World leading tourism, events &

hospitality research in the heart of

Cardiff

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What is WCTR?Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, WCTR is one of the University’s recognised centres of research excellence.

It was the only UK research centre of its kind to produce world-leading research in RAE2008.

Research areas: destination development & reputation management; tourism, place, citizenship, inclusion & identities; events & hospitality management.

Follow our research at http://uk.linkedin.com/in/welshcentretourismresearch

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Who are We?• 20 full-time staff members (including three Professors & a Reader)

• 7 associate members (6 Visiting Professors & one Emeritus Professor)

• 18 doctoral students (10 fully funded full-time)

•Led by Professor Annette Pritchard since its creation in 2001

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What do we do?

A major centre of doctoral education in our field;

Unlike many such centres, our leading researchers also contribute to our suite of tourism/events/hospitality undergraduate & masters programmes;

We provide consultancy & advice to organisations from Carmarthen to Croatia;

We are a world-leading research centre, specialising in:

(i) Sustainable, creative & competitive destination development

(ii) Social justice, citizenship & equitable tourism

(iii) Critical & applied events management

(iv) Critical perspectives in hospitality

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How do we do it?

WCTR strives to produce world leading research and high quality consultancy services which engage practice and policy.

What makes much of our research distinctive is its ambition to make a difference to people and places and to advocate for a more sustainable and equitable world in tourism arenas.

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Well connected locally, regionally and globally

10 page e-newsletter distributed to key stakeholders

Re-branded website in 2011

Host of 6 major international conferences, the next in December 2012

http://uk.linkedin.com/in/welshcentretourismresearch

Profs Morgan & Pritchard have given keynotes in Spain & Portugal, Prof Pritchard is Visiting Prof in Milan and WCTR has close links with Pompeu Fabra University (Spain)

Profs Morgan & Pritchard have given leading keynotes in China & WCTR has close links with ITS, Macau

Profs Morgan & Pritchard have given keynotes in New Zealand & WCTR has close links with the Auckland University of Technology

Prof Pritchard has given 2 keynotes in Iceland

Prof Morgan is Visiting Prof in Finnmark University College, Norway

WCTR has links with the Universities of Purdue, Southern California and Southern Carolina

Prof Jones has extensive links in the Middle East and Africa, where she has given keynotes and co-organised conferences, Dr Carlisle works on projects in The Gambia and Zanzibar and our students have gone on several African field trips

WCTR has partnered universities and tourism, hospitality & events organisations across UK & Europe, including in France, Belgium, Holland, Croatia, Italy, Bulgaria, Norway & Sweden, many of which partner Dr Ritchie’s alcohol research team

John Dobson and Nigel Jones have researched shark tourism and scuba diving in South Africa & Oceania

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“WCTR produces research of global significance, is a leading provider of doctoral education and can be justifiably proud of its public, private and third sector partnerships.”

Simon Anholt, independent policy advisor, recipient of the Nobels Colloquia Prize for Leadership in Economics and Management and author of the Anholt Nation Brands Index and City Brands Index.

WCTR research is endorsed by a world leading policy advisor

Just some of our partners worldwide

“WCTR research is pushing tourism’s paradigmatic boundaries – it is a research centre leading the creation of new knowledge networks in our field.”

Professor John Tribe Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Tourism Research.

WCTR research is endorsed by the editor of tourism’s leading research journal

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Much of what we do focuses on sustainability in the wider sense

Sustainable, creative & competitive destination development research Social justice, citizenship & equitable tourism research Critical perspectives in hospitality research Critical & applied events management research

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WCTR researchers are genuinely setting tourism research and educational agendas.

Their work is read world-wide and they bring this passion and knowledge into the seminar rooms of Cardiff Metropolitan University.

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/annals-of-tourism-research/most-read-articles/

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WCTR:

Wales’ world leading tourism,

events & hospitality research centre