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Conference Introduction

Alan FyallHead of Research, School of Services ManagementBournemouth UniversityMember, 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 / Q&As• 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-management/news_events_conferences/event_conference.html