Tourism & Marketing Research Centre (TMRC)

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We are proud to announce that our Dr Maria Gebbels has been appointed Vice Chair of the @CHMEhospitality Read more about what this entails ⬇️⬇️⬇️

@UniofGreenwich @MGebbels @CHMEhospitality Congratulations, Maria!

Dr Maria Gebbels (@MGebbels) Associate Professor in Hospitality has been appointed as vice chair of the Council of Hospitality Management Education (@CHMEhospitality) for the next 3 years.   Read more here: gre.ac.uk/articles/publi…

We are offering a fully funded PhD scholarship - fees + bursary - to research community responses to social media induced tourism with Lauren Siegel, me and @GrahamSymon1 @GreTMRC @UniofGreenwich. Deadline 5th August gre.ac.uk/docs/rep/commu…

Happy to contribute to this article for @Telegraph: How Greece is going to war on cruise ships telegraph.co.uk/travel/destina…

Literary Fiction Tourism was published by Routledge in March and critically reviews the synergistic relationship between books, literary culture, place and the practices of tourism. #booklaunch #literarytourism #tourismresearch #tourismbook

Our Dr Nikki MacLeod launched her new book Literary Fiction Tourism: Understanding the Practice of Fiction-inspired Travel at a TMRC event on Friday. Nikki was in conversation with Dr @jameskennell of the University of Surrey, and the evening ended with Q&A and a drinks.

“We must change our #diet. The #planet can’t support billions of meat-eaters.” (David Attenborough) But how can we entice consumer segments to order plant-based meals when dining out? Journal article: doi.org/10.1080/096695… @ConversationEDU article: theconversation.com/what-kind-of-d…

#booklaunch event for Nikki MacLeod's new book on Literary Fiction Tourism on Friday 10th May, 4.30-7pm at the UofG, Hamilton House. Nikki will be in conversation with Dr James Kennell, University of Surrey, followed by a drinks reception. Pls book: eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-…

Out today, the Routledge #Handbook on #Gender in #Tourism, offering a critical, reflexive understanding of gender as an essential dimension of social life that impacts every aspect of teaching & learning, tourism knowledge production & practice, edited by our Wenjie & colleagues.

Recently TMRC and CTaGJ hosted a joint ghoulish #ResearchSeminar on #DarkTourism and Hauntology. The interdisciplinary inter-institution event covered topics such as #edutainment; ghost #criminology, literary historical #Geography Read the write-up here: gre.ac.uk/articles/bus/w…

Yesterday, Peter Green from @VisitMalta came to speak to our @UniofGreenwich BA Tourism Management students, ahead of their field trip to Malta next month. Amazing to hear what an inclusive destination it is, especially for LGBT+ tourists.

Our Dr Wenjie Cai @wenjietourism spoke to the Unplugged Podcast about his studies on #DigitalfreeTourism - and how he unwinds and relaxes without his phone. What are your thoughts on #PhonefreeTravel in a world of #SmartTourism? Listen/watch here: youtu.be/2vEonszu4I0?fe…

Today TMRC members were treated to a talk by Dr @MarionKarl5 from the University of Surrey, telling us about her fascinating #research on affective forecasting - how tourists use predictions about future feelings to make #TravelDecisions. #TourismResearch #AcademicTwitter

Calling #womenacademics to submit a book abstract to share your journey of making Britain home and celebrate with us the 20th anniversary of the 2004 EU enlargement. 👉More details: lncn.ac/editedbook @AgnieszkaRydzik @EU_Commission @GreTMRC @UniofGreenwich

I'm looking forward to playing a small part in this exciting, and free (!) #darktourism / #criminology / #crimefiction event at the University of Greenwich in London on 8th February - it has an amazing, eclectic line up of contributors - come along 💀😁 eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-in-t…

Tune in for my talk tomorrow on “#reflexive post-humanism in critical pedagogy - inclusion of non-human voices in tourism education” at #SHIFT2024 @UniofGreenwich Teaching and learning conference. @GreTMRC

Our last workshop of the TMRC x MGM publishing series saw Dr Myrtle Emmanuel and Dr Maria Gebbels share their insights and experiences around #GrantApplications and publishing #whitepapers. Thank you for following us this year! See you in 2024! #AcademicTwitter #research

I was happy to be interviewed by ⁦@TheTelegraphUK⁩ on why 2023 was possibly the worst year ever for bad tourist behavior. #responsibletourism #touristsbehavingbadly #tourismnews #touristbehavior ⁦@UniofGreenwich⁩ ⁦@GreTMRC⁩ telegraph.co.uk/travel/comment…

Dr Wenjie Cai @wenjietourism delivered an online research seminar at Leeds Beckett University @BeckettTourism on ‘#DigitalfreeTourism: emotions, experience, and challenges’, based on prior and ongoing projects. The international audience engaged in interesting discussions.