LCT - Language and Culture in Tourism

Workshop: 'Intercultural communication for tourism professionals'

14 September 2012: 10.00 - 1.00

This workshop offered tourism professionals the opportunity to gain a further understanding of  the interplay between language, communication and culture in the context of tourism. The event was supported by The Academy Hotel, The Montague on the Gardens Hotel, YHA and the UCL Grand Challenge of Intercultural Interaction.
Location: UCL London 

Round Table: 'Communication in London's tourism industry'

21 September 2012: 10.00 - 1.00

This round table focussed on communication practices within London’s tourism industry. This gathering allowed to share ideas concerning communication in London’s tourism industry and to explore the extent to which current communication practices may be further supported/ improved (e.g. training-related issues). A wide range of professional and academic experience and knowledge was pooled together.

Guest speakers:

• Mr Federico Ciampi, Hotel manager The Academy Hotel, London
• Dr Jo Angouri, Senior Lecturer in Intercultural Communication and Linguistics at the University of the West of England, Bristol

The event was supported by The Academy Hotel, The Montague on the Gardens Hotel, YHA and the UCL Grand Challenge of Intercultural Interaction.
Location: UCL London

The PDF document below is a Report on the two Public Engagement events organised during the Language and Culture in Tourism project:

• Workshop (14 Sept. 2012) – Intercultural communication for tourism professionals
• Round table (21 Sept. 2012) – Communicating in London's tourism industry

 The document reports and evaluates the outcome of these two events.

• LCT - REPORT: Outcomes of workshop and round table