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A Sporting Chance: the legacies of mega-events for post-industrial British cities

April 24, 2012

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I’ll be contributing to this event at the end of May….   A Sporting Chance: the legacies of mega-events for post-industrial British cities  23rd and 24th May 2012 Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC), University of Manchester Comparing the city of Manchester, ten years after it hosted the Commonwealth Games, with London – host… [Read more…]

The Future of UK Tourism: Developing the Visitor Economy

November 3, 2011

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I’ll be speaking at this Inside Government event on 7th December in London.  My talk will examine the links between economic development and tourism in the UK, in the context of the economic crisis.  Click on the image below to go straight to the event booking page which has a list of all the invited… [Read more…]

Event: The tourism legacy of the 2012 Olympic Park – 8th December 2011

August 10, 2011

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I’ll be giving a talk at the University of Greenwich on 8th December 2011, on the tourism legacy of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.  The talk will be part of an Olympic Park Legacy Company event that we’re hosting at Greenwich and also speaking will be Clive Little, the new Director of… [Read more…]

Volunteering and Events Management education

July 6, 2011

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This is the presentation that Charles Bladen and I gave at yesterday’s SHIFT 2011 conference at the University of Greenwich. It sets out some of the framework of ideas behind a research project that we are developing, in which we are taking a critical perpsective on the ethics and practicalities of voluneering by event management… [Read more…]

Some advice for the government on their new tourism policy Pt. 3 – it’s time to get over the Olympics and kick-start innovation

February 15, 2011

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When I started at the University of Greenwich in late 2005, I was asked a question in my interview about the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: “How do you think we should engage with 2012?”  Now, just 18 months before the opening ceremony, I’m asked the same question at meetings and events by university management,… [Read more…]

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