Events
The School offers a busy programme of events for students, alumni and the academic community.
University Undergraduate Open Day
Wednesday 21 September 2011
The University's next Undergraduate Open Day takes place on the 21st September, 2011.
For more information, please visit the Open Day home page!
University Undergraduate Open Day
Saturday 15 October 2011
The University is holding an Undergraduate Open Day on Saturday 15th October, 2011.
For more information, please visit the Open Day home page!
University Undergraduate Open Day
Saturday 22 October 2011
The University is holding an Undergraduate Open Day on Saturday 22nd October, 2011.
For more information, please visit the Open Day home page!
Surrey Tourism Research Centre Launch
Tuesday 25 October 2011
The School of Hospitality and Tourism Management is pleased to invite you to the launch of the Surrey Tourism Research Centre.
Visit Surrey guest lecture
Wednesday 7 December 2011
Ms. Anna Tomkins, Visit Surrey CIC Project Manager, is coming to the University to introduce the work of Visit Surrey and the various organisations it is cooperating with. She will also discuss the challenges and opportunities that the industry is currently going through.
This lecture is open to all. Please RSVP to stes@surrey.ac.uk.
Audience expectations of arts events
Wednesday 7 December 2011
The Tourism and Events Subject Group of the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management is pleased to welcome Sir Nicholas Kenyon, Managing Director of the Barbican Centre, London, to deliver a lecture on Audience Expectations of Arts Events. The Barbican Centre is considered to be Europe’s largest multi-arts and conference venue for arts, music, theatre, dance, film and many creative learning events and is also home to the London Symphony Orchestra.
An Olympic Legacy for all? London 2012 and Social Exclusion
Monday 23 January 2012
The Surrey Tourism Research Centre and The Higher Education Olympic and Paralympic Games Special Interest Group are proud to present this seminar
Planning a Career in Hospitality & Tourism
Thursday 9 February 2012
This seminar offers advice from one of the hospitality industry’s key people on how to start and plan your career in hospitality and tourism.
Please RSVP to fbelevents@surrey.ac.uk.
The London Olympics: What hospitality and tourism businesses are doing to maximize this once in a lifetime opportunity
Wednesday 21 March 2012
The 2012 London Olympics offer specific market opportunities for hospitality and tourism businesses. However, these firms know little about how to prepare for this once in a lifetime mega event in order to maximize commercial benefits.
For the past two years the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management has been engaged in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Elliott Marketing & PR, one of the leading marketing agencies in the leisure, hospitality and tourism sector. This partnership has involved researching, analysing, strategizing and implementing advanced business processes and skills to assist the Company to enter the tourism industry and develop it competitively going forward.
In this seminar the project’s Market Analyst, Ian Lacey, will discuss the objectives and outcomes of the project and, in particular, talk about how the London Olympics was used as a launch platform for developing further tourism knowledge and expertise in the Company. Findings from a qualitative study drawing upon the experiences of restaurant owners, destination marketers and other tourism professionals in Vancouver, host city of the 2010 Winter Olympics, will be presented. The unique strategies currently being developed by Elliott Marketing & PR for hospitality and tourism businesses in order for them to exploit the business opportunities presented by the Olympics will be discussed.
THE Careers Day 2012
Wednesday 28 March 2012
To connect our students, alumni, and the public directly with prominent and influential industry leaders, the Tourism Society, the School of Hospitality & Tourism Management and Surrey Tourism & Events Society are co-hosting the 3rd annual THE Careers Day on 28th March, 2012. The day will comprise of a series of events for the future innovators of the Tourism, Hospitality, and Events sectors.
Visit to the Hilton on Park Lane
Wednesday 4 April 2012
An introduction for students to the Hilton on Park Lane - why they are successful and what makes them different.
Kimberley Wilkie, Conference & Events Sales Manager and Yana Abakeliya, Executive Lounge Manager and a graduate on the Hilton Elevator program.
How they started in the Hospitality Industry and built their careers.
James Clarke, Director of Operations,
A brief overview of his career, his thoughts on the industry and what the Hilton looks for in prospective team members.
Visit to the Hilton on Park Lane
Wednesday 2 May 2012
An introduction for students to the Hilton on Park Lane - why they are successful and what makes them different.
Kimberley Wilkie, Conference & Events Sales Manager and Yana Abakeliya, Executive Lounge Manager and a graduate on the Hilton Elevator program.
How they started in the Hospitality Industry and built their careers.
James Clarke, Director of Operations,
A brief overview of his career, his thoughts on the industry and what the Hilton looks for in prospective team members.
Accelerating your career in the events industry
Wednesday 9 May 2012
Are you interested in a career in the events industry but don’t know where and how to start? Do you know what it takes to get ahead in the events industry? If these questions have been concerning you then why not come along to an interactive presentation by Paul Cook on 9 May 2012 from 2-4 p.m. in 32MS01. It promises to be an exciting and informative session for all prospective event industry enthusiasts!
Current Issues and (Im)possible Solutions: An interdisciplinary Dialogue in Tourism and Leisure
Thursday 6 September 2012
Through its links with the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG), this conference aims to provide an interdisciplinary dialogue around the wider aspects of the conference theme and to provide an opportunity for contemporary, tourism and leisure related research issues to be explored. The conference theme provides a platform for many exciting and critical topics that call for discussion where students from all disciplines which locate tourism and/or leisure within its boundaries are welcomed.
Thinking of continuing your studies at Surrey?
Wednesday 21 November 2012
If you are interested in applying for one of FBEL’s postgraduate programmes in Business, Economics or Law, come and visit us.
Find out more about the programmes on offer and have your questions answered by the academics that teach them.
Launch of the European Tourism Indicator System for Sustainable Management of Destinations
Friday 22 February 2013
The University of Surrey, in collaboration with Sustainable Travel International and The INTASAVE Partnership, have been engaged by the European Commission to complete a ground-breaking project finalising and testing the European Tourism Indicator System for the sustainable management of destinations.
The aim of this initiative is to provide tourism destination stakeholders and, in particular, Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) across Europe with a tested, improved and easy to use toolkit and system of indicators with which they can assess, monitor and manage the sustainability of their tourism destinations.
Surrey Think Tank
Thursday 13 June 2013
The Surrey Tourism Research Centre in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management is proud to announce a one-day think tank on Reconceptualising Visiting Friends & Relatives (VFR) Travel. VFR constitutes a major component of travel and tourism flows, and one that is being significantly reshaped by changes in migration and mobility patterns, transport and communication technologies, and cultural shifts. Despite the importance of this topic, researchers have paid only intermittent, and largely ad hoc, attention to it. The Surrey Tourism Research Centre is therefore holding a think tank to explore the meaning, changing nature and implications of VFR travel.
International Critical Tourism Studies Conference V
Tuesday 25 June 2013
Building on the success of four preceding editions (Dubrovnik 2005, Split 2007, Zadar 2009, Cardiff 2011), the CTS conference series continues in 2013 in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This city, famous for its cultural and religious diversity as well as for its dynamic revitalisation after the fall of Yugoslavia, is rapidly profiling itself as an international tourism destination – as such it is a very suitable, stimulating environment for discussing a critical turn in tourism research, education and action. The conference will be co-hosted by the University of Surrey, London Metropolitan University, Cardiff Metropolitan University and Institute for Tourism Zagreb.