Dr James Kennell
Tourism and Events Research
presentations Category
Events Management Higher Education: Current issues in the U.K.
Posted on January 7, 2021 Leave a Comment
I recently gave a keynote presentation at the 2nd International Planning and Creativity Competition, in Hangzhou, China. In my presentation, I highlighted three issues affecting the development of higher education for events in the UK: Articulating the value of a degree in events management, as opposed to ‘just’ having industry experience or completing work-based training. […]
Cultural tourism and the new silk roads
Posted on November 16, 2020 Leave a Comment
I recently gave a keynote speech at the 2020 World Culture and Tourism Forum in Xi’an, China. I spoke about the role that cultural tourism could play in the new Silk Road developments. In my presentation, I focused on how cultural tourism could form a part of the new ‘Silk Roads’ in the context of […]
UK : China collaboration in the events industry
Posted on December 12, 2019 Leave a Comment
I recently gave the keynote presentation below as keynote for the Zhejiang Global Exhibtion Forum in Hangzhou, China. You can view the presentation, below. In it, I emphasised three areas of potential collaboration: the fusion of creative and tech; incentive travel; city-city partnerships for event destinations.
Interpreting History Conference
Posted on August 11, 2019 Leave a Comment
On 19th September, I’ll be speaking at the Interpreting History conference at Alexandra Palace in London. This looks set to be an excellent event, with a focus on how to interpret historical sites and stories for visitors and tourists. I’ll be talking about dark tourism, and ways in which destinations can interpret their dark histories to […]
Cultur WB
Posted on October 29, 2018 Leave a Comment
Last week, I was very pleased to be invited to speak at the launch of the Cultur WB network, in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Cultur WB is a new network to support the development of Cultural Tourism across the Western Balkans region that has been set up with ERASMUS+ funding in a project with partners […]
Overtourism vs. Undertourism
Posted on July 3, 2018 Leave a Comment
I gave the presentation below as a keynote at the 12th International Iguassu Tourism Forum, which was part of the Festival des Cataratas in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil. In my presentation, I explained the origins of the term overtourism and showed how important it had become in the media for explaining the impacts of tourism. […]
A new Events Strategy for Visit Greenwich
Posted on May 9, 2018 Leave a Comment
Along with my colleague, Pamela Zigomo, we have just launched the new Events Strategy for the Royal Borough of Greenwich, following research that was commissioned by Visit Greenwich and the Royal Borough of Greenwich Council. The launch event was held at the University of Greenwich, and you can view all the presentations and the strategy […]
ITSA London Office
Posted on February 16, 2018 Leave a Comment
We have just launched the new London Office for the International Tourism Studies Association (ITSA) at the University of Greenwich. I chaired the event in my new role as Executive Director of the London Office and attendees were welcomed to the University by Professor David Maguire, our Vice Chancellor. There were also two excellent presentations […]
Big Events in Small Destinations
Posted on November 6, 2017 Leave a Comment
I recently spoke at the 2nd annual International Conference for Students in Tourism and Gastronomy, in Skopje, Macedonia. My presentation was about how small tourism destinations, especially in emerging economies, can use major events as part of their tourism branding. You can view my presentation below: To get an idea of what my presentation was […]
Tourism and Economic Development in Suffolk
Posted on March 15, 2016 Leave a Comment
This is the presentation that I gave last week, at the Suffolk Inside Out event in Ipswich. This excellent event was organised by Events Management students from University Campus Suffolk, who brought together some great speakers and delegates from Suffolk to discuss the development of tourism and the visitor economy in the region. The main […]
