Tourism, Conventions and Event Management

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Hospitality & Tourism Complete covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism, including: demographics & statistics, development & investment, food & beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management & administrative practices, leisure & business travel, market trends, technology and more.

Leisure, Recreation & Tourism Abstracts (CABI) LeisureTourism.com contains extensive information from the leisure, recreation, sport, hospitality, tourism and culture sectors, including: new academic research, industry reports, books, book reviews and news. [This database is not available in MetaSearch.]

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ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry - Contains more than 700 trade publications covering every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, and health.

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For sports management:

Physical Education Index researchers and professionals in the field to acquire accurate and scholarly information in this comprehensive database. These abstracts feature a wide variety of content, ranging from physical education curricula, to sports medicine, to dance. Other coverage includes sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology. Health education and physical therapy are also covered as they continue to become more prevalent in our society.

SPORTDiscus w/ Full Text offers comprehensive, bibliographic and full text coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines. This database contains over 230 full text titles. In addition, SPORTDiscus with Full Text also contains over 650,000 records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800; over 20,000 dissertations and theses and reference to articles in 60 different languages.

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DemographicsNow features custom reports; quick and accurate market analysis; fully interactive maps; radius based maps and reports; summary and comparison reports for any U.S. geography; access to current year estimates and five year projections; complete access to 1980, 1990 and 2000 Census data as well as AGS current year estimates and 5 year projections.

Mintel Reports pblishes over 45 reports each month, covering a wide range of sectors and focusing on topical marketing issues. Divided between UK-specific, European and USA reports, Mintel reports analyse market sizes and trends, market segmentation, and consumer attitudes and purchasing habits, as well as assessing the future of the market. By providing a comprehensive picture of the consumer, Mintel's reports provide thorough analyses of specialist sectors, breaking down often complex issues into easy-to-understand sections.

Plunkett Research Online is the leading provider of industry sector analysis and research, industry trends and industry statistics. Our research reports and online subscription service are used by the world's top corporations, consultants, universities, libraries and government agencies. Plunkett Research, Ltd. was established in 1985.

For dissertations:

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) (Recommend restricting your search to "Full text documents only")

Web Resources

This list is designed to supplement the Industry Links on the TCEM department's website:

Association of Indiana Convention and Visitors Bureaus (AICVB) is a nonprofit association dedicated to promoting tourism within the state of Indiana through the cooperative efforts of Indiana's Convention and Visitor's Bureaus. Through marketing, legislative activity, and professional development, member CVBs stand ready to maximize both the volume and economic impact of business and recreational tourism in member communities.

Convention Industry Council (CIC): Resources for the Meetings, Conventions & Exhibition Industry

Indiana Cultural Tourism Conference

Indiana Hotel & Lodging Association (IHLA) serves, promotes and represents the industry in the state by providing governmental affairs services, training and information to its members.

Indiana Sports Corporation (ISC) is a private, non-profit organization that represents Indianapolis in the national and international sports marketplace. Created in 1979 to attract national and international sporting organizations and events to central Indiana, ISC coordinates and markets major amateur sporting events.

Indianapolis Commercial Real Estate Report 2009 (pdf)

Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association

Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission supports and encourages an environment where arts and culture flourish, and lets the world know about Indy's vibrant cultural scene.

Indianapolis Economic Development Portal

International Centre for Responsible Tourism (ICRT) at Leeds Metropolitan University (UK) is a post-graduate training and research centre. The ICRT has played a leading role in the responsible tourism and hospitality movement through research and development work with industry and Government

Intute: Travel & Tourism UK site with links to resources on all aspects of the tourism industry.

Office of Travel & Tourism Industries is the US Department of Commerce entity responsible for development and management of tourism policy and gathering and disseminating statistics.

TourismConcern works with communities in destination countries to reduce social and environmental problems connected to tourism and with the outbound tourism industry in the UK to find ways of improving tourism so that local benefits are increased.

U.S. Tour Operators Association (USTOA) is a professional association representing the tour operator industry.

Visit Indiana [see also the state's Strategic Plan (pdf)]

World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is the forum for global business leaders comprising the presidents, chairs and CEOs of 100 of the world's foremost companies, representing the private sector in all parts of the travel amd tourism industry worldwide.

Try some blogs, too:

Hospitality Marketing Blog "Hospitality Marketing Strategies for Customer Relationship Marketing (CRM)."

Travel & Tourism Technology Trends (T4) "The travel & tourism industry is all about connections. Connecting people, places, and cultures. Using new technologies, social media, and social networks can help to foster the connections that we share. I would like to share with you some of my experiences as an innovator in this new world of connectivity and build connections for all tourism related businesses both large and small"

Tourism Place "The focus is on topics and commentaries that are primarily of interest to those who do research on the topic of tourism from a geographic perspective. The geographic perspective provdes a focus on topics that relate to (1) place development and experience, (2) the movement of people, ideas and things through geographic space, and (3) the relationship between the human and physical world. "

Tourism Research Blog Project at Modul University, Vienna

Tracking Tourism: The Tourism Research Blog Provided by Highland Business Research, a UK based insight and analytics agency.

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