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Rethinking travel, tourism and events in the era of global challenges event 16 Feb

Expert tourism, travel and events panel event join us next month

Join us for a panel discussion on global challenges facing the travel, tourism and events sector. Our panel is made up of business leaders from Booking.com, Airbnb, easyJet, Intrepid Travel, A Greener Festival and the Sustainable Travel and Tourism Agenda in Kenya. Travel, tourism and events are often associated with being the victim and/or the…

Emma Thurlow, Business and Sales Manager at the Brighton Centre

Guest lecture on business tourism and events in Brighton

Business and Sales Manager at the Brighton Centre, Emma Thurlow, visited Elm House to speak to our postgraduate tourism and events students. She spoke to master’s students on our Globalisation, Society and Culture module about the value of business tourism and events to Brighton’s economy. The Brighton Centre is the oldest purpose-built convention centre in…

Tourism and events students visit market-leading international travel event

Our tourism and event students recently visited the World Travel Market (WTM) at ExCel London on a field trip. WTM is the market-leading international travel event that unlocks business opportunities for inbound and outbound tourism professionals. The annual event is one of the largest corporate business events of its kind. Our undergraduate and postgraduate tourism…

Former tourism student gives guest lecture on destination marketing organisations

Lyn Trapano, a former tourism student, visited our current cohort to talk about the purpose of destination marketing organisations. Lyn graduated from the University of Brighton in 2001 and now works as the Partnership and Visitor Services Manager at Visit Brighton. She came and spoke to our first-year International Tourism Management BSc students about statistics…

Vote for tourism professor Marina Novelli in the upcoming sustainable tourism AACT awards

Professor Marina Novelli has been nominated for a Changemaker Award in the impact category at the upcoming Aviators Africa Conference and Tower (AACT) Awards. The AACT Awards recognise, celebrate and honour excellence and sustainability within the African aviation and tourism sector. Marina teaches tourism and international development at the School of Business and Law. Her research…

Veronica Povey gives keynote speech to students and staff in Elm House

Women in Leadership: Finance Director at Ministry of Defence inspires students and staff

On Wednesday 29 June our students and staff were joined by Veronica Povey, Finance Director (Head Office and Strategic Programmes) at the Ministry of Defence, as part of our Women in Leadership Series. The event was hosted in Elm House, the School of Business and Law’s new home on our Moulsecoomb campus, and kicked off with…

Our new home

We’re excited to announce that Elm House, the new home for the School of Business and Law, is complete and ready for the new academic year. As you can see from the images below it’s going to be an exciting place to study. You can learn more about the exciting developments on the Big Build…

Dr Ioannis Pantelidis joins Be Inclusive Hospitality advisory board

Dr Ioannis Pantelidis, Principal Lecturer on our university degrees in marketing. tourism and events, was recently invited to join the Advisory Board of Be Inclusive Hospitality. Be Inclusive Hospitality is a not-for-profit organisation founded by Lorraine Copes in November 2019 and incorporated in July 2020. The organisation promotes Inclusivity in one of the largest industries of…

Starting your course in 2020?

You’re going to have a brilliant time here and we can’t wait to meet you! To help you feel like you already Belong at Brighton our students and staff have created some information so you can get to know your school before you join us in the autumn. We’ll also be in touch over the summer…

Brighton Business School students dominate Santander Ideas Competition

A new online platform that helps researchers to plan, conduct and analyse research has scooped a £1,500 prize. The Santander University of Brighton Ideas Competition was won by Robert Otim, a recent Product Design graduate. Robert’s idea ‘Pipette’ was developed while working in the data and analytics industry. In second place was our very own Brighton Business School student, Mathew Dixon…