The Association for Tourism in Higher Education is pleased to announce its Annual Conference and Call for Papers and Call for Papers
ATHE Annual Conference 2010 1st – 3rd Dec 2010 BACK TO THE FUTURE: RESTATING THE CASE FOR TOURISM IN HIGHER EDUCATION
http://www.athe.org.uk/conference/default.aspx
Hosted by Canterbury Christ Church University and Canterbury Cathedral Lodge
KEYNOTES
John Penrose (Tourism Minister) TBC
Kurt Jansen (Tourism Alliance)
Professor David Airey (University of Surrey)
Noel Josephides (Sunvil)
THEMES
Changing landscapes of the Tourism Industry
Changing landscapes of Tourism governance
Changing Landscapes of Higher Education and Tourism in Higher Education
Papers are welcomed under the following subthemes:
Horizon scanning
Importance of ethics/sustainability/globalization
The changing HE environment
Issues of employability
Corporate social responsibility
Relevance of tourism in wider society
Tourismification of society / of cities.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Full papers, presentation of works in progress and posters, which support the conference aim and within the conference themes, are invited. Papers from other themes not listed above but reflecting the conference’s overall aim are also welcome.
ABSTRACTS
You are invited to submit an abstract of +/-200 words by 30th September 2010 using the attached abstract form, which can also be downloaded from the website: http://www.athe.org.uk/conference/
Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail to secretary@athe.org.uk and should indicate background, practical implications, methods and/or data sources, and indicative findings of the paper. All abstracts will be subject to a review process.
REGISTRATION
Registration details will be published shortly.
INFORMATION
For further information please contact Dr Marion Stuart-Hoyle, ATHE Vice-Chair/Secretary: marion.stuart-hoyle@canterbury.ac.uk
I’ll be putting in an abstract for this, provisionally titled ‘Tourism, regeneration and the ‘new economics”.