{"id":4396,"date":"2017-10-04T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/?p=4396"},"modified":"2017-10-04T10:00:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T10:00:59","slug":"dr-miguel-moitals-iberian-trip-recently-traveled-to-portugal-and-spain-to-present-his-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/2017\/10\/04\/dr-miguel-moitals-iberian-trip-recently-traveled-to-portugal-and-spain-to-present-his-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Miguel Moital\u2019s Iberian trip recently traveled to Portugal and Spain to present his work."},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article-header tencol last\">\n<p class=\"entry-title h1\">Our colleague Dr. Miguel Moital, Principal Academic in Events Management, Faculty of Management, recently traveled to Portugal and Spain to present his work. In Portugal, Miguel talked to students from the Masters in Tourism Management at the UCP \u2013 Portuguese Catholic University (Braga Campus). BU has an Erasmus agreement with UCP for staff exchange. Miguel talked about key issues in academic writing, presenting material from his\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 16px\" href=\"https:\/\/leanpub.com\/dissertations\/\">e-book<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u00a0on the topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"entry-content tencol last clearfix\">In Spain, Miguel delivered a presentation about \u2018Managing Prestige in Spa &amp; Thermal Experiences\u201d to 35 participants of a pre-TERMATALIA course, attended by industry and institutional participants from countries such as Argentina, Costa Rica, and Colombia. The course received coverage in the regional media, including a report by TV Channel\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teleminho.com\/video\/informativos\/curso-basico-termalismo-termatalia-2017-19917\/20170920131351025741.html\">Telemino<\/a>\u00a0(see after 2 minutes) and newspaper\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laregion.es\/articulo\/ourense\/termatalia-analiza-futuro-mundial-turismo-salud\/20170920081655736754.html\">La Region<\/a>. The presentation was based on his research around the consumption of prestigious experiences, part of it co-created with Undergraduate Students through their dissertations.<\/p>\n<p>TERMATALIA \u2013 17th International Exhibition of Thermal Tourism, Health and Wellness is \u201cthe only specialized fair in the world that represents a thermal bridge between Europe and Latin America, bringing together professionals from more than 25 countries\u201d. TERMATALIA\u00a0alternates between Ourense (Galicia), where it originates, and a Latin -American country (next year it will take place in Igua\u00e7u, Brazil).\u00a0Ourense features many thermal baths which feed off from the natural hot springs, with a number of both public pools (free to use) and private pools\u00a0(fee paying, tough \u20ac6 will pay for 2 hours on the best one) scattered along and around the Mi\u00f1o river.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63804 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk\/research\/files\/2017\/09\/termas-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"191\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our colleague Dr. Miguel Moital, Principal Academic in Events Management, Faculty of Management, recently traveled to Portugal and Spain to present his work. In Portugal, Miguel talked to students from the Masters in Tourism Management at the UCP \u2013 Portuguese Catholic University (Braga Campus). BU has an Erasmus agreement with UCP for staff exchange. 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