Conference Introduction

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Conference Introduction

• Alan Fyall
• Head of Research, School of Services Management
• Bournemouth University
• Member, Bournemouth Tourism Management Board

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Bournemouth University and Napier University
Welcome You!

• International Centre for Tourism Hospitality
  Research (BU)
• Centre for Event Sport Research (BU)
• Centre for Festival Event Management (NU)

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Thank You to the Conference Sponsors, the South
West of England Regional Development Agency
(Sponsors of the Conference Dinner) and Channel
View Publications, Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann
and Pearson Education!!
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Conference Rationale

• Close relationship between events and tourism
• Events and their contribution to the wider
  visitor economy
• Events as a means of differentiation
• Events and their impacts
• Mega Events and the London 2012 Games
• .. and Weymouth and the South West!

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Conference Format and Programme

• Industry / academic mix
• Key note addresses and parallel sessions
• Informal / QAs
• Key conference themes
• Welcome to Poole and the South West
• Event Tourism
• Managing Olympic Events
• Policy and Destination Management
• Olympic and Sport Event Tourism
• Sport Events Policy and Impacts
• Event Research and Evaluation
• Sport Tourism

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Conference Dinner
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Housekeeping

• Registration
• Tea / coffee breaks
• Lunch
• IT facilities
• Post-conference publications
• Web site http//www.bournemouth.ac.uk/services-ma
  nagement/news_events_conferences/event_conference.
  html