Keynote Speakers
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Tourism Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC) 2011"Smart Thinking in Tourism"Keynote Speakers |
Melanie Smith (PhD)
Melanie Smith is an Associate Professor and Researcher in Tourism at Corvinus University, Budapest. She has been a tourism academic for almost 15 years. She was Director of BA Tourism and MA Cultural Tourism Management Programmes for several years at the University of Greenwich in London. She is also Chair of ATLAS (Association for Tourism and Leisure Education), which has around 300 members in 70 countries. She is author of several books and journal articles with research interests in cultural and urban tourism, regeneration, and health and wellness tourism. Recently she has become more focused on the themes of experience and creativity.
Melanie Smith will focus her address at THRIC 2011 on the development of more creative and experiential forms of tourism with an emphasis on niche forms of tourism.
To view Melanies presentation from THRIC 2011 click the link Melanie Smith Keynote Presentation
Barry Chandler
Barry Chandler is the founder of Interactive Hospitality, an online marketing agency for bars, restaurants and hotels. Barry started working with bars and restaurants in 2004 when he founded Barkeeper.ie, an online management toolkit used by more than 800 Irish businesses to help manage their hospitality operations and was voted Ireland's "Best Business to Business Website" at the 2007 Digital Media Awards. This was followed by the founding of Barkeeper.co.uk for the UK market, ManageYourBar.com for the US market as well as TheBarBlogger.com, a free online resource that helps bars attract more clients using social media.
More than 2500 businesses have used his services to achieve higher results and establish the procedures necessary for an efficient operation.
He advises owner operated businesses as well as multi-unit chains how to leverage online marketing and social channels to attract and keep a loyal community of customers without the reliance on traditional advertising costs.
To view Barry's keynote presentation from THRIC 2011 click on the link: Barry Chandler Keynote Presentation
