tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103284502011-04-21T14:50:35.852-07:00by John Beech and Simon Chadwick. Supporting The Business of Tourism Management [BOTM], edited by John Beech and Simon Chadwick, © 2005, Pearson Education. Content of this site is the responsibility of the editors, NOT Pearson Education. This blog will be regularly updated, so please revisit often for the latest developments in Tourism Management.John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-68014991606461373122008-08-12T11:51:00.000-07:002008-08-15T14:22:26.750-07:00<li>UK tourism basks in a <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85df4202-65a3-11dd-a352-0000779fd18c.html">penurious</a> summer.</li><br /><li>Government <a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1130536.php">splashes</a> out in seaside resorts.</li><br /><li><a href="http://www.eturbonews.com/4073/anger-rich-tourists-buy-beach-huts">Anger</a> as 'rich tourists' buy up beach huts.</li><br><br /><li>Butlins <a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1130478.php">booms</a> as the credit crunch takes effect.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-6801499160646137312?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-76701646503223409892008-07-09T14:19:00.000-07:002008-08-11T12:52:58.653-07:00<li>British kids favour <a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1130432.php">costas</a> over UK coast.</li><br /><li>Pier fire <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7529067.stm">threatens</a> resort's future.</li><br /><li>Bringing sunshine <a href="http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Morecombe-Plots-Tourism-Recovery-Seaside-Town-Enjoys-New-Investment/Article/200807415057255?lpos=Home_6&lid=ARTICLE_15057255_Morecombe%2BPlots%2BTourism%2BRecovery%253A%2BSeaside%2BTown%2BEnjoys%2BNew%2BInvestment">back</a> to Morecambe.</li><br /><li><a href="http://www.e-tid.com/pma/30471">Renaissance</a> for UK resorts.</li><br /><li>Travelodge <a href="http://www.e-tid.com/pma/30442">expands</a> seaside portfolio.</li><br /><li>Blackpool 'needs <a href="http://www.fleetwoodtoday.co.uk/latest-north-west-news/Seaside-resort-needs-better-class.4277850.jp">better</a> class of tourist'.</li><br /><li>Putting <a href="http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=151901&command=displayContent&sourceNode=151727&contentPK=21056685&folderPk=86530&pNodeId=151458">Cleethorpes</a> in the premier league.</li><br /><li>Path links '<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7486313.stm">jewels</a>' of coastline.</li><br /><li>North <a href="http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/news/Visitor-attraction39s--Lottery-funding.4237050.jp">Yorkshire</a> visitor attraction's Lottery funding bid.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-7670164650322340989?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-70957017413708432402008-06-06T14:44:00.000-07:002008-07-08T14:03:38.084-07:00<li>Heritage amusement park plan for <a href="http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Heritage-amusement-park-plan-for-Dreamland-newsinkent14106.aspx?news=local">Margate's</a> Dreamland.</li><br /><li><a href="http://www.englandsnorthwest.com/invest/news/archive/5957-revand-plans-for-cumbria-s-maryport-harbour.html">Revamp</a> plans for Cumbria's Maryport Harbour.</li><br /><li>Birthday <a href="http://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/6427/Birthday-treat-in-store-at.4198064.jp">treat</a> in store at Hotham.</li><br /><li>Bognor is '<a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1129106.php">most</a> recognisable UK destination'.</li><br /><li>Glossy Cleethorpes guide wins <a href="http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=181505&command=displayContent&sourceNode=203966&contentPK=20814661&folderPk=97267&pNodeId=203965">award</a>.</li><br /><li>East Anglia's beaches still <a href="http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED04%20Jun%202008%2023%3A04%3A30%3A553">best</a> in country.</li><br /><li>Countdown to Cleethorpes Centre <a href="http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=151901&command=displayContent&sourceNode=151727&contentPK=20797413&folderPk=86530&pNodeId=151458">opening</a>.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-7095701741370843240?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-40393818699601178332008-05-20T12:22:00.000-07:002008-08-12T12:12:20.749-07:00<li>UK <a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1128917.php">tops</a> holiday popularity league, research shows.</li><br /><li>Caravan holidays make a <a href="http://www.ttglive.com/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=61139&CMPI_SHARED_articleId=703974&CMPI_SHARED_ImageArticleId=703974&CMPI_SHARED_articleIdRelated=703974&CMPI_SHARED_ToolsArticleId=703974&CMPI_SHARED_CommentArticleId=703974">comeback</a>.</li><br /><li>Essex: Beaches are better than <a href="http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/local/display.var.2296224.0.essex_beaches_are_better_than_ever.php">ever</a>!</li><br /><li>Welsh tourism <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7408963.stm">hit</a> by rainy days.</li><br /><li>Plans for new artists' <a href="http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/news/Plans-for-new-artists39-studio.4047322.jp">studio</a> in Scarborough move closer.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-4039381869960117833?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-45669822850892496242008-04-13T14:25:00.000-07:002008-07-09T14:21:10.212-07:00<li>British holiday resorts '<a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1128312.php">passé</a>' to many.</li><br /><li>Under 30s <a href="http://www.e-tid.com/pma/29756">shun</a> traditional British seaside.</li><br /><li>Latest figures show tourism in Kent is <a href="http://www.yourcanterbury.co.uk/kent-news/Latest-figures-show-tourism-in-Kent-is-booming-newsinkent12082.aspx?news=local">booming</a>.</li><br /><li>UK: 'Better value' domestic holidays show <a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1127961.php">rise</a> in bookings.</li><br /><li>Government to pump millions into ‘<a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1127765.php">faded</a>’ seaside resorts.</li><br /><li>Lancashire millionaire <a href="http://www.lep.co.uk/business/Lancashire-millionaire-sells-Pontin39s.3920814.jp">sells</a> Pontins.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-4566982285089249624?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-31015693570591113682008-03-15T13:29:00.000-07:002008-06-06T14:47:12.904-07:00<li>New owner to '<a href="http://www.e-tid.com/pma/29498">revitalise</a>' Pontin’s.</li><br /><li>Tourism minister <a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1127124.php">urges</a> support for strategic review.</li><br /><li>Campaign to <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7272788.stm">save</a> Thomas Cook site.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-3101569357059111368?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-56717780524214891742008-02-03T12:10:00.000-08:002008-05-20T12:24:10.952-07:00<li>Hoseasons forecasts <a href="http://www.e-tid.com/pma/29067">bumper</a> year for UK breaks.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-5671778052421489174?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-65813608602897556352008-01-08T14:52:00.000-08:002008-04-13T14:28:47.508-07:00<li>Cutty Sark and Mary Rose get <a href="http://www.shippingtimes.co.uk/itm140_ships-grants.htm">lottery</a> boost.</li><br /><li>Whitby abbey signs 'are <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/7176687.stm">vandalism</a>'.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-6581360860289755635?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-65412794986918440122007-12-16T10:20:00.000-08:002008-03-15T13:31:16.042-07:00<li>£70m complex <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/7133460.stm">planned</a> for Scarborough.</li><br /><li>Dorset unveils new <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7136344.stm">landmark</a> plan.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-6541279498691844012?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-67329430674824169222007-11-24T12:00:00.001-08:002008-02-03T12:11:44.936-08:00<li>Regeneration <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7083400.stm">plans</a> sent to to Weston-super-mare residents.</li><br /><li>Scarborough <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/7086547.stm">battered</a> by coastal storm.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-6732943067482416922?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-91856814792610296502007-11-24T11:56:00.000-08:002008-01-08T14:53:46.959-08:00<li>Tourism '<a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1123383.php">benefits</a> South West communities'.</li><br /><li>‘Long term <a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1123143.php">decline</a>’ in domestic tourism forecast.</li><br /><li>New <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7069150.stm">sea-front</a> plans for Morecambe.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-9185681479261029650?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-32706943074108192672007-09-15T10:18:00.001-07:002007-12-16T10:26:35.742-08:00<li>Blackpool hoteliers <a href="http://www.e-tid.com/pma/27751">cut</a> their losses.</li><br /><li>Prestatyn seafront's £500,000 <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7136174.stm">revamp</a> starts.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-3270694307410819267?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-67454849926093983182007-08-31T13:23:00.000-07:002008-01-10T13:23:28.523-08:00<li>A ray of <a href="http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_headline=a-ray-of-hope-for-tourism-business&method=full&objectid=19674843&siteid=50082-name_page.html">hope</a> for Welsh tourism businesses.</li><br /><li>Man <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/6952539.stm">dies</a> in Newquay hotel fire.</li><br /><li>Domestic operators <a href="http://www.e-tid.com/pma/27591">defend</a> UK product.</li><br /><li>Families slam '<a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1121132.php">rip-off</a>' British holidays.</li><br /><li>Welsh tourism <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6926903.stm">resilient</a> after downpours.</li><br /><li>Devon resorts <a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1120943.php">feature</a> in Flybe campaign.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-6745484992609398318?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-8895421387120136362007-07-03T14:27:00.000-07:002007-11-24T11:53:09.616-08:00<li>Tourism is <a href="http://www.travelindustryreview.com/news/5866">booming</a> in Bristol.</li><br /><li>Minehead tourism gets a <a href="http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/display.var.1562188.0.tourism_gets_a_boost.php">boost</a>.</li><br /><li>Acquisition in the <a href="http://www.e-tid.com/pma/27464">caravan parks</a> sector.</li><br /><li>Rain drives 2m Brits <a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1120481.php">abroad</a> on holiday.</li><br /><li>Trade in South coast resorts <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/regions/south/video/107000/bb/107072_16x9_bb.ram">hit</a> by rain. [video clip]</li><br /><li>Seaside tourism <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6280000/newsid_6288300/6288360.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm#">down</a> in Kent. [video clip]</li><br /><li>Poor weather <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6279894.stm">hits</a> tourist trade in Devon and Cornwall.</li><br /><li>New <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6273550.stm">esplanade</a> shelters for Burham-on-Sea.</li><br /><li>Butlins <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6269422.stm">launches</a> timeshare scheme at Minehead.</li><br /><li>Record <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6265272.stm">£500k</a> for beach home.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-889542138712013636?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-4558968472479926242007-06-09T09:44:00.000-07:002007-09-15T10:25:59.622-07:00<li>Tourism worth £4.4bn to England's South West. [<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6240000/newsid_6249900/6249908.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm#">video clip</a>]</li><br /><li>Graeme Le Saux reports on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/broadband/mediaplayer/players/bbc2/bb_rm_console.shtml?package=4588578&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1&clip=wl_wed_130607_segment4#">Ventnor</a>. [video]</li><br /><li>£164,000 to <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/6222196.stm">clear</a> Bournemouth beach of stones.</li><br /><li>Blackpool retains number <a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1119158.php?mpnlog=1">one</a> popularity spot.</li><br /><li>Work <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6739871.stm">starts</a> on Bridlington's Big Wheel.</li><br /><li>Background on G8's <a href="http://www.thestar.com/Travel/article/221780">Heiligendamn</a>.</li><br /><li>Saltburn on the <a href="http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/investment/article1898937.ece">up</a>.</li><br /><li>Restoration of Weymouth's seaside shelters <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/6724487.stm">nears</a> completion.</li><br /><li>Scarborough's donkeys saddled with <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/6687395.stm">longer</a> trek.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-455896847247992624?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-17027008019425805692007-05-05T09:14:00.000-07:002007-08-31T13:25:26.281-07:00<li>Newbiggin by the Sea beach gets <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/6687995.stm">20,000</a> tonnes of sand. [More detail <a href="http://www.newbigginreborn.co.uk/">here</a>]</li><br /><li>British resorts pull in <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6605757.stm">overseas</a> visitors.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-1702700801942580569?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10328450.post-23446465223735831562007-04-09T12:02:00.000-07:002007-07-03T14:28:29.510-07:00<li>UK tourist boom <a href="http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1117390.php?mpnlog=1">challenges</a> trade.</li><br /><li>Eastbourne hotels <a href="http://www.etravelblackboard.com/index.asp?id=63423&nav=1">hit</a> by stomach bug.</li><br /><li>Rail link wanted to <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6518037.stm">boost</a> tourism.</li><br /><li>Tourist praise for <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6517733.stm">Burnham</a>.</li><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10328450-2344646522373583156?l=botm01.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Beech and Simon Chadwicknoreply@blogger.com