Editor’s Endpiece
Philip Cooke writes: Anyone involved in the government’s recent Garden Towns initiative might be interested to read ‘Garden Cities- The British Example’, by Hungarian writer, Gergely Nagy, with a revised English edition by Angela Eserin and Tony Skottoewe, published in 2013 in association with the Welwyn...
‘World of James Herriot’ Wins Rural Business Award 2020/21
TCN member John Gallery is delighted to announce that the ‘World of James Herriot’ in Thirsk is a winner of the Triumph over Adversity Award in the Rural Business Awards 2021. John is Marketing Director at the World of James Herriot and this award recognises and...
We Welcome New Member, Michael Hitchcock
We extend a warm welcome new TCN Member, Michael Hitchcock, a specialist in cultural tourism and the museums and heritage sectors. Michael has contributed to two major tourism masterplans in China on behalf of UNWTO. He has also led two major tourism projects in Southeast Asia...
Can the UK Hotels Sector Recover from COVID-19?
Martin Evans FTS observes… “Articles have been written and webinars zoomed over the last 12 months about the changes which have hit the UK hotel sector since Coronavirus struck and, looking at hotel technology alone, commentators agree that the sector has already advanced six years in...
Contributions and Industry News Needed for Our Next TCN News – July 2021
Our next edition of TCN News is planned for July 2021, so please make use of TCN to engage with members and tourist industry colleagues across the globe by sending content and ideas to: tcn@thetourismsociety.com
TCN’s Declaration of Good Practice: a Valuable Tool
Richard Denman’s research has also demonstrated the value of our ‘Declaration of Good Practice' by which all TCN members agree to “honour… and abide by its requirements and undertake to…. … maintain high standards of professional integrity, endeavour, commercial confidentiality, financial propriety and personal conduct and...
Tourism Society and TCN Membership Analysis
A recent analysis of the Tourism Society membership shows the strength of TCN’s contribution and identifies opportunities for engagement and growth. Richard Denman, TCN Committee and TS Board Member, has recently undertaken an analysis of the Tourism Society’s membership data. This has illustrated the important position...
ETC Report: Covid-19 Recovery Strategies for National Tourism Organisations
The European Tourism Commission (ETC) has produced a report entitled “Covid-19 Recovery Strategies for National Tourism Organisations”. This is an interesting snapshot of European NTOs’ attitudes and priorities, and a useful, if high-level, framework for pandemic action by NTOs and DMOs. It also contains a handful...
Place Brand Observer Panel Insights
The ‘Place Brand Observer’ @PlaceBrandOBS recently published the thoughts of its global panel of place branding specialists on trends to watch for in 2021. Two major questions were raised: “What will post-pandemic travel look like?” “Will we commit to travelling more sustainably, or will we just...
Top Twelve Tourism Trends for 2021
Tom Buncle has dusted off the Yellow Railroad crystal ball to identify twelve of the most potent influences that he thinks are going to shape the resurgence of travel in 2021 – one for every month of the year, as follows: 1. Vaccination will release...
