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www.bournemouth.ac.uk Introduction to Tourism & Hospitality Principles & Practice Tourism Masters Framework Professor Adele Ladkin
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Introduction to Tourism & Hospitality Principles &
Practice
Tourism Masters FrameworkProfessor Adele Ladkin
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Tourism & Hospitality Principles & Practice
Welcome
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Session Outline
• Your lead Professor• Ground rules & expectations• Introduction to the unit • Concepts & definitions
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The Team
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Ground Rules
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Ground Rules
• Be on time - if late, enter quietly with minimum disturbance
• Eating and drinking only allowed during breaks
• No electronic soundtrack• Be considerate to your classmates• When I talk you don’t• Any others?
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My promise to you….
• I will….• be on time• be prepared for class• listen and advise• mark your work fairly
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20 minutes
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Unit Aims
• Principles of Tourism & Hospitality• exploring fundamental components &
issues
• Introductory• no prior knowledge assumed
• Contextual Framework• the backbone and the link for other units
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Unit Aims
• International Perspective• global relevance
• Focus lies in two directions:• principles and components of the
tourism and hospitality industries• appreciate tourism and hospitality as
academic disciplines in their own right
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Learning Outcomes
• Having completed this unit, you will have:• an understanding of the conceptual framework for tourism and
hospitality and the rationale for the body of knowledge for this field/area of study and the interrelationships that may be formed
• the ability to critically examine structures and issues within the field of tourism and hospitality and the management responses that may be appropriate
• appropriate knowledge of tourism in action and practical solutions to problems that may be posed in different environments and cultures
• an awareness of tourism and hospitality as underpinning the knowledge that will emerge in the remainder of the programme
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Course Assessment
• 1 piece of work
• Individual written assignment of 4,000 words (excluding references)
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Communication
•By email•Course material on MyBU
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Course Reading
• Core Text:
Fletcher, J., Fyall, A. Gilbert, D., and Wanhill S. (2013). Tourism Principles and Practice (5th Edition). Pearson, Harlow.
Reading by lecture
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