysis of the camping industry as a provider of attractive resources. The case of outdoor hospitality parks (OHPs) in unattractive regions. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 33, 100365. doi:10.1016/j.jort.2021.100365.

  • Papers presented at academic or professional meetings

    GRANDE, K. (2023). Camping and Campground Revenue Management – A Semi-Systematic Review.
    GRANDE, K. (2022). Camping business models from a clustering method. SHU-UDG 2022 – Sheffield Hallam University. UK..
    GRANDE, K., BOTTI, L. (2022). Camping-destination effect. Discovering new profiles.. 9ème conférence de l’Association Francophone de Management du Tourisme (AFMAT).
    GRANDE, K. (2021). Camping business canvas and cluster analysis. 11th SHU-UdG Tourism PhD Research Colloquium.
    GRANDE, K., BOTTI, L., CAMPRUBI, R. (2021). Du marketing stratégique vers la performance. Analyse de la stratégie de Camping Qualité. 8ème conférence de l’Association Francophone de Management du Tourisme (AFMAT).
    GRANDE, K., BOTTI, L., CAMPRUBI, R. (2021). Business model canvas applied to camping industry. 8ème conférence de l’Association Francophone de Management du Tourisme (AFMAT).
    GRANDE, K., CAMPRUBI, R. (2020). Campsite segmentation by multiple criteria decision aiding method (MCDA). A benchmarking perspective. V Spring Symposium on Challenges in Tourism Development.
    GRANDE, K. (2020). An exploratory analysis of outdoor hospitality as provider of goods and services. The case of rural campsites in unattractive region. 7ème conférence de l’Association Francophone de Management du Tourisme (AFMAT).
    GRANDE, K., BOTTI, L. (2020). Camping Competitiveness Index. A methodological and systemic approach based on physical resources (CCIPR). TTRA European Conference.
    GRANDE, K., RIOS, M. (2020). Impact de la digitalisation du contrôle de gestion sur le management des HPA. 12ème Journée d’Étude en Contrôle de Gestion sur le thème « digitalisation et contrôle de gestion ».
    GRANDE, K. (2019). Literature review of camping management. ATLAS Annual Conference 2019 – Tourism Transformations.
    GRANDE, K., CAMPRUBI, R. (2019). To invest or not to invest? A conceptual model for the camping industry. ATLAS Annual Conference 2019 – Tourism Transformations.
    GRANDE, K., BOTTI, L. (2019). Mesure et analyse de la performance selon une approche multicritère. 6ème conférence de l’Association Francophone de Management du Tourisme (AFMAT).
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