Bournemouth University International Conference on Events – July 3rd – 5th 2013

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 This July, Bournemouth University will be hosting the international Conference on Events and the 10th AEME Forum.

The conference aims to debate the way in which we see, think and undertake events management research, pedagogy, policy and practice.

Acknowledging the growing international research within the events area, the organisers invite extended abstracts from researchers, academics and industry experts who have an interest in events management.

This three-day conference will encompass presentations, e-posters and workshops where we hope that participants will bring their expertise to help create a ‘sea-change’ of support for the future of events.

As well as the conference being a great opportunity for students to meet some key academics in the event management field, Maters and PhD students are also being the opportunity to present their research in the form of an E-Poster at the conference.

For more information on the conference and for abstract submission guidelines please see the website

 

The School of Tourism welcomes new staff arrivals

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 Today the School of Tourism has welcomed three new staff who will be working at Bournemouth University from now on.

 Firstly, Dr Anya Chapman who will be teaching Tourism who has joined us from Liverpool Hope University. Anya will be based in D211.

Nicole Ferdinand will be joining the Event and Leisure team as a Senior Lecturer from London Metropolitan University. Nicole will be based in D127.

Our final new addition is Dr Nigel Williams who will also be joining the Event and Leisure team as a senior lecturer University of Bedfordshire.  Nigel will be based in D130.

We wish all of our new staff the best of luck in their new roles and welcome them to the School of Tourism.

MSc Tourism Graduate Christy Hehir launches her book Arctic Reflections

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We have previously bought you the news that one of graduates, Christy Hehir has been lucky enough to have her PhD research created into a book called Arctic Reflections.

The book, “Arctic Reflections: Moments of inspiration, a life time of action”, is a result of seventeen young people from twelve different countries that visited Svalbard in the Norwegian Arctic, as part of an expedition funded by the European Union’s Youth in Action programme, and organised by the British Council in partnership with UNEP GRID – Arendal.

Through personal testimonies collected by Christy as part of her PhD research, and photographs taken by Luka Tomac of the sights witnessed, the book goes beyond simple impressions and acts as a poignant reminder that our planet is at great environmental risk. Importantly, it also offers positive examples of young people taking action, something the Youth in Action Programme strongly encourages. Doug Allan, prominent wildlife and documentary cameraman, experts from UNEP GRID – Arendal and Dr. Dirk Notz, a polar scientist from MaxPlanck Institute, have also contributed by adding their personal insights and knowledge, highlighting the need for urgent action necessary to save the Arctic.

The book is being officially launched on the 28th January at the Museum of Natural Sciences, Rue Vautierstraat 29, Brussels.

Speakers at the launch include:  Dr. Peter Prokosch (Managing Director, UNEP/GRID-Arendal), Christy Hehir (UK) and Luka Tomac (Croatia).

A sample of the book can be found here: http://www.britishcouncil.de/files/2012/03/Arctic-Refelections_British-Council.pdf.

The launch is open to the public but if you cannot attend please feel free to email Christy any questions or to order a copy of the book christyhehir@googlemail.com @christyhehir

We wish Christy the best of luck with the official launch of her book!

Bournemouth University hosts its 2nd Hospitality Student Conference

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Last year, Bournemouth University held its first student and industry Hospitality Management Student Conference and next week Bournemouth University will be doing it again.

This year the conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel Bloomsbury in London.

Last year, over 90 students from the School of Tourism travelled to the Kensington Hilton hotel in London, and were joined by around 30 students from West London College, where BU’s top-up hospitality degree is taught.

Students were able to listen to presentations and participate in a live Q&A with leading hospitality professionals from establishments such as Hilton Worldwide Europe, Deloitte LLP, charity Hospitality Action, and the Inter-Continent Hotel Group amongst others.

This year students will again hear presentations from industry and have the opportunity to take part in Q& A’s with key indsurty players including Jose Luiz, Human Resources Director for Shangri-La at the Shard and speakers from the London Marriott and Intercontinental Hotels

This year already looks set to be another great experience for our students and provide them with opportunities to interact with potential employers.

We will be tweeting throughout the conference this year using the #BUHSC13

Placement student William Sloane comes third in the AICR Receptionist of the Year Competition

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William, who is a third year Hospitality Management student on placement at The Ritz Hotel, was recently nominated for the AICR Receptionist of Year competition by his colleagues.

The AICR Receptionist of the Year Competition grows stronger year on year with more Hotels showing support for their Front Office staff by recognizing their talents and putting them forward into this coveted competition which has been running since 1996.

The final was back in December and William was lucky enough to receive third place.

 The event also served as the AICR UK Christmas drinks and it was at the Crowne Plaza St James where AICR handed over £2000 to their nominated charity, Hospitality Action.

Congratulations to William!

Hello and Happy New Year!

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Hello and welcome back to Bournemouth for what looks set to be an exciting spring term. We hope you enjoyed your break!

Last term was definitely exciting for the School of Tourism and we hope this term will prove to be just as enjoyable.

We will be continuing to bring you all the news via this blog about what we have been up to!

We have also just launched some programme specific blogs that will contain blog post and industry news relevant to each particular programme or academic group.

You can take a look at the new blogs below:

The Sports blog

The Hospitality blog

The Tourism blog

The Events and Leisure blog

The Retail blog

For more information on any of the blogs or to have a blog posted on your behalf please contact Anna ajones@bournemouth.ac.uk

BAEM students receive high praise from Exhibition News Dragons Den

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Edward Burton and Callum Roberts were recently chosen to present their event idea to the Exhibition News Dragon Den.

The pitch was in front of 6 of the most influential professionals in the event and exhibition industry as well as an auditorium full of guests.

Callum and Edward received great feedback during their presentation and also received an email from the editor of Exhibition Magazine saying

“Your pitch was definitely the most polished of the day and you really impressed the Dragons.”

Callum commented that he felt that the International Event Management bid that all students have to do in final year of the event management degree really helped them in the process:

“We feel that because of it we knew how to pitch and were not nervous in being passionate and showing emotion which we were later praised for.

As a student it’s great when something you practice at University translates into the ‘real world’ and we went in feeling confident after the assignment, especially after a tough grilling from Matt we knew we were prepared for the curve ball questions!”

After their presentation, Callum and Edward were approached by several of dragons who wanted to progress their idea and they event received a few job offers!!
Well done to the boys!

FeiFei Xu Fusion Funded Trip to China

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Feifei Xu has recently returned from her Fusion funded trip to China as part of her research on “The Gamification of Tourism, A Future Trend”

Whilst she was in China, Feifei was able to launch her project at two Universities: Nanjing University, Nanjing and Donghua University, Shanghai.

Feifei collected some primary and secondary research data including 4 focus groups and 15 interviews with tourists, hotels, tour operators, restaurants and tourism administrations to identify motivation and expectation of tourism gamification. She also managed to collect documents on smart tourism in China

“My networking and discussion with the industry resulted in a genuine interest on a possible consultancy project on Gamification (discussion in progress).

My networking with universities resulted in a formal inquiry about the possible Costal Academy Summer School program and an interest in a 4+1 Program for students and possible research collaboration.”

As well as working on her research project, Feifei was invited to give several guest lectures during her time there:

  • Nanjing University to MSc students studying Tourism Management and Planning
  • Nanjing University of Finance and Economics to Undergraduate students studying tourism management
  • Nanjing University of Forest to MSc students studying landscape and planning
  • Shanghai Donghua University to MSc students studying Tourism
  • Anhui Normal University to Undergraduate and MSc students studying Tourism Management

Hospitality Management students serve HRH Princess Anne during her royal visit

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On 12th December Bournemouth University received a royal visit from HRH Princess Anne. The purpose of the visit was to see and hear about some of the achievements that staff and students have had over the past year, including working on the Olympics.

She spent a lot of her day in the Media School touring the facilities and hearing from students.

However, School of Tourism Hospitality Management students were lucky enough to serve HRH Princess Anne canapés that they made for her visit.

Mhairi Strachan; Cameron Mcglone; Sarah Carter and Harry Watts were the students lucky enough to be chosen to be part of the serving team.

2nd year student Mhairi Strachan commented on the experience:

“For the Princess Royal to visit Bournemouth University it was an honour not only for the university but for the students.

Being part of the serving team it was again another great experience to be ambassadors for the School of Tourism and not only that but for the other students studying hospitality in the UK, and having that recognition.

  It was definitely a surreal experience and one of the greatest achievements I am going to remember for a long time from now.”

Cameron Mcglone commeted:

“I was very happy to be asked and I positively accpeted the chance as soon as I read the e-mail. It was extremely valuable time spent, from our briefing with Martyn Bell and his team on Monday, right through to our involvement ending. It was interesting to get a chance to see a glimpse of what events like this entail and the preparations that need to be considered beforehand.

We were given very clear and simple instructions as Martyn had thoroughly prepared everything in advance and I cannot praise him enough for his friendly professionalism, putting us at ease and helping us to get the most out of the day. The food looked good and the guests we served were happy to be offered the choices on our plates. By far the most popular were the mini-eclairs! I have to thank Christian Lemmer also for choosing us to take part and represent the Hospitality program.”

Congratulations to all the students who were involved in what was a wonderful day.

 

Debbie Sadd to be interviewed on Radio Solent

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Debbie Sadd has been invited to appear on the Julian Clegg Show on Radio Solent on 21st December for a special show to celebrate the Olympics.

Debbie was heavily involved with Olympics Games this year, as not only was she a lucky enough to be chosen to be a torch bearer, she also volunteered at the games.

Debbie will be joining other people that were involved in the Olympics for the special show.

Debbie said that she was “Excited and keen to hook up with other Games Makers and torch bearers” and was very much looking forward to the experience.

Make sure you listen out next week to hear Debbie!