| Professor John Fletcher | |
Director, International Centre for Tourism & Hospitality Research John has over 30 years’ experience of constructing economic impact models and has developed bespoke interactive models that clearly demonstrate the amount of income, employment, government revenue and important requirements associated with each type of visitor arrival. Email: jefletch@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Professor Adam Blake | |
Deputy Director, International Centre for Tourism & Hospitality Research Adam’s research interests are in the areas of estimating the economic impact of tourism and of special events, modelling of the economic effects of government policies on tourism and the distributional effects of tourism, including the use of tourism promotion as a means of poverty alleviation in developing countries. Email: ablake@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Professor Dimitrios Buhalis | |
Deputy Director, International Centre for Tourism & Hospitality Research Dimitrios has been researching into the strategic management and marketing of tourism organisations and destinations as well as the factors that affect their competitiveness. He is regarded as a world leader in e–Tourism Research. Dimitrios has been pioneering work on Destination Management Systems as strategic tools for the planning, management and marketing of destinations and on the effective use of ICT for cultural heritage, accessible tourism, e–learning and SMEs. He has authored or co-edited 14 books and more than 50 journal articles. Email: dbuhalis@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Dr Philip Alford | |
Philip’s research is centered on two themes – e–marketing and human–centered approaches to IT implementation in the tourism–related sectors. The former concerns the ways in which micro enterprises deploy the digital marketing mix for competitive advantage. The latter examines the barriers to IT implementation and offered a way forward underpinned by critical social theory and in particular Habermas’ Theory of Communicative Action. His current research examines the way in which the design and implementation of Destination Management Systems can be improved. Email: palford@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Dr Lorraine Brown | |
Lorraine’s primary research interest and publication record is in the area of educational tourism. Her PHD was on the adjustment experiences of international students in England, and she is currently investigating the interactions between international and domestic students, and the experience of racism faced by international students in England. She specialises in conducting qualitative research, and has published several papers in this area. Email: lbrown@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Dr Shuang Cang | |
Shuang’s main research interests include data mining, artificial intelligence, pattern recognition and multivariance statistics (statistics), especially on tourism demand forecasting and tourism segmentation. She gained experience on how to solve real and complex problems through working in the UK Government Research Laboratory and Government Department and she also has intensive software developing experience. Email: scang@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Dr Susanna Curtin | |
Susanna’s research is focussed on consumer behaviour and the impacts and management of wildlife tourism. She has published research on the emotional and psychological benefits of taking a wildlife holiday, memorable wildlife encounters, what it is like to be a wildlife tourist, how wildlife tourists attend to and perceive wildlife, and the importance of tour leaders in the responsible management of wildlife tourism. The main focus of her work is how to turn observations about wildlife tourists into managerial implications for operators and the public sector. Email: scurtin@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Dr Janet Dickinson | |
Janet’s research focuses on adapting tourism for a lower carbon future. She employs qualitative and quantitative approaches to gain an insight into the way holiday travel and particular travel identities are constructed and the way this enables or constrains holiday travel practice. Her research seeks to identify practical measures that will develop more sustainable holiday travel. Recent work has focused on slow travel. Email: jdickinson@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Dr Jonathan Edwards | |
Jonathan has been involved in the development of research and taught courses in tourism, agri–food and rural development at BU from the outset. He has always sought to add a European/international dimension to our activities and is particularly interested in the actions and attitudes of societies as they respond to change. Email: jedward@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Professor John S A Edwards | |
John has spent his entire professional career in, and associated with, the foodservice (catering) industry. He spent 25 years in the Army Catering Corps and his final military appointment was Commanding Officer and Chief Instructor of the Army School of Catering at Aldershot, England. He is a globally recognised expert on various aspects of foodservice. Email: edwardsj@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Professor Alan Fyall | |
Alan’s research interests span the management and marketing of heritage and visitor attractions and destinations. He is particularly expert in the field of Destination Management Organisations while he also serves on the Bournemouth Tourism Management Board. His publications to date include 6 books and peer reviewed publications in many leading international academic journals. Email: afyall@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Dr Heather J. Hartwell | |
Heather is a registered nutritionist and a member of the Nutrition Society. Her research is within the academic discipline of public health nutrition and she is currently supervising two PhD students. Her recent research has included the evaluation of the opportunity for healthy eating in prisons for the National Audit Office and the evaluation of the ‘steamplicity’ food production system operating in Charing Cross Hospital for Medirest. Email: hhartwel@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Dr Peter Lugosi | |
Peter’s research uses the concepts and methods of sociology, anthropology and geography to examine the different dimensions of hospitality in contemporary society. He has a particular interest in the relationship between social and commercial forms of hospitality. Email: plugosi@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Derek Robbins | |
Derek trained as a transport planner and has many years experience teaching and researching in the small but growing area of how transport services can best be managed and developed to meet the needs of leisure and tourism. Specific research interests include tourism and transport’s contribution to GHG emissions, the development of sustainable transport policies to achieve tourism growth with lower environmental impacts, the mobility of tourists within the tourist destination area, the impacts of seasonality on transport provision, cycle tourism and cruise shipping. Email: drobbins@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Dr Maharaj Vijay Reddy | |
Vijay’s main research interests include sustainable tourism indicators, ecotourism models, World Heritage Sites, tourism in developing countries, Asia-Pacific, EU enlargement and tourism, small island developing states, sustainable development in protected areas and biosphere reserves, strategic management and tourism marketing, and climate change. Email: mvreddy@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Professor Roger Vaughan | |
Professor Roger Vaughan is an economist with a substantial experience of research having undertaking over 50 research studies encompassing tourism, the arts and heritage, sports, rural and urban development and information technology. Within these areas his research has mainly focused on measuring the economic impacts of tourism and the arts, rural and urban/rural development/regeneration strategies and outcomes and the images of tourist destinations and heritage facilities. Email: rvaughan@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Dr Keith Wilkes | |
Keith’s research interests are focused on nature–based tourism, visitor motivation and behaviour at garden attractions and World Heritage Sites (Thailand and the Jurassic Coast). Other topics include post–conflict tourism, community–based festivals, the social impacts of the 2008 UEFA Championships, urban regeneration and the 2012 Olympic Games and the values of UK heritage providers and consumers. Email: kwilkes@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Dr Feifei Xu | |
Feifei’s research interests include tourism’s impact on the local community, community participation in tourism, the benefits of tourism to the community, tourism development in national parks and protected areas, ecotourism and sustainable tourism as well as destination image and tourism planning in developing countries. Email: fxu@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Professor Stephen Wanhill | |
Stephen is a very experienced economist who has undertaken impact, planning and feasibility studies for governments and international agencies around the world. With more than 30 years’ experience of conducting impact models he is a highly respected tourism academic. Email: swanhill@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Sean Beer | |
Sean’s research focuses on the relationship between the individual, society and food along the length of the food supply chain; from plough to plate or seed to soul. His PhD research is based on a qualitative investigation into the authenticity of food. Academic work is underpinned by his longstanding and ongoing involvement with industry. Email: sbeer@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Andrew Boer | |
Andrew’s main sphere of interest is in the area of small firms and small business management, in particular of SMEs in the Hospitality and Tourism industries. In particular he has published in the area of small firm mortality and the internal and external reasons for the exceptionally high level of small business failure in this industry. Email: aboer@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Keith Hayman | |
Keith has over 20 years experience developing education programmes for industry and spends much of his time in enterprise consultancy with SMEs and developing Knowledge Transfer Projects. His specific research interests lie in improving organisational performance by applying bespoke metrics and addressing process inefficiency. Email: khayman@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Dr Miguel Moital | |
Dr. Miguel Moital’s research focuses on consumer behaviour in tourism and events, including motivation, satisfaction and experience. He has an ongoing interest in the field of innovation within the tourism and events industries, including new product development and the adoption of e-commerce by consumers and businesses. Email: mmoital@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Philip Ryland | |
Philip’s research interests are focused on nature–based and wildlife tourism, interpretation of natural features and landscapes and of garden attractions. His PhD (currently in the final stages of submission) explores the visitor choices made, as well as their attitudes to the interpretation offered at a World Heritage Site (The Jurassic Coast). Email: pryland@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Steven Richards | |
Steve has over ten years’ consultancy experience, covering feasibility studies, development studies, market appraisals, strategy policy reviews, economic impact assessments, and benchmarking studies. His research interests include tourism development, and, more specifically, visitor attraction development and management. Email: srichards@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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| Dr Yeganeh Morakabati | |
Yeganeh’s main interests include tourism disaster management, impacts and recovery. Her doctorate was focused on the analyses of tourist’s perceptions of risk and the response of destinations following incidents. She is also a strong quantitative analyst. Email: ymora@bournemouth.ac.uk |
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