Posts By: Dimitrios Buhalis

new paper published  Volchek, K., Liu, A., Song, H., & Buhalis, D. (2018).  Forecasting tourist arrivals at attractions: Search engine empowered methodologies. 

new paper published  Volchek, K., Liu, A., Song, H., & Buhalis, D. (2018). Forecasting tourist arrivals at attractions: Search engine empowered methodologies. Tourism Economics. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354816618811558 Abstract Tourist decision to visit attractions is a complex process influenced by multiple factors of individual context. This study investigates how the accuracy of tourism demand forecasting can be improved at… Read more » about new paper published  Volchek, K., Liu, A., Song, H., & Buhalis, D. (2018).  Forecasting tourist arrivals at attractions: Search engine empowered methodologies. 

Bournemouth University Department of Tourism and Hospitality is the Education Partner of the The Boutique Hotel Guest Experience Awards BoHo 2019 https://www.bohoawards.co.uk/

Bournemouth University Department of Tourism and Hospitality is the Education Partner of the The Boutique Hotel Guest Experience Awards BoHo 2019 https://www.bohoawards.co.uk/ working closely with Boutique Hotel News @bohonews and GuestRevu @guestrevu The results will be presented at the Boutique Hotel Summit in June in London https://www.boutiquehotelsummit.com/ In a meeting at Bournemouth University, the BoHo Awards teams engaged postgraduate hospitality and… Read more » about Bournemouth University Department of Tourism and Hospitality is the Education Partner of the The Boutique Hotel Guest Experience Awards BoHo 2019 https://www.bohoawards.co.uk/

Dr Daisy Fan will be a speaker at the ABTA The Over 50s Holiday Market Conference

The Over 50s Holiday Market 29 November 2018 News UK, 3 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9SG Register now Time is running out to register for ABTA’s third annual Over 50s Holiday Market conference. This year will focus on key trends, travel insights and innovations for the over 50s. Learn how to connect and engage with… Read more » about Dr Daisy Fan will be a speaker at the ABTA The Over 50s Holiday Market Conference

Professor Dimitrios Buhalis is preparing for China to contribute to Smart Tourism : Emerging Global Digital Ecosystem at the 12th UNWTO / PATA Forum on Tourism Trends and Outlook Guilin, China

Professor Dimitrios Buhalis is preparing for China to contribute to Smart Tourism : Emerging Global Digital Ecosystem at the 12th UNWTO / PATA Forum on Tourism Trends and Outlook Guilin, China Conference  The future of Tourism : Road to 2030 25-27 October 2018. People’s Government of Guilin of China, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)… Read more » about Professor Dimitrios Buhalis is preparing for China to contribute to Smart Tourism : Emerging Global Digital Ecosystem at the 12th UNWTO / PATA Forum on Tourism Trends and Outlook Guilin, China

Professor Heather Hartwell research into large scale nutrition interventions to improve public health

Professor Heather Hartwell research into large scale nutrition interventions to improve public health Good nutrition and eating well is an important part of public health and can help stave off a number of age-related illnesses. Over the last twenty years, Bournemouth University’s Professor Heather Hartwell has been carrying out research into nutrition in the context… Read more » about Professor Heather Hartwell research into large scale nutrition interventions to improve public health

Professor Dimitrios Buhalis  introducing and Chairing the Smart Tourism Session at the 7th UNWTO Global Summit on Urban Tourism in Seoul Korea 

Professor Dimitrios Buhalis Head of Bournemouth University Department of Tourism and Hospitality  introducing and Chairing the Smart Tourism Session at the 7th UNWTO Global Summit on Urban Tourism in Seoul Korea https://youtu.be/ItK2mw-qTK4 #smart #smartcities #smartrourism #tourism #travel Smart tourism will determine the competitiveness of Tourism in the future

International students on British drinking: ‘people don’t know when to stop’

International students on British drinking: ‘people don’t know when to stop’ Drinking to excess ‘expected’ part of university life New research published by  Thomas Thurnell-Read, Lecturer in Cultural Sociology, Loughborough University; Lorraine Brown, Associate Professor, Department of Tourism and Hospitality, Bournemouth University, and Philip Long, Honorary Visiting Research Associate, Bournemouth University_______________________________________________________________________________________________ This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons… Read more » about International students on British drinking: ‘people don’t know when to stop’

Deepam Ramchurn returns to Uni after a Communications and Marketing Internship, at the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Bangkok, Thailand

Deepam Ramchurn returns to Uni after a Communications and Marketing Internship, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Bangkok, Thailand Why did you come to BU? I chose the BA (Hons) Tourism ManagementBournemouth University because the course offered a sandwich option and I was impressed by the connection the university has with some of the companies in the industry. Why… Read more » about Deepam Ramchurn returns to Uni after a Communications and Marketing Internship, at the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Bangkok, Thailand

Joint UNWTO and PATA Session: “Connecting Asia and Europe through the Silk Road” 8th UNWTO International Meeting on Silk Road Tourism  in Thessaloniki, Greece on 10-12 October 2018.

  The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Ministry of Tourism of Greece and the Region of Central Macedonia have partnered together to organize the Joint UNWTO and PATA Session: “Connecting Asia and Europe through the Silk Road” 8th UNWTO International Meeting on Silk Road Tourism  in Thessaloniki, Greece on 10-12 October 2018. Together with the… Read more » about Joint UNWTO and PATA Session: “Connecting Asia and Europe through the Silk Road” 8th UNWTO International Meeting on Silk Road Tourism  in Thessaloniki, Greece on 10-12 October 2018.

Bournemouth University Department of Tourism and Hospitality Celebrates World Tourism Day with a photo competition

Bournemouth University Department of Tourism and Hospitality Celebrates World Tourism Day with a photo competition “Tourism and the Digital Transformation” is the theme of this year’s World Tourism Day (WTD). To celebrate this important date in our industry and to support this theme of the year, we would like to go for something SMART and… Read more » about Bournemouth University Department of Tourism and Hospitality Celebrates World Tourism Day with a photo competition