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Conference: New Spaces in Cultural Tourism
Contemporary Trends in Tourism and Hospitality – CTTH 2017 is an International conference regarding research in tourism, leisure, hotel management and multidisciplinary studies such as events and meeting industry, entrepreneurship in hospitality, creative industries etc. I am on the Scientific Committee for this year’s event, the 17th in a successful series. Information about the conference from […]
Cultural Tourism in European Cities
January 16, 2017
Recently, I visited Skopje in Macedonia for the first time to give a presentation on Cultural Tourism and European Cities at the 1st International Conference for Tourism and Hospitality Students, which was held in the Faculty of Tourism and Business Logistics of the University Goce Declev. This was an excellent event, organised by the winners […]
MEKST 2015
January 4, 2016
Recently, I was a keynote speaker at the MEKST 2015 conference in Novi Sad, in Serbia. This is an annual conference held in Serbia for students and faculty from around the Balkans, with a focus on the countries of the former Yugoslavia. This was the third event I have spoken at in the region over […]
Heritage, Tourism and Economic Development in Seaside Towns
March 18, 2015
Yesterday, I gave this presentation at a fascinating event at Turner Contemporary in Margate on local lists and the heritage sector. I was invited to speak by the Margate Neighbourhood Plan Forum and Margate Civic Society, about the relationship between heritage, tourism and economic development. This was great opportunity for me to return to Margate, […]
A visit to Belgrade
March 2, 2015
Last week, Dr Samantha Chaperon and I, from the University of Greenwich, presented at the Belgrade Tourism Conference 2015, which was being held alongside the Belgrade Tourism Fair. We were invited to speak by Serbia4Youth, an amazing organisation who are working to present Serbia as a destination for young people from across Europe and beyond. Serbia4Youth brought […]
Tourism, culture and economic development: The Tourism Symposium 2014
April 11, 2014
I’ll be speaking at the Tourism Society symposium in Liverpool on 3rd June 2014. This event is looking at the relationship between tourism, culture and economic development and has some fantastic contributors. The symposium runs over two days and is being held in the Merseyside Maritime Museum – you have to book and you can […]
Cultural Tourism and Cultural Regeneration in Europe
July 28, 2013
Today, I gave a presentation at the IACSS 2013 conference in Istanbul. You can view the presentation below. It is based on a chapter I wrote recently for the Routledge Handbook of Cultural Tourism. If you’re interested in reading the chapter and you don’t have access to it, please get in touch.
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