Have airlines created their own currency?

Posted on April 07, 2014

At the recent 17th Hamburg Aviation Conference in Germany, Prof Berendien Lubbe, of the Tourism Management Division in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, warned that the number of unredeemed passenger airline miles is reaching what some have

Masters students present research projects

Posted on March 26, 2014

Two masters degree students in Tourism Management had the opportunity to share their research projects with stakeholders from the tourism industry during a research seminar hosted by the National Department of Tourism in March 2014. The student projects f

Mobile devices in SA tourism industry

Posted on March 17, 2014

A research project done on mobile devices as a tourism distribution channel and the perceptions of visitors to national parks in South Africa found that visitors are not too keen to use the SANParks mobile website. In so far as the extent of the use of mo

Research on the use of information and communication technologies

Posted on February 27, 2014

A pilot study was conducted by Prof Felicite Fairer-Wessels of the Tourism Management Division amongst selected non-profit visitor information centres (VIC) to determine whether the information managers have sufficient knowledge management capabilities in

Students provide valuable insights into niche tourism markets for Gauteng

Posted on December 09, 2013

Travelling to Johannesburg to present your key research findings and strategic proposals to experienced industry stakeholders would be a daunting challenge for most students. However, Tourism Management honours students, as part of their destination marke

Students contribute towards saving the rhino

Posted on November 27, 2013

Students of the Tourism Management Division hosted two Save the Rhino events. The first was an exhibition in the Merensky Library of the University of Pretoria in October where ceramic rhinos, painted by students and lecturers, were showcased. The second

Research project on skills development framework for the sports tourism

Posted on November 26, 2013

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A focus on Sports Tourism Skills Development

Posted on November 22, 2013

Elizabeth Kruger, of the Tourism Management Division, represented a team of researchers who shared their research findings on skills gaps in current sports training and opportunities available in South Africa.