Tourism and Hospitality, Bournemouth University Business School

We don't just talk about change. We build the evidence for it.

In 2025, we launched three major research projects to ensure everything we do is grounded in real-world data.

📖 Drinking at Work: Causes, Consequences & Prevention in the Hospitality Industry
In collaboration with Bournemouth University, this study explores one of hospitality's most complex and least talked-about challenges — alcohol in the workplace — examining why it happens, what it costs, and how to prevent it.

👨‍🍳 The Kitchen Condition
Partnering with Halton in the United States, this report draws on a survey of 148 North American chefs to assess how kitchen environments impact worker wellbeing, recruitment, and retention.

🌍 The Imposter Syndrome Among Chefs: A Global Survey
Again with Bournemouth University, this global study shines a light on the hidden pressure so many chefs carry — the feeling of not being good enough — and what the industry can do about it.

All three are available to read in full on our website here:
🔗 https://www.theburntchefproject.com/learnmore/mental-health-survey

In a time of global uncertainty, it is more important than ever to reaffirm our shared commitment to peace, humanity, and international collaboration. Tourism has the power to connect cultures, foster understanding, and build bridges across nations.
Let us come together to shape a more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable future for our industry and our world.

JOIN MY PRESENTATIONS AND MEET ME
in Berlin, Germany | 3–5 March 2026
at ITB Berlin https://www.itb.com/en

Wed, Mar 4, 2026, 11:20 - 11:40 KEYNOTE: Smart Destinations Reloaded: How AI and Web 3 Transform Destination Management-Hall 7.1b Blue Stage https://tinyurl.com/ITBuhalisSmart

Wed, Mar 4, 2026, 15:30 - 16:15 Accessible Tourism Day - https://www.germany.travel/en/trade/gntb-events/accessible-tourism-day.html

Fantastic Tourism and Hospitality, Bournemouth University Business School conference today with great speakers and cocreation of knowledge and careers with our students- well done to Charalampos Giousmpasoglou for organising and Duncan Light for chairing this great event and thank you to Bournemouth Highcliff Marriott Hotel for hosting us 🙏🥂👏

A trip to the New Forest with our final year students on the ‘Wildlife and Ecotourism’ module. This included a visit to the famous Verderers Court. Thanks to Jim from the New Forest National Park for organising everything

BU T&H @ P4H 2025 Student Conference Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

New accessibility publication
Darcy, S., Dickson, T., Michopoulou, E., Schweinsberg, S. & Buhalis, D. (2026).
The dynamics of leisure constraints theory in accessible tourism.
In N. Halpern, J. Rickly, B. Garrod & M. Hansen (Ed.),
Handbook of Accessible Tourism (pp. 37-54). De Gruyter.
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111316130-003

ABSTRACT

The dynamics of leisure constraints theory in accessible tourism Chapter highlights-Locates tourism constraints for people with disability within the history of leisure constraints theory.-Recognises the importance of interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, or transdisciplinary understandings that bring together the different bodies of knowledge of tourism studies, leisure constraints theory, and conceptualising disability.-Provides a focus on the literature examining the tourism constraints of people with disability as well as the specifics of the literature that uses the accessible tourism construct.-Places a chronological marker for the field with the introduction of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities emphasising post 2010 research.-Examines some possible future directions through co-design with people with disability to negotiate empowered, accessible, and inclusive futures.

It’s graduation time when we celebrate the success of all our Tourism and Hospitality students. We also celebrate the success of our students who’ve won prizes - from the Association of Tourism in Higher Education, Institute for Travel and Tourism, Council for Hospitality Management Education, BH Area Hospitality Association, and others. From left to right, Hanne,Sam, Amy, Maria, Thea, Ailla, and Kyah. Congratulations to you all!