TOURISM ACADEMICS & EMPLOYERS CONFERENCES 2008
Monday 17th March 2007

Organised by ABTA the ITT and Tourism Society
De Vere West One, London

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PROGRAMME

09.30-10.00: arrival and registration with tea & coffee

SESSION ONE - Curriculum Content

10.00-10.15: Introduction by Chair: John Humphreys, Travel & Tourism Diploma Development Manager, People 1st
10.15-10.30: Speaker 1: Andy Smyth, Funded Programmes Manager, TUI UK
10.30-10.45: Speaker 2: Phil Barnfather, Training & Development Manager, Thomas Cook
10.45-11.00: Speaker 3: Brandon Crimes, Senior Lecturer Tourism Management, University of Hertfordshire
11.00-11.15: Speaker 4: Ian Mounser, Sales Director, Superbreak Mini Holidays & Goldenrail Holidays
11.15-11.30: Panel discussion/summary

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Tea break

11.45-13.00 SESSION TWO - Teaching Resources

11:45-11:50: Introduction by Chair: Nina Dunn , Product Manager Service Industries, City & Guilds
11:50-12:00: Speaker 1: Nikolae Dascinski, Commercial Coordinator Publishing, City & Guilds
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12:00-12:10: Speaker 2: Sally Oakey, Associate Director, Travel Uni
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12:10-12:20: Speaker 3: Julia Feuell, Managing Director, OnlineTravelTraining
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12:20-12:30: Speaker 4: William Ayer, Managing Director, Viasinc
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12:30-12:40: Speaker 5: Kashir Ahmed, Education Resource Manager, Springboard
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12:40 -13:00: Panel discussion/summary

Lunch

SESSION THREE - BREAKOUT WORKSHOP

WORKSHOP 1: Work Experience/Graduate Opportunities/Graduate Training Schemes

Chair of the session: Debbee Dale, Managing Director, AA Graduates

Speaker 1: Lesley Lloyd-Steer, Group HR Director, Merlin Entertainments
Speaker 2: Debbie Brennen, Group Talent and Development Manager, Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd
Speaker 4: Rhodri Thomas, ITT Chair of Tourism and Events Policy, Leeds Metropolitan University

VisitBritain asked their current graduates how their work experience had been going and what their Universities could have offered to better equip them for entering the work force. To view the answers given by three graduates currently working at VisitBritain please click here.

WORKSHOP 2: Apprenticeships and college leaver opportunities

Chair of the session: Richard Poole, Vocational Learning Manager, People 1st
Speaker 1: Gill Banks, Southport College
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Speaker 2: William Ayer, Managing Director, Viasinc
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Speaker 3: Joanne Roche, Managing Partner, Training for Travel
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Tea Break

15.45-17.30: SESSION FOUR - The Big Debate

Chair of the session: Declan Swan, Chief Executive, National Education Business Partnership Network

John Humphreys, Travel & Tourism Diploma Development Manager, People 1st
Julia Feuell, Managing Director, OnlineTravelTraining
Lesley Lloyd-Steer, Group HR Director- Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd.
Nina Dunn , Product Manager, Service Industries, City & Guilds
Sue Kavanagh, Director, Human Resources UK , Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Lyn Bibbings, Principal Lecture in Tourism, Oxford Brookes University, Chair of ATHE (Association for Tourism in Higher Education)
Philip Alford, Senior Lecturer Travel and Tourism, University of Bedfordshire

PHOTOS

Session 1 panel L-R: John Humpreys, Andy Smyth, Phil Barnfather, Brandon Crimes and Ian Mounser	Session 1 panel L-R: Andy Smyth, John Humphreys, Phil Barnfather, Ian Mounser and Brandon Crimes
An audience of over 60 gathered at the De Vere West One in London	An audience of over 60 gathered at the De Vere West One in London
Session 2 panel L-R: Nina Dunn, Sally Oakey, Nikolae Dascinski, Julia Feuell, William Ayer and Kashir Ahmed	The Big Debate Panel L-R: Declan Swan, Julia Feuell, John Humphreys, Lesley Lloyd-Steer, Sue Kavanagh, Nina Dunn, Lyn Bibbings and Phil Alford.
Organisers of the confererence L-R: Flo Powell (Tourism Society), Claire Steiner (ITT) and Vicki Wolf (ABTA)

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