{"id":4692,"date":"2018-06-23T11:17:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T11:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/?p=4692"},"modified":"2018-06-23T11:17:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T11:17:33","slug":"simon-thomas-and-dimitrios-buhalis-to-contribute-to-abtas-future-talent-in-the-travel-industry-conference-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/2018\/06\/23\/simon-thomas-and-dimitrios-buhalis-to-contribute-to-abtas-future-talent-in-the-travel-industry-conference-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Thomas and Dimitrios Buhalis to contribute to ABTA&#8217;s Future Talent in the Travel Industry Conference in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/abta.com\/conferences-and-events\/abta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/4fa47f6922687f9799ed0cf3d\/images\/3dc5c741-11bc-47a1-ae46-70918e4163d6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" align=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<h1>Future Talent in the Travel Industry<\/h1>\n<div><strong>London Tuesday 3 July 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Grant Thornton, 30 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1AG<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ee;text-align: -webkit-center;background-color: #bfe6ff\">Register now<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">Network with travel industry employers at ABTA&#8217;s second annual future talent conference.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>What do industry employers expect from candidates looking to work in travel?\u00a0<\/strong>From desirable\u00a0qualifications and qualities to the future of travel industry roles,\u00a0<strong>attend for first-hand insight into employability in travel.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">As the industry develops, learn what\u00a0<strong>skills gaps<\/strong>\u00a0employers will be looking to fill and how your candidates can\u00a0<strong>meet the criteria<\/strong>\u00a0for these new positions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conference highlights\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Discover current and future trends in travel<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the impact on workforce, training and education<\/li>\n<li><strong>Explore Brexit priorities<\/strong>\u00a0for the travel industry and higher educational institutions<\/li>\n<li>Get a crucial update on\u00a0<strong>graduate schemes, internships, placements and apprenticeships<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hear employer perspectives<\/strong>\u00a0on talent, desirable qualifications and qualities<\/li>\n<li><strong>First-hand experiences<\/strong>\u00a0from graduates, students and interns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Speakers include<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Moderator: Vicki Wolf,\u00a0<\/strong>Education Partnerships Manager,<strong>\u00a0ABTA<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Myra Cooke,\u00a0<\/strong>Head of Performance and Development,\u00a0<strong>Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Holidays<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Carolyn Smith,\u00a0<\/strong>Head of People Development,<strong>\u00a0TUI<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Elaine Bader,\u00a0<\/strong>Head of Overseas Resourcing,<strong>\u00a0Eurocamp<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Anne-May Janssen,\u00a0<\/strong>Head of European Engagement,<strong>\u00a0Universities UK International\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Alan Wardle,\u00a0<\/strong>Director of Public Affairs,\u00a0<strong>ABTA<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Annette Allmark<\/strong>, Director of Strategic Policy,\u00a0<strong>People 1st<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dimitrios Buhalis,<\/strong>\u00a0Head of Department\u00a0\u2013 Tourism &amp; Hospitality,\u00a0<strong>Bournemouth University\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Simon Thomas,<\/strong>\u00a0Head of Employability and Talent Development, Department of Tourism and Hospitality,\u00a0<strong>Bournemouth University\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Celeste Jones,\u00a0<\/strong>Head of Tourism, Hospitality &amp; Event Management,\u00a0<strong>University of Hertfordshire<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Natasha Iacona,\u00a0<\/strong>Management Accountant and HR Partner,\u00a0<strong>Intrepid Group<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Justin Rix,\u00a0<\/strong>Partner,<strong>\u00a0Grant Thornton<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Maddie Blanks,<\/strong>\u00a0Assistant Manager,<strong>\u00a0Grant Thornton<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Doreen McKenzie<\/strong>, Consultant,<strong>\u00a0Oasis Travel<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nicky Duffy,\u00a0<\/strong>UK Operations Manager,\u00a0<strong>Clarity Travel Management\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bradley Escorcio,<\/strong>\u00a0Product Manager,<strong>\u00a0Thomas Cook Media &amp; Partnerships\u00a0<\/strong>and member of the<strong>\u00a0TTG 20 Under 30\u00a0<\/strong>scheme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ee;text-align: -webkit-center;background-color: #bfe6ff\">Register now<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Future Talent in the Travel Industry London Tuesday 3 July 2018 Grant Thornton, 30 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1AG Register now Network with travel industry employers at ABTA&#8217;s second annual future talent conference.\u00a0 What do industry employers expect from candidates looking to work in travel?\u00a0From desirable\u00a0qualifications and qualities to the future of travel industry roles,\u00a0attend&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/2018\/06\/23\/simon-thomas-and-dimitrios-buhalis-to-contribute-to-abtas-future-talent-in-the-travel-industry-conference-in-london\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about Simon Thomas and Dimitrios Buhalis to contribute to ABTA&#8217;s Future Talent in the Travel Industry Conference in London<\/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-4692","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\/4692","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=4692"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4695,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4692\/revisions\/4695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}