Research

Rewilding Britain: Ecotourism and economic diversification

Rewilding Britain: Ecotourism and economic diversification  140 delegates gathered on the 5th May 2016 at Charlton Down Village Hall, near Dorchester to discuss and explore the application of rewilding concepts to Dorset co-hosted by Bournemouth University and the Dorset Wildlife Trust. Dr Susanna Curtin explains as a commentator on wildlife tourism in Britain, this was… Read more » about Rewilding Britain: Ecotourism and economic diversification

FoodBIZ @Bournemouth University Wednesday, 18 May 2016 at 10:00 Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University

FoodBIZ @Bournemouth University Wednesday, 18 May 2016 at 10:00  Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University   Register for Free Ticket Information  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/foodbiz-tickets-19780427792 Food@BU – Bournemouth University is a hub for food innovation and research excellence – regionally nationally and internationally. At BU we have an interdisciplinary and intersectoral range of projects and platforms researching the emerging international trends… Read more » about FoodBIZ @Bournemouth University Wednesday, 18 May 2016 at 10:00 Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University

New Paper : Exploring well-being as a tourism product resource

New Paper Sarah Pyke, Heather Hartwell, Adam Blake, Ann Hemingway, 2016, Exploring well-being as a tourism product resource,  Tourism Management, Volume 55, August 2016, Pages 94–105   doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2016.02.004 Highlights •Tourism and public health sectors are merging around the concept of well-being. •Stakeholder views on using well-being as a tourism product resource are explored. •Barriers and enablers of implementing well-being into… Read more » about New Paper : Exploring well-being as a tourism product resource

Food Research and Innovation @ BU celebration, on Wednesday 18th May 2016 at Bournemouth University

Dear colleagues,  This is an invitation from Professor Heather Hartwell to attend FoodBiz – the Food Research and Innovation @ BU celebration, on Wednesday 18th May 2016 at Bournemouth University, Executive Business Centre (7th floor). This FREE event brings together industry and academic partners to celebrate our Food Research and Innovation in the Department of Tourism and Hospitality at Bournemouth University to share… Read more » about Food Research and Innovation @ BU celebration, on Wednesday 18th May 2016 at Bournemouth University

New Paper: Strategic and tactical price decisions in hotel revenue management

 New Research paper:  Graziano Abrate Giampaolo Viglia 2016, Strategic and tactical price decisions in hotel revenue management, Tourism Management Volume 55, August 2016, Pages 123–132  doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2016.02.006   Highlights •The study proposes and empirically validates a dynamic pricing framework. •Three groups of factors are identified in their strategic and tactic dimensions. •The Shapley-Owen decomposition of R-squared is applied to… Read more » about New Paper: Strategic and tactical price decisions in hotel revenue management

Studying sustainable and wildlife tourism at Bournemouth University

Studying sustainable and wildlife tourism at Bournemouth University Department of Tourism and Hospitality Drs. Susanna Curtin and Jon Edwards had an enjoyable day out at RSPB Arne with the MSc students studying wildlife, nature and ecotourism. They were there to experience the diverse wetland and woodland habitat and to learn about the relationship between nature reserves and ecotourism.  Are… Read more » about Studying sustainable and wildlife tourism at Bournemouth University

Tourism Economics special issue on Economics of tourism and transport, Edited by Dr Neelu Seetaram

Tourism Economics special issue on Economics of tourism and transport, Edited by Dr Neelu Seetaram http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ip/tec/2016/00000022/00000002;jsessionid=2hehc41kq538i.alice   Dr Neelu Seetaram,  Department of Tourism and Hospitality, Faculty of Management, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Dorset House, Poole BH12 5BB, UK. E-mail: nseetaram@bournemouth.ac.uk. Transportation is an essential component of the tourism system (Leiper, 1990). This system, made up… Read more » about Tourism Economics special issue on Economics of tourism and transport, Edited by Dr Neelu Seetaram

Dr Anna Menozzi Assistant Professor at Università del Piemonte Orientale Italy visiting Bournemouth University

Dr Anna Menozzi Assistant Professor at Università del Piemonte Orientale Italy will be visiting the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Bournemouth University as part of the ERASMUS + programme from 09/05 to 11/05. Her research interests are in the area of Corporate Governance, Small Business, Retail and Marketing Analytics. She will be teaching a seminar in the… Read more » about Dr Anna Menozzi Assistant Professor at Università del Piemonte Orientale Italy visiting Bournemouth University

Message from our visitors from Finland

Getting new ideas and meeting wonderful people at Department of Tourism and Hospitality during our Erasmus teacher exchange. By Birgitta Nelimarkka and Johanna Rajakangas-Tolsa, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Science, Helsinki, Finland It was a beautiful, sunny and warm day on the 11th of April when we arrived in Bournemouth. People had warned us for the… Read more » about Message from our visitors from Finland

New Publication : Who Am I? How Compelling Self-storytelling Builds Digital Personal Reputation

Rebecca Pera, Giampaolo Viglia, Roberto Furlan, 2016, Who Am I? How Compelling Self-storytelling Builds Digital Personal Reputation, Journal of Interactive Marketing, Volume 35, August 2016, Pages 44–55 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1094996815000614 Abstract The work explores whether self-storytelling is a powerful predictor of personal reputation in a collaborative community of the sharing economy realm. By proposing that powerful self-storytelling… Read more » about New Publication : Who Am I? How Compelling Self-storytelling Builds Digital Personal Reputation