2013 International Conference on Tourism and Hospitality Management (ICTHM 2013) will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka during 8th to 10th December 2013, organized by International Center for Research & Development (ICRD) around the theme of "Challenges and opportunities in a globalized world". The overall objective of the conference is to provide an interactive forum for academics and professionals to meet and exchange new research and ideas in an informal and interdisciplinary setting. 　　ICRD is now accepting abstracts in any area related to tourism and hospitality, and the organizers welcome critical and interdisciplinary papers on topics such as: the international tourism industries, eco-tourism and different topics in tourism including space tourism, theories of tourism, tourism and the environment, tourism and risk, travel industries, tourism and globalization, sports studies, tourism and the life-course and papers.