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...
Author: Leanne
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...
New resources on Heritage Management – Subject Spotlight
If you’re studying or interested in heritage management you’ll find that we’ve added quite a few titles on this subject to our collections over the last few years. In this post I’ve collated some...
New resources on Risk/Crisis Management (HEAT) – Subject Spotlight
This week I’m putting the spotlight on new resource and latest research into crisis and risk management in tourism and aviation. I’ve curated some recent titles including book chapters, newly published journal articles and...
Open Access Book – Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2021
In January 2021 the Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism conference took place. The latest research presented at the conference (also known as the conference proceedings) have been published in a book which is...
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...
New resources on Gastronomy – Subject Spotlight
I’ve collated some of the recent sources published on Gastronomy as it relates to the tourism, hospitality and events industries. I’ve given examples of some books as well as book chapters, journal articles and...
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...
New resources on Aviation and Tourism – Subject Spotlight
Over the last year there has been a lot of research into the air travel and tourism industry – especially in light of the Covid19 pandemic. I wanted to put the spotlight on this...
New resources on Digital Technology (HEAT) – Subject Spotlight
There has been a lot of research published on digital technologies in Hospitality, Events, Aviation and Tourism. In this post I’ve collated some of the recent books on this topic that the Library has...
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...
New resources on Urban Tourism – Subject Spotlight
The Library have been buying a lot of books and ebooks over the last couple of years and I wanted to highlight some of the recent titles on urban tourism. There has also been...
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....