Bournemouth University Food and Drink expert Dr Sean Beer ahead of the wave

At Bournemouth University Department of Tourism and Hospitality we like to think that we are at the cutting edge of developments in tourism and hospitality.  So it was no surprise to our own Mad Hatter (aka Dr Sean Beer pictured in character) when Big Hospitality (http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/ ) highlighted themed afternoon teas and storytelling as two of its seven Hotel trends for 2017. 

After all these had been the focus of much of Sean’s work in 2016 including his Festival of Learning event and the Food and Culture walking tour of Bournemouth and Dorset at the Tourism Management Institute (TMI) conference. More tea anyone?