Three winning BU hospitality students were at the Hilton on Park Lane attending the Master Innholders conference on Monday to collect their competition trophy. Julian Dombrowsky, Suzanne Parr and Eleanor Moore stepped on stage in front of over 450 top industry professionals to do a short presentation and collect their award for creating the… Read more » about BU Hospitality students scoop first place at top industry conference
Monthly Archives: January 2012
BU celebrates Chinese New Year
BU is celebrating the year of the dragon with the Chinese Student and Scholar Association (CSSA) on Monday January 23. The CSSA invites anyone who wants to celebrate along to the evening, which is completely free and will be held in Dylans Bar on Talbot campus. To celebrate Chinese new year there will be a… Read more » about BU celebrates Chinese New Year
BU students scoop first place at Hotel event of the year
Three BU students have won the annual Master Innholders Competition, of which the award ceremony and conference will take place from the 16-17 January in The Hilton on Park Lane in London. The competition was open to all Hospitality Management degree programmes within Europe, which required students to produce a 10 minute video on a… Read more » about BU students scoop first place at Hotel event of the year
Travel companies need to offer more to attract online market
Two accountancy firms, KPMG and Wilkins Kennedy suggest that the amount of travel companies going bust in 2011 is linked to customers willingness to book online to get a better deal, rather than buy in store. 24 tour operators went into administration last year and more are expected in 2012. Professor Buhalis of Bournemouth University… Read more » about Travel companies need to offer more to attract online market