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3rd Advances in Tourism Marketing Conference, Bournemouth, UK, 6-9 September 2009
Emerald is proud to sponsor the 3rd Advances in Tourism Conference, offering a best-paper award for the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Tourism Review, and the Journal Place Management and Development.
The title of the conference is Marketing Innovations for Sustainable Destinations: Operations, Interactions, Experiences with the deadline for the submission of conference papers being 1 February 2009. Key note presentations are to be made at the conference by:
Kaye Chon, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China SAR
Tim Coles, Exeter University, United Kingdom
Christine Ennew, Nottingham University, United Kingdom
Jean Marc Flambert, Your Tourism Partner and Secrets of Ceylon
Simon Hudson, University of Calgary, Canada
Peter Keller, Former CEO, Swiss Tourist Board, Switzerland
Geoffrey Lipman, UN World Tourism Organization
Victor Middleton, Independent Consultant, United Kingdom
Luiz Moutinho, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Goodfellow Publishers has already been 'signed up' for hard and e-publications of the conference proceedings as well as a pre-conference publication of a book containing the 40 best papers submitted for presentation at the conference. Three leading international 'peer-reviewed' journals have also confirmed the conference 'special issue' status with publications due in 2010. A number of international publishers will also be present throughout the conference while on Thursday 10 September Dimitrios Buhalis and Daniel R Fesenmaier will be hosting a one-day seminar on eTourism which is open to all conference delegates at no additional cost.
The conference will be running between Sunday 6 and Wednesday 9 September 2009 and will be hosted at the Talbot Campus of the University with the conference dinners on the evenings of Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 hosted at two excellent locations in the centre of Bournemouth. Conference excursions will include a trip to the nearby Jurassic Coast (visit: http://www.jurassiccoast.com/) and an opportunity for delegates to surf on Europe's first ever artificial surf reef (visit: http://www.bournemouthsurfreef.co.uk/). Hence, in addition to spending a very enjoyable few days in Bournemouth it is hoped that you will also enjoy a very stimulating and thought-provoking conference with over 200 delegates from across the world.
All matters relating to the conference can be found on the conference web site at: <http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/atmc2009 >. The Registration Form and Call for Papers can be found at: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/icthr/Registration_Documents.html with the deadline for the submission of papers being 1 February 2009.