This week 17 of our final Event Management and Leisure Marketing students will be attending the IFEA Europe Conference in Rotterdam. Founded in 1956 as the Festival Manager’s Association, the International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA) today is The Premiere Association Supporting and Enabling Festival & Event Professionals Worldwide. IFEA Europe is a networking organisation… Read more » about 17 Events Management and Leisure Marketing students will be attending the IFEA this week
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Events and Leisure students start their live events
All second year Event Management and Leisure Marketing students have to manage their own live events as part of their degree. The students are put into groups and have to manage and organise an event for an external client. This year the clients for the students include MacMillan; Youth Cancer Trust; The Salvation Army; and… Read more » about Events and Leisure students start their live events
7 Sports students to present at the British Conference of Undergraduate Research
The British Conference of Undergraduate Research is a well-regarded conference open to all undergraduate students of any discipline undertaking research at any university in the UK, and one that BU has been represented at in the past. This year 7 students all from the Sport Academic group have been chosen to present their research at… Read more » about 7 Sports students to present at the British Conference of Undergraduate Research
Enter 2013
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis, president of IFITT (International Federation for Information Technology and Travel & Tourism) is currently at Enter 2013, an annual conference organised by IFITT. The ENTER conference, organised by IFITT, offers a worldwide and unique forum for attendees from academia, industry, government, and other organizations to actively exchange, share, and challenge state-of-the-art research… Read more » about Enter 2013
School of Tourism Alumni Hall of Fame
Here at the School of Tourism we are very proud of our Alumni and we like to show case what they have got up to and how far they have travelled. To celebrate this fact we are putting together a School of Tourism Hall of Fame. The “Hall of Fame” will consist of photos of… Read more » about School of Tourism Alumni Hall of Fame
Working with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Themis Foundation in Andorra
Professor Adele Ladkin has just returned from a visit to UNWTO.Themis in Andorra where she has been working on a collaborative project. As part of its Capacity Building Programme, UNWTO.Themis provides educational courses for tourism industry experts. Due to the demand for different topics, subject experts from the tourism industry and public sector are recruited… Read more » about Working with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Themis Foundation in Andorra
4 Hospitality Management Students are chosen for prestigious Young Guns Award final
The prestigious Young Guns Award is a national competition that recognises hospitality students that have excelled in their work placements. For the last 11 years Bournemouth has held a place in the finals and has had a student win most years. This year 4 of the 10 finalists nationally are from Bournemouth University’s Hospitality Management… Read more » about 4 Hospitality Management Students are chosen for prestigious Young Guns Award final
Senior Lecturer Sean Beer interviewed regarding the horse meat scandal
Yesterday, School of Tourism Senior Lecturer, Sean Beer commented on the horse meat burger story. “I suppose that what surprises me about the revelation that horse DNA has been found in burgers …in the UK is that people are surprised. But then most people don’t know anything about the food that they consume, and… Read more » about Senior Lecturer Sean Beer interviewed regarding the horse meat scandal
School of Tourism’s Neelu Seetaram co-edits Handbook of Research Methods in Tourism
Back in August School of Tourism’s Neelu Seetaram coedited Handbook of Research Methods in Tourism: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches with Larry Dwyer and Alison Gill. This insightful book explores the most important established and emerging qualitative and quantitative research methods in tourism. The authors provide a detailed overview of the nature of the research method,… Read more » about School of Tourism’s Neelu Seetaram co-edits Handbook of Research Methods in Tourism
Digital Destinations Project host their 2nd Seminars
This week the Digital Destinations Project are hosting their second seminars for 60 businesses that are signed onto the project. The aim of the yearlong project is to capture change in the adoption and use of digital technologies and to develop a strong, competitive local tourism economy. Each business that signed up to the… Read more » about Digital Destinations Project host their 2nd Seminars