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.
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World Cities Report 2020: The Value of Sustainable Urbanization (free to download)
World Cities Report 2020: The Value of Sustainable Urbanization The theme of the this report from UN Habitat is the value of sustainable urbanization. From the UN Habitat website: The Report provides evidence and...
Familiarise yourself with the Library Resources & Study Skills
Hospitality, Events, Aviation and Tourism "Critical appraisal of up-to-date and/or appropriate literature. Recognition of different perspectives. Very good use of source material. Uses a range of sources" The above statement is an example criterion...
IBISWorld: How COVID-19 is influencing UK Air Travel
Tourism & Aviation students – this Industry Insider update from IBISWorld will be interesting to you. Touching Down: How COVID-19 is influencing UK Air Travel IBISWorld is a market research database. It provides UK...
Pride 2020 – LGBT+ Reads
The Library have added a lot of ebooks to our collections over the last year and in recognition of Pride Month 2020 we are highlighting the latest LGBT+ ebook titles: Toft, A., and Franklin,...
UNWTO Covid-19 Resources for Tourism
With 67 million fewer international tourists up to March, tourism has been dramatically affected by the current Covid-19 pandemic. The UNWTO has a page on Covid-19 providing resources including recommendations for action, a report...
Institute of Hospitality Resources
Now that courses are taught online and social distancing may mean you’re staying home, if you haven’t joined the Institute of Hospitality (IoH) as a University of Sunderland student now is a great time...
British Airways Heritage & Centenary Collections
The British Airways Centenary Collection will be of interest to Tourism and Aviation students. Starting with the world's first scheduled international flight to the present. the collection traces the history of British Airways through...
Academic Reading for Assignment Success
Academic reading at University is a bit different to the reading you may be used to even if you're an avid reader. Reading and engaging with the theories of your subject is how you...
WTTC Report: Generating Jobs for Youth
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) publish research on topics such as the economic and social impact of tourism. In January 2019 WTTC published 'Travel & Tourism: Generating Jobs for Youth which "looks...
Event Industry News
Event Industry News is an online magazine with content related to the events industry including news articles, podcasts and reviews. Event Industry News News & blogs on the web magazine covers topics such as...
News series by SKIFT on plastics in the tourism, hospitality & aviation industries
SKIFT NEWS SERIES: Travel Beyond Plastics SKIFT are publishing a series of articles all about plastic in the travel industry. Articles published so far cover both the aviation industry and the hotel industry. We've...
Where are books for tourism, hospitality, events & aviation?
Do you know where your books are in the St. Peter's Library? There are some key areas for tourism, hospitality, events and aviation which we've highlighted in a new flyer. These are just guides...
Welcome to all new Tourism, Hospitality, Events & Aviation students!
Welcome to all new Tourism, Hospitality, Events & Aviation students! Library staff will be at the Induction Fair on Tuesday 17th Sept between 10am noon (check your induction timetable for the venue) so pop...
Extended summer opening hours at Murray Library
Good news for tourism, hospitality & events students working on assignments and dissertations over the summer months. As a result of student feedback we are pleased to have successfully secured additional resource to open...