5 steps to a successful literature search
When you’re searching for information for your studies it is best to devise a search strategy. Follow these 5 steps to building your search: Before you start your search - make a plan! Identify...
Tagged: Tourism Hospitality & Events
Film and Screen Tourism Resources – Subject Spotlight
Resources for Film Tourism Earlier this week we posted about a new UNWTO/Netflix report about screen tourism. If this is a topic you're interested in there are many potential sources than can be used...
Free UNWTO report: Cultural Affinity and Screen Tourism – The Case of Internet Entertainment Services
Cultural Affinity and Screen Tourism – The Case of Internet Entertainment Services by UNWTO and Netflix The United Nations World Tourism Organisation and Netflix have collaborate on a new report that you can access...
UNWTO – free ebooks & reports – Open Access Week!
It’s open access week! An increasing amount of academic quality research is now being published open access – free at the point of use. Many research funders require this, and many organistaions make their...
Finding open access academic research (without needing to log in)
*This post has been edited following the resolution of IT issues that the University experienced in October 2021.* Next week is Open Access Week all over the world, but at University of Sunderland we're...
The Changing Tourism Environment and Its Impact on the Work of NTOs (ETC report)
THE CHANGING TOURISM ENVIRONMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON THE WORK OF NTOS A report by European Travel Commission (ETC), July 2021 This report considers the work of National Tourism Organisations (NTOs) so far and...
Welcome to New Hospitality, Events, Aviation & Tourism undergraduates!
Welcome to new Hospitality, Events, Aviation & Tourism students! You can use the Library on campus or online from wherever you are. You’ll be meeting your Librarian in early October as part of...
Visit Britain – Research and market data
VisitBritain is the national tourism agency that drives inbound tourism. They report that the tourism industry is Britain’s 7th largest export industry and prior to the pandemic was worth £137 billion to the economy....
New resources on Hospitality Management – Subject spotlight
For students interested in hospitality management there has been a lot of research published recently. I wanted to highlight some examples of new books we’ve bought on this subject, new research that has been...
Understanding the Traveller Journey – ebook from Euromonitor International
Euromonitor International (the provider of the market research database Euromonitor Passport) recently published an ebook ‘Understanding the Traveller Journey: Critical for a Sustainable Recovery‘. This book includes some data and analysis on topics such...
Box of Broadcasts help videos
How are you getting on with using Box of Broadcasts? Isn’t it a brilliant resource?! For anyone who hasn’t discovered it yet, Box of Broadcasts (often know as BoB) is an on-demand TV &...
Doctoral research
Sunderland University Library has a wealth of resources to support you during your doctoral studies. Check out our recent blog post for new students which highlights key ways in which we do this.
Tourism and COVID-19 UNWTO Briefings
How is the tourism industry managing during the COVID-19 pandemic? The UNWTO have recently published a few briefings on Tourism and Covid that are free to download. Tourism and COVID-19 - How are countries...
Latest market research for Tourism
New reports and data are being published on the market research database Euromonitor. Below are some of the recent reports published that will be of interest to students studying hospitality, events, aviation and tourism:...
UNWTO News – Tourism in 2020 – latest data
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the tourism industry. This news article from the UNWTO provides some data on the scale of the impact.