Managing the Religious Tourism Experience

Opening Cerimony: Atlas : Managing the Religious Tourism Experience

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Wellcome

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First speakers are already in Portugal. Welcome to our country and welcome to Nazare! We sincerely hope that you have the most pleasant journey.

Managing the Religious Tourism Experience: list of speakers

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The speakers present in Managing the Religious Tourism Experience, from 19th to 22nd November in Nazaré, are:

Nigel D. Morpeth - Leeds Metropolitan University - UK

Razaq Raj - Leeds Metropolitan University - UK

Peter Wiltshier - University of Berby - UK

Roger Vaughan - Bournemouth University - UK

Jon Edwards - Bournemouth University - UK

Alexandra Tirca - University Babes-Bolyai - Romenia

Amos S. Ron - Kinneret College - Israel

Noga Collins - University of Haifa - Israel

Christos Petreas - Petreas Associates - Greece

Frances McGetting - Athlone Institute of Technologie - Ireland

Kevin Grifin - School of Hospitality Management and Tourism - Ireland

Maaike de Jong - University of Quatar - Qatar

Maureen Griffiths - Monash University - Australia

Nigel Bond - University of Queensland - Australia

Olga Lo Presti - Instituto di Ricerche sulle Attività Terziare - Italy

Carla Braga - Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies - Portugal

Vítor Ambrósio - Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies - Portugal

Isilda Leitão - Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies - Portugal

Cristina Carvalho - Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies - Portugal

Susana Ribeiro - Lusophone University of Porto - Portugal

Maria da Graça Mouga Poças Santos - Polytechnic Institute of Leiria - Portugal

Carlos Fernandes - Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo - Portugal

Press Release

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Abstracts Publication

2009-10-27T09:02:00.000-07:00

Available for consulting the abstracts of papers to be presented at the Conference.

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Soon... at this blog

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Soon we will publish the abstracts chosen to be presented at Managing Religious Tourism Experience.

Program

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Registration

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If you wish to register, please contact altlasnazare2009@gmail.com.

How is ATLAS organised?

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ATLAS is coordinated by Melanie Smith who is situated at Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary. ATLAS is run by a secretariat based in Arnhem, the Netherlands, which is accountable to the ATLAS executive, elected from the ATLAS membership. The elected executive members are currently:

Petri Hottola (Finland)
Fotis Kilipiris (Greece)
Rene van der Duim (Netherlands)
Angelique Lombarts (Netherlands)
Tara Duncan (New Zealand)
John Beech (United Kingdom)
Razaq Raj (United Kingdom)
Marina Novelli (United Kingdom)

Ex officio board members:

Chair: Melanie Smith (Hungary)

Treasurer: Florence Ian (China)

ATLAS Europe coordinator: Anya Diekmann (Belgium)

ATLAS Africa coordinator: John Akama (Kenya)

ATLAS Asia-Pacific coordinating Committee: Malcolm Cooper (Japan) and Florence Ian (China)

ATLAS Americas coordinator: John Swarbrooke (United Kingdom)

ATLAS Special Interest Groups

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Members of ATLAS can form Special Interest Groups (SIG's) related to specific education and research topics or for specific geographical areas. SIG's run research programmes and can organise special events and publications related to their area of interest. The current special interest groups are:

Cultural Tourism Research Group
Backpacker Research Group
Gastronomy and Tourism Research Group
Policy Research Group
Tourism SMEs Research Group
Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Research Group
Tourism and Socio Cultural Identities Research Group
Business Tourism Research Group
Tourism and Disasters Research Group
Mass Tourism Research Group
Spa and Wellness Tourism Research Group
Capital City Tourism Research Group

What does ATLAS do?

2009-10-08T09:32:00.001-07:00

ATLAS promotes links between member institutions through regular meetings and information exchange. The main activities of ATLAS are:
Organising conferences on issues in tourism and leisure education and research. Regional conferences are also held in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region;
Information services and publications, including the ATLAS website, member portal and the yearbook ATLAS Reflections;
Designing and coordinating curriculum development projects under the SOCRATES programme;
Running international courses, such as the ATLAS Winter University in Europe and the Summer Course in Asia;
Organisation of and participation in transnational research projects, for example on cultural tourism and sustainable tourism, and information technology;
Research publications and reports.

ATLAS is also represented at regional and local level by sections such as ATLAS Europe, ATLAS Asia-Pacific and ATLAS Africa. ATLAS Europe was founded in 1991, and still attracts the bulk of ATLAS members. Other sections are growing rapidly, however. ATLAS Asia-Pacific, established in 1997, currently has 70 members. ATLAS Asia-Pacific has staged conferences in Indonesia and China, Japan and New Zealand. ATLAS Africa was launched in 1998 and held its inaugural conference in 2000 in Mombasa Kenya and since then in Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya and Uganda. ATLAS Africa currently has 34 members. At the moment initiatives are taken to develop ATLAS Americas. The regional sections of ATLAS have developed their own programme of activities and publications to respond more closely to the specific needs of members located in these regions and those with related research interests. Membership of ATLAS regional associations and special interest sections of ATLAS is open to all ATLAS members.

What are the Objectives of ATLAS?

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To promote the teaching of tourism, leisure and related subjects.
To encourage the exchange of staff and students between member institutions.
To promote links between professional bodies in tourism, leisure and associated subjects and to liaise on educational issues, curriculum development and professional recognition of courses.
To promote transnational research which helps to underpin the development of appropriate curricula for transnational education.

Religious Tourism Special Interest Group

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The ATLAS Religious Tourism Special Interest Group has been invited by the Vocational School of Nazaré (Escola Profissional da Nazaré), to organise the above workshop with the assistance of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (Portugal).

This meeting takes place with support from the Municipality of Nazaré, Hotel Miramar Sul and Hotel Maré from 19 to 21 November 2009 and will take place in the recently opened Municipal Auditorium of Nazaré.

Because attendance will be supported by local sponsors, numbers are limited. It is envisaged that there will be in the region of 20 papers presented, with the main emphasis on the theme of 'religious tourism experience' - particularly welcome are papers of an applied or management-focused nature.

6th ATLAS Business Tourism Conference

2009-10-08T06:10:00.001-07:00

"Advances in Business Tourism Education and Research"

Despite the global economic situation, the importance of Business Tourism continues to expand around the world, with a growing number of new destinations and venues targeting the market for Conferences, Exhibitions and Incentive Travel. In most countries in the developed world, income from Business Tourism now represents between one-third and one-quarter of all tourism spending. This is therefore a subject entirely worthy of attention from academics and researchers everywhere, and recently there has been considerable growth in the number of Universities offering courses related to Business Tourism and Business Events. Academics specialising in teaching and researching in this subject area will directly benefit from attending the the ATLAS Business Tourism conference, which has become the most important international annual forum for the exchange of ideas and the sharing of best practice in teaching and researching this subject. This year's conference will focus on a broad range of topics that are related to education, research, and management in the field of business events.

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