Research unit
Research interests
- Gender equality and women’s empowerment in the tourism sector
- Labour issues specific to the travel industry
Bio
With a master’s degree in tourism development from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Emilie Marcil is a research professional at Experisens since 2021.
Her Master’s thesis addresses the issue of affinity grouping during vacations, especially among women. Beyond the question of gender and social relationships during vacations, Émilie is interested in emerging trends in the travel industry, a field in which she has worked for over 17 years.
Drawing upon her experience as a guide and travel consultant, she remains very close to the tourism stakeholders with the concern for better theorizing their practice, considering the tourist field as a rich environment of knowledge and expertise.
Current research projects
Papers
Thesis and dissertation
Marcil, E. (2020). “Femmes et tourisme de l’entre-soi “ Mémoire. Montréal [unpublished master’s thesis], Université du Québec à Montréal.
Books
Marcil, E. (2022). Femmes et tourisme de l’entre-soi, Presses de l’Université du Québec : Québec, 120 p.
Presentations
Marcil, E. (2023). Femmes et tourisme de l’entre-soi. Paper presented at the Midis-conférences, Département des études universitaires et de la recherche, Institut de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec.
Marcil, E. (2022). Les femmes et le voyage de groupe. Paper presented at ESTHUA, Faculté de Tourisme, Culture et Hospitalité, Université Angers, Angers, France.
Marcil, E. (2022). Femmes et tourisme. Paper presented to the Association Femmes du Tourisme, Paris.
Posters
Marcil, E. (2023, November). Mesures d’analyse sensorielle de services informationnels et communicationnels en contexte hôtelier. Poster presented at Ateliers des experts de Synchronex, Québec City.
Research report
Marcil, E. (2023). Mesures d’analyse sensorielle de services informationnels et communicationnels en contexte hôtelier [Unpublished research report], Institut de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec.