{"id":4483,"date":"2017-12-04T16:25:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T16:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/?p=4483"},"modified":"2017-12-04T16:34:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T16:34:30","slug":"bournemouth-university-was-one-of-the-partners-at-the-dusit-gracious-hospitality-and-tourism-international-conference-2017-at-the-dusit-thani-college-bangkok-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/2017\/12\/04\/bournemouth-university-was-one-of-the-partners-at-the-dusit-gracious-hospitality-and-tourism-international-conference-2017-at-the-dusit-thani-college-bangkok-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Bournemouth University was one of the partners at the Dusit Gracious Hospitality and Tourism International Conference 2017  at the Dusit Thani College Bangkok Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bournemouth University was one of the partners at the Dusit Gracious Hospitality and Tourism International Conference 2017 that took place at the Dusit Thani College Bangkok Thailand 29th November to 2nd December 2017\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dusitconference.com\/\">http:\/\/dusitconference.com\/<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-9l_O0nvjv_o\/WiV2VV3C0-I\/AAAAAAAAK-U\/F_HdlpCwLhIZXBY0Sk_z5PEEKsQxkzocACK4BGAYYCw\/s640\/Gracious.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"504\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">Professor Dimitrios Buhalis Head of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Tourism and Hospitality Bournemouth University\u00a0<\/a>was the CoChair of the conference and worked closely with the Chair Dr Sarote Phornprapha President Dusit Thani College for the design and the delivery of the amazing conference programme\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dusitconference.com\/programme\/\"><span class=\"s2\">http:\/\/dusitconference.com\/programme\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 and fantastic speakers from around the world\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dusitconference.com\/speaker-profile\/\"><span class=\"s2\">http:\/\/dusitconference.com\/speaker-profile\/<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-WXhc6l_bv_8\/WiV2VXLiyJI\/AAAAAAAAK-Q\/1JDkj50Gqfg0aTt5YKVaQy4P6s8ER70sACK4BGAYYCw\/s1600\/Gracious2..jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-WXhc6l_bv_8\/WiV2VXLiyJI\/AAAAAAAAK-Q\/1JDkj50Gqfg0aTt5YKVaQy4P6s8ER70sACK4BGAYYCw\/s640\/Gracious2..jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">The conference attracted 200 people and provided a forum for discussion on Gracious Hospitality and Tourism. A<\/span><span class=\"s1\">sian Hospitality and Tourism is often seen as offering superior experiences to visitors and guests.\u00a0 Within the Thailand and the Dusit Thani Hotels and College context, Gracious Hospitality and Tourism is emblematic of the experience cocreation.\u00a0 Hospitality infused with authentic Thai values ensures the relentless focus on guest experience as part of Thai heritage.\u00a0 Kindness, compassion, and care are all in the DNA, and inspire the same distinctive service at each Dusit branded property worldwide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HF_-Xi2MASQ\/WiV2VDwhK6I\/AAAAAAAAK90\/sbhWq8LQU1soYVAC6KKDm44o_7Qf2PizACK4BGAYYCw\/s1600\/Gracious4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HF_-Xi2MASQ\/WiV2VDwhK6I\/AAAAAAAAK90\/sbhWq8LQU1soYVAC6KKDm44o_7Qf2PizACK4BGAYYCw\/s640\/Gracious4.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Thai hospitality is epitomised by graciousness, offering courteous, kind, and pleasant, courteous, polite, civil, chivalrous, well mannered, mannerly, decorous, tactful, diplomatic; kind, benevolent, considerate, thoughtful, obliging, accommodating, indulgent, magnanimous, friendly, amiable, cordial, hospitable experiences. This is often in contrast to different styles of hospitality and tourism found around the world.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6S8CVDLOia8\/WiV2VNCZiJI\/AAAAAAAAK-E\/lkqTNPO7LJ09ZSC0NA2sBbWF0Jn8MZkrQCK4BGAYYCw\/s1600\/Gracious3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6S8CVDLOia8\/WiV2VNCZiJI\/AAAAAAAAK-E\/lkqTNPO7LJ09ZSC0NA2sBbWF0Jn8MZkrQCK4BGAYYCw\/s640\/Gracious3.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"470\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">This conference adopted an inclusive approach and focused on the opportunities and challenges of Gracious Hospitality and Tourism. It analysed a range of hospitality and tourism businesses and organisations and explored dynamic innovations to maintain competitive advantages.\u00a0 The conference had a strong future focus towards 2030 and aims to become an annual event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"separator\">\n<p class=\"separator\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-V6rZrkcqQfw\/WiV2VJo6PZI\/AAAAAAAAK98\/fzZ22CGbR2kNFj_UqEkPCuF26J9E0vwcACK4BGAYYCw\/s1600\/Gracious7.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-V6rZrkcqQfw\/WiV2VJo6PZI\/AAAAAAAAK98\/fzZ22CGbR2kNFj_UqEkPCuF26J9E0vwcACK4BGAYYCw\/s640\/Gracious7.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-8QsD6yIi2HU\/WiV2VCZq8AI\/AAAAAAAAK-M\/ZIZlpHRGnPsss9Mx42Z8hNOChFpMf6kTwCK4BGAYYCw\/s1600\/Gracious6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-8QsD6yIi2HU\/WiV2VCZq8AI\/AAAAAAAAK-M\/ZIZlpHRGnPsss9Mx42Z8hNOChFpMf6kTwCK4BGAYYCw\/s640\/Gracious6.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bournemouth University was one of the partners at the Dusit Gracious Hospitality and Tourism International Conference 2017 that took place at the Dusit Thani College Bangkok Thailand 29th November to 2nd December 2017\u00a0http:\/\/dusitconference.com\/.\u00a0\u00a0 Professor Dimitrios Buhalis Head of\u00a0Department of Tourism and Hospitality Bournemouth University\u00a0was the CoChair of the conference and worked closely with the Chair&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/2017\/12\/04\/bournemouth-university-was-one-of-the-partners-at-the-dusit-gracious-hospitality-and-tourism-international-conference-2017-at-the-dusit-thani-college-bangkok-thailand\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about Bournemouth University was one of the partners at the Dusit Gracious Hospitality and Tourism International Conference 2017  at the Dusit Thani College Bangkok Thailand<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4483"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4486,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483\/revisions\/4486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}