Tourism, Hospitality, and Events Management Forum

15/07/2026

UeCampus - Internationally recognised degrees, study 100% online fitted around your lifestyle. Awarded with partner institutions in the UK, France, Malta, and the USA

15/07/2026

14/07/2026

https://uecampus.com/

Some great online degree programmes in Hospitality & Tourism Management, Business Management, Cyber Security, AI & Data Science; and postgraduate programmes: MBA, DBA

Flexible, fully accredited online degrees designed to fit around your life.

12/09/2024

https://www.hotelschool.nl/yearly-outlook/

11/12/2023

Southern Africa’s tourism sector is playing a leading role in implementing highly impactful CSR projects. In our last Feature of the year, we speak to industry leaders and cover some inspiring projects being undertaken by lodges, hotels and NPOs.
https://www.tourismupdate.co.za/features/corporate-social-responsibility/view-pdf?utm_campaign=corporate-social-responsibility-dec-2023&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic

17/07/2023

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/genai-works_artificialintelliegence-machinelearnig-activity-7086603050278154240-qPVU?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

OpenAI's CEO said ''AI will replace Customer Service jobs first''. And now, 100,000 sales and customer service reps at the tap of a button. The world's first… | 137 comments on LinkedIn

14/07/2023

South Africa's Double Triumph: Best Country and Cape Town Wins Best City in the World at the 2023 Telegraph Travel Awards

07/06/2023

UNWTO Conference highlights on potential of health and wellness tourism

Wellness and health tourism stands ready to offer significant benefits for destinations worldwide – but will need coordination, investments and a skilled workforce to fully deliver on its potential

26/04/2022

https://thelasttouristfilm.com/

23/04/2022

https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wttc-global-summit-2022-gets-underway-in-manila/

A roster of the finest thought leaders in travel, tourism and beyond are speaking at the WTTC Global Summit 2022, which is taking place in Manila, Philippines.

16/02/2022

-- News Article | World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)
News Article | World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)
UK economy suffered £7billion losses as Travel & Tourism hit by ... travel restrictions which damage Travel & Tourism and the wider economy.

16/02/2022

This Marketing to South African Consumers textbook is freely available online at: https://doi.org/10.15641/0-7992-2548-8

Marketing to South African Consumers
Synopsis
Marketing to South African Consumers provides core introductory marketing theory underpinned by a contemporary and localised South African perspective. South Africa has a unique hybrid economy with strong formal and informal economies co-existing in a deeply unequal society. This textbook maintains a classic view of marketing theory, but is written with a focus on consumer behaviour. It provides a unique contribution to the marketing textbook landscape, in that it is written by marketing academics, professionals and students, and is focused on making local context a central reference rather than a peripheral addition. The textbook is relevant to any marketer or business owner who would like to gain more understanding of marketing in general and South African consumers in particular.

Marketing to South African Consumers provides core introductory marketing theory underpinned by a contemporary and localised South African perspective. South Africa has a unique hybrid economy with strong formal and informal economies co-existing in a deeply unequal society. This textbook maintains....

20/04/2021

As demand for travel and tourism rises, companies like Expedia and Marriott are investing in new marketing messages.

14/08/2020

“Closed for business”: Coronavirus pandemic hits global tourism.

During the first few months of 2020, China was hit by a public health crisis when a new strain of coronavirus, from the family of viruses that gave rise to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The government of China asked citizens not to leave the city of Wuhan, where the outbreak originally occurred. A coronavirus (called COVID-19) was confirmed and swept the world as soon after the majority of countries were affected. During 2020, tens of thousands of people died and millions of people contracted the virus. This led the World Health Organization (WHO) to announce the virus a pandemic and declare the outbreak a global health emergency. Many major cruise liners and international airlines went into administration and announced job losses after struggling to raise funds, and travel bookings dropped off due to the pandemic, which was considered the worst for over one hundred years since the Spanish Flu pandemic which killed over 50 million people worldwide. Iconic tourist attractions including the Eiffel Tower, Disneyland, all theme parks and zoos, National Trust parks, entertainment venues, and gardens were forced to close their doors. German-based tour company TUI suspended hotel bookings, package holidays and cruises for several months. Most hotels, pubs, restaurants, and cafes in all affected countries suffered a significant decrease in footfall. Closures of restaurants caused a ripple-effect among related industries such as food production, alcohol, w**e, and beer-production, food and beverage shipping, fishing, and farming. Global sporting events such as the London Marathon 2020, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Euro 2020, and all festivals were postponed or cancelled. This was the biggest macro environmental impact since the 9’-11 terrorist attacks with airports and international borders being forced to close resulting in hundreds of thousands of redundancies in the transport, tourism, and hospitality industries. International travel between Europe, which became the epicentre of the virus - was prohibited. In Europe, the UK, Italy, Belgium, and Spain were particularly affected. Outside of Europe, the United States, Brazil, Russia, Peru, South Africa, Iran, Mexico, and India were particularly affected. Tourism dependent nations in Europe such as Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Croatia, Italy, and Portugal suffered badly with international travel being cancelled during most of 2020. For instance, hotels, apartments, and restaurants in the Spanish resort town of Benidorm were empty during the 2020 summer season. This was a similar pattern in all tourist resorts around the world. Anybody that was able to travel was forced to ‘self-quarantine’ and isolate for up to two weeks following a holiday in countries experiencing high infection rates. A wide range of measures were implemented in destinations and businesses worldwide in order to attempt to sustain business. Safety and hygiene products, the promotion of domestic tourism, combined with measures such as travel corridors/bubbles, temperature testing at hotels, resorts, and airports, and mandatory wearing of face masks and ‘social distancing’ measures when using public transport and in social and public settings were implemented. A number of countries implemented a number of initiatives to boost travel and tourism, these included travel vouchers, hospitality tax deductions, travel subsidies, and social programmes. Japan, for instance, introduced a ‘Go To’ campaign, which included travel expenses paid by the Japanese government to stimulate domestic tourism demand within the country.
Over the last couple of decades, the international travel and tourism industry has been affected by global health issues including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and Ebola but not to the extent and severity of COVID-19. The pandemic outbreak led to a re-think in consumer behaviour and the way consumers travel: people were forced to live locally and had to limit their travel to shorter travel, trips closer to home or proximity travel, travel by car, shorter holidays (one-week holidays and not two-weeks), staycations, and confined to inter-state/province/county travel. Travel trends emerged such as ‘localism’, driving to local attractions, day trips, cycling holidays, self-catering holidays, camping, nature holidays, and increased demand for boutique hotels and B&Bs in small towns and in the countryside. Business travel, which airlines rely on, were particularly affected..The pandemic highlighted the inter-connected impact of macroenvironmental factors affecting the global economy. COVID-19 was an example of an unforeseen global health crisis that severely impacted on the international travel and tourism industry in 2020 and beyond. However, history shows the tourism and industry is resilient and will eventually recover, but to what extent it will recover remains to be seen.
George R. (2020. Marketing Tourism and Hospitality. London: Palgrave-Macmillan.

RG

07/03/2019

New South African tourism marketing book available from:

https://bit.ly/2SzKVnW

30/01/2019

New tourism book on the (e-)shelves

04/03/2016

Dear Dr George,

I hope you are well, it has been such a long time since we were last in touch.

The purpose of my mail is to let you know that one of my tourism analysts will be going on maternity leave mid- or end-April and I require a bright young mind/s to stand in for her and help us out.

It has come to my attention that the students have internship programmes available for the duration of their post-graduate studies or part thereof. Consequently, I would like to determine whether you have any students that would like to assist.

I have attached a little specification for the tourism position for clarity as to what the student or students would be doing whilst they are here.

Please take a look and let me know your thoughts.

Have a lovely weekend,

Jacyntha

[email protected]

15/10/2014

You want this !? Go travel ...

12/06/2014

Position available - see below:

Dear Dr George,

I am working on an excited project with a team based in New-York to build Visit.org, the first online platform for tours that benefit communities

To help us identify organizations which offer such tours, we're looking for country leaders in all countries.

This is an unpaid position for the time-being, but I think it could be very interesting for students in tourism, especially those interested in community-based tourism. This position could take the form of an internship, if it meets the requirements of your University.

Could you circulate the offer attached to your students in tourism managment?

Thank you very much in advance,

Violaine Pierre

Partnerships Development Officer

www.visit.org

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02/04/2014

PangeaTrails re-launched their website with amazing new concepts like Learn English & Travel and Volunteer & Travel ... check it out ***

www.pangeatrails.com

Pangea Trails offers tours, language courses and volunteering in South Africa for backpackers and budget travellers.

10/03/2014

Cape Point is looking for an intern!

If you are passionate about Tourism and Marketing and need a foot in the door to your career, we may be looking for you!

10/03/2014

Several facilities in the Kruger National Park were closed on Friday due to flooding, SA National Parks (SANParks) said.

Several facilities in the Kruger National Park were closed on Friday due to flooding, SA National Parks said.

10/03/2014

SAA launches online itinerary packages - South African Airways (SAA) will offer customers who book via its website the option to pre-book activities and transfers in their choice destination.

South African Airways has announced it is looking at alternative revenue streams as part of its long term turnaround strategy, Gaining Altitude.

10/03/2014

is the World Design Capital for 2014 - What does it mean to be a ?

Cape Town is the World Design Capital for 2014 - it's a complex title to hold but one that aims to elevate a city for the inspiring and innovative use of design to connect its communities.

10/03/2014

“Since 1994 German arrivals to South Africa have grown from a total of 105,000 in 1994 to over 266,000 tourists in 2012, representing a growth of 153% in less than 20 years. Importantly in 2012 we recorded more German tourists to South Africa than ever before,” said Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk.

Germany remains a very important market in terms of overseas arrivals and in 2012, tourist arrivals reached an all-time high of 266,333 tourists.

One of the world’s leading travel trade shows, ITB, is currently underway in Berlin, Germany and South Africa’s Minister of Tourism, Marthinus ...

10/03/2014

Search for missing Malaysian Airlines jetliner continues

Here is a timeline of events in the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner which vanished from radar screens on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing early on Saturday.

10/03/2014

So true! Have a great Monday :-)

05/03/2014

True indeed !

20/02/2014

hotel tops 's best-value list

Cape Town continues its must-visit trend as two of the cities establishments have made it into Lonely Planet’s top three best-value hotels in the world.

20/02/2014

Tourism – Saviour of the world economy or environmental apocalypse?

Champions of the global tourism industry, including UNWTO Secretary General Dr Taleb Rifai and WTTC President David Scowsill have effectively ...

20/02/2014

Global Tourism Industry puts more effort into making Chinese outbound tourists feel welcome

COTRI Chinese Tourist welcome training sessions taking place all over the world.