Bob Cotton OBE, the Chairman of the Tourism Alliance, has written a letter to British MPs today, calling for specific action to support the UK’s tourism industry during this period of economic crisis: “…What is needed now is a comprehensive strategy for UK tourism to market its way out of the present downturn. In 2002,… [Read more…]
August 26, 2008
I was interviewed last week by a correspondent from Business Week - you can read the published article by clicking here.
August 26, 2008
The dates for our Olympic legacy conference for 2009 have been announced – have a look at our blog here to keep up to date with the plans and to view the presentations from last year’s event.
August 11, 2008
I was interview by a journalist from AFP last week about the presence of London 2012 organisers in Beijing, observing and networking in preparation for London’s games in four years time. I was asked about the value of visiting other host cities and what, specifically, London could hope to learn. As has become quite clear… [Read more…]
June 17, 2008
May be of interest to those researching on Olympic themes…. The 29th annual conference of La Sociedad Norteamericana para la Sociologia del Deporte /The North American Society for the Sociology of Sport/La Société nord-américaine de sociologie du sport (NASSS) will be held 5-8 November 2008 at the Curtis Hotel in Denver, Colorado, USA. The theme… [Read more…]
May 24, 2008
I’m uploading all the presentations from our 1st annual conference on the legacy of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games to the conference blog. The plan is to keep the blog updated throughout the year with links to information about the legacy planning for 2012 as well as links to new research in the area.
May 20, 2008
This presentation explains some research that a colleague and I are carrying out into the Cultural Olympiad being planned for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games. It contains some brief notes on a memetic framework we are developing as a way of engaging with the Cultural Olympiad as an evolving system with a heritage and a future… [Read more…]
April 29, 2008
Our conference on the legacy of the 2012 games is next week in Greenwich, 8th & 9th May, and you can now download the full programme from the website or the conference blog. I will be giving a paper with a colleague, Nikki MacLeod, called ‘Sprinkling magic dust or adding value? Towards an evaluative framework… [Read more…]
April 4, 2008
The Olympic torch passes through London on Sunday, symbolically travelling from the traditional heart of London’s sporting community in the West to Greenwich in the East, one of the five east London boroughs hosting the 2012 games. It looks like this event will be the first occasion for serious political protest around the London games. With… [Read more…]
March 14, 2008
I have started a new blog to accompany the conference that I am involved in organising on the Olympic legacy. The conference is on 8th and 9th May this year and over on the new blog you can check out the list of confirmed keynotes so far and a provisional list of other presentations and workshops.
 | stevenboxall on A Sporting Chance: the legacie… |
 | James Kennell on Rediscovering cultural tourism… |
 | aim investment manag… on The Future of UK Tourism: Deve… |
 | ejay100565 on Rediscovering cultural tourism… |
 | Laurence Dorian on Tourism and Local Economic Dev… |
 | Abi on Rediscovering cultural tourism… |
| James Kennell on Publications |
 | ELIZABETH on Publications |
 | Adam on Rediscovering cultural tourism… |
 | Charlotte Slater on Rediscovering cultural tourism… |
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October 10, 2008
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