{"id":2420,"date":"2015-12-04T23:42:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T23:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourismlab\/?post_type=tribe_events&amp;p=2420"},"modified":"2015-12-04T23:42:54","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T23:42:54","slug":"great-britain-tourism","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/event\/great-britain-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Britain Tourism Strategy lecture by VisitBritain\u2019s Chairman, Christopher Rodrigues CBE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"fsl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/files\/2015\/12\/12322405_1052609701428055_7964905599693849014_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2421 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/files\/2015\/12\/12322405_1052609701428055_7964905599693849014_o-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"12322405_1052609701428055_7964905599693849014_o\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/files\/2015\/12\/12322405_1052609701428055_7964905599693849014_o-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/files\/2015\/12\/12322405_1052609701428055_7964905599693849014_o.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/visitbritains-chairman-christopher-rodrigues-cbe-guest-lecture-tickets-20713795520?ref=estwenivtefor001\">BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fsl\">VisitBritain\u2019s Chairman, Christopher Rodrigues CBE will visit and do a guest lecture on Great Britain Tourism Strategy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fsl\"><br \/>\n<strong><em>25th February 10:00-12:00 LEES LECTURE THEATRE<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitbritain.org\/christopher-rodrigues-cbe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow\">https:\/\/www.visitbritain.org\/christopher-rodrigues-cbe<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>VisitBritain\u2019s Chairman, Christopher Rodrigues CBE, provides strategic leadership to our work to boost tourism to and within Britain, leading the delivery of a new era of greater coherence and partnership for the visitor economy.The<br \/>\nChairman works with VisitBritain&#8217;s private and public sector partners in England, Scotland and Wales to aid us in strengthening the marketing of Britain as a tourist destination overseas.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Christopher became Chairman of VisitBritain in January 2007. He is also Cha<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">irman of Openwork LLP and The Almeida Theatre. He is on the Council, and a Trustee, of the National Trust and is an Executive Committee member of the<br \/>\nWorld Travel and Tourism Council. In August 2013 he became the Chairman of the British Bobsleigh &amp; Skeleton Association. In 2013 he was given an Honorary Doctorate at the University of Surrey in recognition of his work in the tourism industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>His past experience includes time as President and Chief Executive of Visa International between 1997- 2003 and Chief Executive of Thomas Cook between 1988 -1996.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FREE TICKETS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/visitbritains-chairman-christopher-rodrigues-cbe-guest-lecture-tickets-20713795520?ref=estwenivtefor001\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/visitbritains-chairman-christopher-rodrigues-cbe-guest-lecture-tickets-20713795520?ref=estwenivtefor001<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET HERE VisitBritain\u2019s Chairman, Christopher Rodrigues CBE will visit and do a guest lecture on Great Britain Tourism Strategy 25th February 10:00-12:00 LEES LECTURE THEATRE https:\/\/www.visitbritain.org\/christopher-rodrigues-cbe VisitBritain\u2019s&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/event\/great-britain-tourism\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about Great Britain Tourism Strategy lecture by VisitBritain\u2019s Chairman, Christopher Rodrigues CBE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":2421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3],"class_list":["post-2420","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-workshop","cat_workshop"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/etourism-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=2420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}