How Responsible Are All-Inclusives?
| Date/Time: | 08 Nov 2011
16:00-17:30 |
| Location: | North Gallery Room 6 + 7 |
| Chairperson: |
Professor Harold Goodwin
Professor of Responsible Tourism Management
International Centre for Responsible Tourism, Leeds Metropolitan University
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Speaker(s)
| Jane Ashton, Director of Group Sustainable Development , TUI | | Adama Bah, Project Manager - The Gambia, The Travel Foundation | | Tricia Barnett, Director , Tourism Concern | | Wayne Cummings, Director, Business Processes & Administration, Sandals Resorts International |
Seminar Details
The debate about how responsible all-inclusive holidays are rages on. Critics argue that by discouraging holidaymakers from venturing out of resorts local businesses and communities loose out, others argue that some forms of indulgent holidaying are best done away from local communities. Operators point to extended seasons and occupancy rates, increased spend in the local supply chain and the interest that all-inclusive resorts have in encouraging their guests to venture out rather than eating and drinking in the hotel. This seminar, with panellists with very different perspectives will seek to shed light on these issues which fuel this heated debate.
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