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2009
April 1
Guest Lecture at Sheffield Hallam University from CITouR's visiting research fellow, Professor Derek Hall.
CIHMR Conference
Emerging opportunities, building partnerships - moving the hospitality industry forward to 2012 and beyond
Tuesday 7 April 2009, 10am - 4pm
Stoddart Building, City Campus
As the economic downturn continues to dominate the headlines and as consumers feel the pinch, UK hospitality businesses face an apparently gloomy future. But all is not lost.
Our 2009 conference adopts a positive stance regarding the future of the hospitality industry, both nationally and in Yorkshire. The conference will be a vibrant mix of keynote presentations, panel discussions, workshops and will also offer networking opportunities. It is the first of a series of events held in 2009 as we move forward to become the Sheffield Business School.
Our key note speaker is Bob Cotton OBE. Bob has been chief executive of the British Hospitality Association, the national trade association of the hospitality, catering and leisure industry, with over 40,000 establishments in membership, since January 2000. Before his appointment, he spent a year as tourism advisor to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
The conference will end with a motivational speech from Olympic medallist Leon Taylor. Leon's passion for everything he does has helped him achieve sustained success at the highest level. Considered a feat in itself for such a physically punishing sport, his diving career lasted more than 20 years and his successes have brought diving to the attention of the British public.
Leon will be lifting spirits for all those attending and will providing some inspirational thoughts for those involved with the hospitality industry as it moves forward to 2012, the year of the London Olympics, and beyond. Among other interests, Leon now works as a TV presenter, mentor to members of the British team, athlete ambassador for London 2012 and speaker to corporate and other audiences.
The conference costs £25 per delegate, which includes a lunch and refreshments throughout the day - places are limited so please book early.
For further information please click here to download the programme (Word 148KB).
Please note: Hospitality Alumni Network members can attend free of charge - please visit http://hospitalityalumni.shu.ac.uk for more details and to book your place.
April 16
Kitty Wang and Professor Bill Bramwell have organised series of PhD student workshops in tourism research projects in CITouR led by PhD tourism students.
On 16 April, our tourism PhD research student Sam Chaperon presented her PhD research topic 'Tourism development and governance in the context of core-periphery relations: The case of the Mediterranean island of Gozo'.
The workshops will continue throughout the year, for more information please contact k.wang@shu.ac.uk
April 26
John Swarbrooke will be delivering a keynote address at the annual conference of the Association of British Travel Organisers to France in Marseille. The presentation will look at the future of the tourism industry in France.
June 30
John Swarbrooke will be leading a session at the ABTA Tourism Academic and Employers Conference in Birmingham.
September
John Swarbrooke, Head of CITouR, will deliver a keynote address to the European Union of Tourist Officers when they meet in Nottingham.
November
John Swarbrooke will address an audience of general managers from leading hotels in Asia in Macau on the subject of Corporate Social Responsibility. The hotels are all members of WorldHotels and the invite to talk to them follows a presentation John made to the WorldHotels Europe, Africa and the Middle East conference in Madrid in November 2007.
2008
CHME National Student Conference 2008 - presentations
The Centre for International Hospitality Management Research hosted the CHME National Student Conference, with the theme 'The 2012 Olympics; A hospitality perspective', on the 13 March 2008 at the Sheffield United Conference Centre.
Download presentations
- Welcome (PDF 28KB)
Professor Rhiannon Billingsley, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Regional and Public Health Development - Mega events, destinations and sustainable tourism (PDF 107KB)
John Swarbrooke, Director of the Centre for International Tourism Research - Linking FE/ HE and tthe 2012 Olympics and Paralympics (PDF 65KB)
Kate Potter, Director, PODIUM 'The Further and Higher Education Unit for the 2012 Games' - Developing and retaining talent in the build-up to the Olympics (PDF 1.12MB)
Learnpurple, the talent retention specialists - Olympic volunteers and multicultural workforces (PDF 326KB)
Learnpurple, the talent retention specialists - Hospitality Action (PDF 1.9MB)
Penny Moore, Hospitality Action charity chief executive - Strategic Development of Beijing2008 Olympic Games
- From Hospitality Industry Perspectives (PDF 5.86MB)
Dr Wei Chen, Senior Lecturer, CIHMR - London 2012(PDF 18.76MB)
Donna Taylor, Head of Accommodation, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games - London 2012 - dates and Olympic Park situation (PDF 493KB)
- Next year's conference, Cardiff 2009 (PDF 1.5MB)
Andy Roberts, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
