The Tourism Management Institute’s (TMI) have released the winner of the David Hughes Memorial Award 2014.

We are proud to announce that the recipient is BU student Claire Rosslee who undertook a 20 week placement with the English Riviera Tourism Company (and a second placement with an airline).

The award is aimed at final year students studying towards a degree in Destination Management (on a TMI accredited course) and asks that they put forward their industry placement reports for consideration; the Award is then given to the best student report.

The assessor states that “The key reason for this choice is because of its direct involvement with Destination Management. It is good to see that Claire seems to have valued her time on placement, the networking available and an understanding of the scope and holistic nature of destination management.”

Claire has been invited to attend the Hot Topic event on 12 May at Cheltenham Racecourse to receive her Award certificate in person from the TMI President, with the option of responding to the Award through a short speech and presentation on her placement. As well as the award being a great enhancement to her CV Claire also gets a number of other benefits such as:

• One year’s FREE Associate membership of TMI, giving her access to a network of over 200 professionals in tourism destination management and targeted job vacancies;
• Complimentary delegate place at one of the TMI’s two main professional development events to be able to network with leading professionals in the sector.

It is fantastic that a BU student is being recognised externally and we wish Claire all the best when she collects her Award in May.

By: Sophie Larder