{"id":2304,"date":"2015-08-10T13:52:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T13:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourismlab\/?p=2304"},"modified":"2015-08-10T13:52:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T13:52:44","slug":"congratulations-to-zornitza-yovcheva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/2015\/08\/10\/congratulations-to-zornitza-yovcheva\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Zornitza Yovcheva!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Zornitza<\/a>\u00a0 The annual Institute of Travel & Tourism (ITT) Student Awards recognise the travel industry\u2019s talents. This year the member of BU eTourism Lab Zornitza Yovcheva<\/strong><\/a> has received the ITT PhD Studend of the Year award at the House of Commons in recognition of her outstanding work and talent.<\/p>\n

The ITT is the only professional membership body for those employed in the travel and tourism industry, and is dedicated to developing and maintaining high professional standards. Zornitza won the award for her PhD work<\/strong><\/a> into how augmented reality applications could enhance the experience of tourists.<\/p>\n

The PhD thesis supervisor Professor Dimitrios Buhalis<\/a><\/strong> said: \u201cZornitza’s research is cutting edge and I am glad her work is being recognised by ITT. Augmented reality will change the way we consume tourism and will be instrumental in the co-creation of memorable tourism experiences”.<\/p>\n

The awards were presented by Lord Snape at the ITT Summer Party\u00a0in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n

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