The Centre for Tourism at The School of Business, Economics and Law, Gothenburg University, is a co-organiser of the European Cities Marketing Annual Conference in June.

We are pleased to announce that the 5th ECM & ETC Joint TourMIS Users’ Workshop will take place at MODUL University, in Vienna, 3rd – 4th September, 2009. The event addresses managers, academics, consultants and representatives of governments and international organisations dealing with tourism.

The next Knowledge Group meeting will be particularly dense given the number of projects currently being developed and the relatively short duration of the event. The three main items on the agenda are...

We are pleased to announce that the 5th ECM & ETC Joint TourMIS Users’ Workshop will take place at MODUL University, in Vienna, 3rd – 4th September, 2009. The event addresses managers, academics, consultants and representatives of governments and international organisations dealing with tourism.

You are now reading the first newsletter totally dedicated to research, statistics and benchmark information on cities. The R&S working Group aims to provide you, our ECM members, with practical tools and reports on research and benchmark items, which will help you in your own work.

The members of the Research & Statistics Experts Group have shown commitment and enthusiasm in preparing a busy schedule for the coming months. Here is a brief overview.

Anyone with an interest in city tourism knows about the European Cities’ Visitors Report, which will be published by the end of December. This article describes in brief what can be found in its 140 pages and 200 charts.

4th ETC/ ECM TourMIS Users’ Workshop and ETC / UNWTO International Seminar on Forecasting and Strategic Planning