Upcoming events & courses 

Monthly research seminars

Our monthly TRC/T&IBC research seminars take place on the first Wednesday of each month – please contact Dr Alex Witte for further information.

44th International Society of Travel & Tourism Educators (ISTTE) Annual Conference 

In October 2025, we are delighted to be hosting the 44th International Society of Travel & Tourism Educators (ISTTE) Annual Conference (22nd - 24th October, 2025) at Craiglockhart Campus. The Conference organiser & Director of Marking/Membership is Dr Annamarie Sisson

International Conference on Tourism and Business

The 6th biannual International Conference on Tourism and Business co-hosted by Edinburgh Napier University (Scotland), Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Switzerland), and Mahidol University International College (Thailand) will take place at Edinburgh Napier’s Craiglockhart campus from the 2nd to the 5th of September. 

ICTB 2026 will explore the timely and significant theme of Wellbeing in Tourism and Business, with a focus on the critical role wellbeing plays in individuals’ lives, workplaces, and society at large.

Please contact Dr Sarah Snell (s.snell@napier.ac.uk) or ICTB2026@napier.ac.uk for further information.  The conference call for papers can be viewed here.


Past events and courses

Annual Symposium - Innovative Practices in Business Events (24/06/2025)

Mobile Methods Across Disciplines Symposium (2/7/2024)

Roots Revived: Memory, Legacy, Heritage and Tourism conference (17/10/2024)

Annual Symposium – Emerging Technologies in Aviation and Tourism (30/5/2024)

BA Business Management Graduate Apprenticeship 

Research methodology and Passport Travel session with Reni Polus & Caroline Bremner, Senior Travel Manager Euromonitor (8/05/24) 

Too many cooks in the kitchen? The power and challenges of collaborative qualitative data analysis with Dr Kelsy Hejjas and “They Got Away with Murder”: Disasters, Multidimensionality and the Impact of Short-Termism with Mollie Bryde - (10/04/24) 

Research funding presentation with Gina Reddie (TBS Research Funding Manager) & Funding activity session with Dr Craig Wight  (6/03/24)

Teaching hospitality and tourism students strategies for recognizing and supporting mental illness and crises in industry: An exploratory study. 1) Dr Pavlos Arvantis 2) Dr Annamarie Sisson (7/02/24)

Revenue Management skills development courses November 2023 and March 2024

Research Impact event with external facilitator Jamie Gallagher - 25/10/23

Destination Management Organisations Thinktank event - 30/10/23

Upskilling Destination Leaders Programme in November 2023

Alumni Event: A Celebration of Tourism, Hospitality, Festival & Events 03/06/2023 

Responding to the Labour Crunch in Hospitality and Tourism 25 / 05 / 2023

Dr. Lynn Minnaert Professorial Lecture - 20/04/2023

Tourism & Languages Research Seminar - 26/04/2023

Visual Methods and Ethnography Symposium - 01/06/2022

CHME 2022 Conference - 24-27/05/2022

Dark Tourism Symposium - 05/05/2022

 

Mexico Delegation Visit Spring 2023

Hosts discuss the value of a visit to Scotland in Spring 2023 by leaders from museums and cultural groups in Mexico.