The eTourism Lab and the role of social media
Watch this excellent short video from BU’s Professor Dimitrios Buhalis who discusses the work of the eTourism Lab and the role social media plays in engaging with the public and increasing an...
View ArticleThe British host: just how welcoming are we? New research by the School of...
Despite the rise in international education, there is a lack of literature on the domestic student perspective of the international class room. A study by School of Tourism lecturers Lorraine Brown and...
View ArticleLaunch of Elsevier’s Journal of Destination Marketing & Management
In response to the significant growth in the number of publications emerging in the field and an increase in interest from policymakers and practitioners in academic research on the theme of tourist...
View ArticleLooking to recruit a potential Post Doc – Food and Tourism
We are looking for a potential overseas Post Doc to work in the area of Food and Tourism. In the first instance the candidate would work with collegues to secure the funding for this one or two year...
View ArticleLeveraging LinkedIn for the benefit of current students and graduates from...
David Kilburn, Associate Professor in the School of Tourism, discusses the benefits to current students and graduates of establishing a networking using LinkedIn… I have been using LinkedIn for the...
View ArticleLaunch of the National Coastal Tourism Academy
On Tuesday 13 August Eric Pickles, MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government announced the allocation of a Coastal Communities Fund grant to the National Coastal Tourism Academy. The...
View ArticleDr Maharaj Vijay Reddy to assess the impact of the Japanese Tohoku Tsunami
Congratulations to Dr Maharaj Vijay Reddy from the School of Tourism who has received a small grant from the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (GBSF) London for his pilot research on the impact of the...
View ArticleBournemouth University’s School of Tourism Invited to Join the European...
Nicole Ferdinand and Dr. Katherine King of the Events and Leisure Group in the School of Tourism were invited to attend the third annual meeting of the European Tourism Futures Institute (ETFI), which...
View ArticleCarnival FestIM: Developing Staff -Student research collaborations at the...
The Festival Impact Monitor (FestIM) is a Fusion supported project that is intended to develop the following: 1) An approach to evaluating the impact of events using data from social media. 2)...
View ArticleSchool of Tourism Undergraduates Highlight Research at National BCUR Gathering
School of Tourism had an impressive presence at last week’s BCUR (British Conference of Undergraduate Research) gathering held at University of Nottingham www.bcur.org. Now in its fourth year, the...
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