ICSPE participates in new event tourism / tourism collaboration blog - International Destination and Events Management (IDEM):

Read Professor Philip Riddle's article on sustainable destinations and Professor Joe Goldblatt's article on sustainable event tourism!
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Professor Philip Riddle and Professor Joe Goldblatt publish event tourism article in the Scotsman:

- Leading the march towards a better future -
Sixty-five years ago an artistic visionary, civic leaders with a strong political will, and citizens who were committed to their community joined forces to create the legendary Edinburgh festivals. During the past seven decades, the artistic civic leadership has periodically changed however, the citizens have remained steadfast in their constant support for the original mission, the flowering of the human spirit through the creative arts.
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Queen Margaret University's Homecoming 2009 Archive exhibit was showcased at "The Winning Years" VisitScotland conference in Perth, the major tourism conference in Scotland. The online archive with digitalized material from Homecoming 2009 can be accessed and browsed at:
http://homecoming09archive.qmu.ac.uk/

(Mike Cantlay, Chairman, Visit Scotland with Homecoming exhibit)

Professor Joe Goldblatt consulted as expert in the Scotsman:

- Cappuccino to go and rooms to stay will create 350 jobs -
HUNDREDS of jobs are to be created in Scotland as part of a rapid expansion by budget hotel chain Premier Inn and Costa coffee, it has been announced. About 350 jobs will be created over the next three years, as part of 10,000 new posts throughout the UK and Ireland, the companies’ owner, Whitbread, said yesterday.
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