Biography

Lynn's main research interest is social tourism for low-income and socially excluded groups – this has been the topic of a number of publications and research projects in the UK and Belgium.  Together with Graham Miller (University of Surrey) and Robert Maitland (University of Westminster) she is currently organising a seminar series about the topic funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. She is also the appointed researcher for the EU-funded FETE (First European Travel Experience) project, that examines the feasibility of international social tourism exchanges for disadvantaged young people.

Lynn is also interested in social sustainability in tourism and events: in 2009 she carried out a study for the International Olympic Committee that examined the impacts of the Olympic Games on socially excluded groups in the host community. She is currently working on a report about the attitudes of European convention bureaus with regards to social sustainability, and a study about the employment impacts of London 2012.

Research Interests

Social tourism for low-income groups

Tourism and social exclusion

Mega-events and social exclusion

The Olympics and their effects on low-income groups in the host community

Social sustainability in the business tourism (MICE) industry

Research Collaborations

Publications

Minnaert L., Maitland R. & Miller G. (Eds.) (2012), Social Tourism: Perspectives and Potential, Routledge: Abingdon

Minnaert L. (2012), The value of social tourism for disadvantaged families, in: Schänzel H., Yeoman I. & Backer E., Family Tourism: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Channel View: Bristol

Inkson C. & Minnaert L. (2012), 'Tourism Management: An Introduction', SAGE: London

Minnaert L. (2012), ‘Social Tourism as Opportunity for Unplanned Learning and Behavior Change’, Journal of Travel Research, September - 51: 607-616

McCabe S., Minnaert L. & Diekmann A. (2011), Social Tourism in Europe: Theory and Practice, Channel View Publications: Bristol

Minnaert L. (2011), An Olympic legacy for all? The non-infrastructural outcomes of the Olympic Games for socially excluded groups (Atlanta 1996–Beijing 2008), Tourism Management, doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2011.04.005

Minnaert, L., Maitland, R. & Miller, G. (2011). What is social tourism? Special Issue on Social Tourism, Current Issues in Tourism, 5, 403-415

Minnaert, L., Quinn, B., Griffen K. & Stacey J. (2010), Social tourism for low-income groups: Benefits in a UK and Irish context, in S. Cole & N. Morgan, Tourism and Inequality, CABI: Wallingford

Minnaert, L., Maitland, R. & Miller, G. (2009), ‘Tourism and social policy – The value of social tourism’, Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 36 nr. 2, 316-334

Minnaert, L. & Schapmans M. (2009),’ Tourism as a form of social intervention: The Holiday Participation Centre in Flanders’, Journal of Social Intervention: Theory and Practice, Vol. 18 nr. 3, 42-61, download here

Minnaert, L (2009), ‘Corporate hospitality in an economic downturn: the case of the UK’ in Celuch C. & Davidson R., Advances in Business Tourism Research, Atlas: Arnhem

Minnaert, L. for Tourism Flanders (2008). ‘Holidays are for Everyone. Research into the Effects and the Importance of Holidays for People living in Poverty’. Brussels: Tourism Flanders, download here

Minnaert, L (2008), Social tourism in Flanders, Tourism Insights, July 2008

Minnaert, L., Maitland, R. & Miller, G. (2007), ‘Social tourism and its ethical foundations’, Tourism Culture & Communication, Vol. 7, 7-17

Teaching

Conference and Exhibition Management (MSc)

Tourism and Society (Level 2)

Tourism Management (Level 1)

Tourism Impacts (Level 1)

Departmental Duties

Tourism Management Programme Leader