Help Transform this East End Park!
With only a few minutes of your time you can help the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities revitalize an East End park and give kids a new place to play. All you need to do is visit www.SpriteSparkParks.com and vote for Richmond’s Ethel Bailey Furman Park to help the city win a $15,000 grant to refurbish the park’s basketball courts. The city of Richmond is one of
Via @
A new interdisciplinary, international tourism journal, Via@, has just been launched. A collaboration between a number of universities, it encourages open online engagement, particularly between young researchers, to share views and contribute to issues of interest - find out more
There is a call for papers for the next 3 issues, on the following topics:
- Gastronomy, tourism and globalization
- Tourism and identity processes
- Tourism and memory, tourism as memorial, memories of tourism
A possible truth
And, indeed, a slightly depressing possible truth is that many of the poetry magazines which have sustained the to-and-fro of contemporary writing over the last few decades have had their funding cut and need the support of readers more than ever. Two publications which definitely deserve that kind of support are Agenda and Tears in the Fence, both of which have offered an alternative to the constricting metropolitan orthodoxy established by a certain Penguin anthology back in the 1980s. More here: http://tearsinthefence.com/ and http://www.agendapoetry.co.uk/
City to Hold Egg Hunts at Community Centers
Richmond, VA – On Monday, April 9, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., children age 12 and younger are invited to hunt for 25,000 candy- and prize-filled eggs that will be hidden at the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities’ community centers and participate in other fun activities for free. The centers are located as follows:Ann Hardy Plaza 3000 First Ave.
Another part of At Home
The garden reeks of a season’s neglect,
the sweet, dank mould of cherry leaves,
parsimonious winter. Failing to make
amends; pigeons coo arguments
from an outhouse roof.
You ham it up by calling it regret.
The moon’s blur lights an island of cloud.
Nothing’s out of place but your self –
or that’s what you’re thinking
(if that’s your voice you hear speaking),
but it’s doing you no good.
Originally published by Various Artists; copyright Tom Phillips 2012
Originally published by Various Artists; copyright Tom Phillips 2012
Says it all
Mr Gramsci has the floor .... http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/gramsci-prison-notebooks-vol1.pdf
from At Home
Tracer fire across sand dunes works hard
to mark a limit to our enterprise.
You can balk at that possessive all you want.
In this rock pool, the stick stirs one way
and every hermit crab scuttles in the same direction.
Originally published by Various Artists; copyright Tom Phillips 2012.
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Budget 2012
"A reckless brake on the economy..."Board of Airline Representatives, UK (BAR UK).
BAR UK, which represents over 80 airlines, said George Osborne has ignored widespread opposition to the APD tax. Despite ABTA's efforts to lobby the APD tax, today's budget revealed an 8% rise in the tax from 1st April; ABTA described the Chancellor's decision as "incredibly disappointing". more...
Leisure Opportunities
The latest digitial edition of Leisure Opportunities is a special issue for graduates. News from various leisure industries is given, covering:
- Sport
- Health & Fitness
- Hotels
- Attractions & Museums
- Arts & Culture
- Spa
- Tourism
- Property
- Training
- Jobs
Civil Aviation Bill - ABTA reports on progress
ABTA’s lobbying on APD
DfT's plans for ATOL Reform and what this means for consumers and travel businesses
Latest press release on progress of the Civil Aviation Bill
DfT's plans for ATOL Reform and what this means for consumers and travel businesses
Latest press release on progress of the Civil Aviation Bill
Sustainable Tourism 2012
5th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism
13–15 June 2012, A Coruña, Spain
UK Sport invest in British Ski & Snowboard
“We are delighted that UK Sport shares our view of the potential for our athletes to win medals in Sochi and future Olympic events - we are very grateful for the support..With this game-changing award, the bar is now set higher. We look forward to the next two years with huge enthusiasm"
David Edwards, Chief Executive of British Ski and Snowboard
British Ski and Snowboarding, the new governing body for snowsports, is set to receive an award of upto £348,450 from UK Sport, which will help fund their athletes’ preparations for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games. UK Sport were unable to invest in snowsports until a new national governing body had been established, following the collapse of SnowsportGB in 2010, read the article ...
Free 'Eggstravaganza' Set for March 24
The Department has partnered with Radio One to hold a free spring “Eggstravaganza” for children age 12 and younger on Saturday, March 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Forest Hill Park, 4021 Forest Hill Ave. The event will feature two egg hunts at 12:30 p.m., one for ages 5 through 8 and another for ages 9 through 12. A total of 25,000 candy-prize filled eggs will be up for grabs in the two egg hunts
Travel Writing Scholarship 2012
Win an opportunity to travel to SE Asia with a
travel writer and contribute to the
next edition of a Rough Guide!
Find out more
Swansboro Pool Closed for Repairs
The department has temporarily closed its Swansboro indoor swimming pool to allow for the replacement of a malfunctioning water heater. Beginning Tuesday, March 13, 2012, all programs that were offered at the Swansboro Pool will be held at the Calhoun indoor swimming pool, located at 436 Calhoun St., until further notice.
In addition, some scheduling changes have been made to accommodate
In addition, some scheduling changes have been made to accommodate
ATLAS Conference
ATLAS annual conference 201212 - 15 September 2012, London, United Kingdom
University of East London
Re-creating the Global City:
Tourism, Leisure and Mega-Events in the Transformation of 21st Century Cities
Abstracts submission before 19th March 2012 : Find out more here
Holidays at Home are Great...or are they?
Travelmole reports that ABTA have responded strongly against a £4m Government-backed advertising campaign to encourage Britons to holiday at home, stating that the ‘Holidays at Home are Great’ campaign, launched by VisitEngland, was a "misguided use of public funds". According to a YouGov poll commissioned by ABTA, only 4% of consumers admitted to being influenced by Government advertising - 45% said they were more influenced by family and friends and 36% that they were inspired by travel websites and brochures.
However, Tony Clish, director of Park Holidays UK, has criticised ABTA, stating their comments were hardly surprising, coming from a body whose members' interests were served by encouraging people to holiday abroad.
Tell me what you think - will this persuade you to holiday at home this year?
However, Tony Clish, director of Park Holidays UK, has criticised ABTA, stating their comments were hardly surprising, coming from a body whose members' interests were served by encouraging people to holiday abroad.
Tell me what you think - will this persuade you to holiday at home this year?
The Centre, Friday
This is not a place to be in at a loss:
you need wits and cash about you.
And I am a different person on these streets,
adjusting pace and expression to how
it might be possible not to stand at odds.
Common ground amongst predictable gridlock
is reduced to a concrete plaza with fountains,
Bible bashers, benches, rubbish bins:
whatever each complains of when we’ll be home.
There’s a long way to go before that.
The waterfront bellows with stag parties;
tourists affront lovers sequestered at wharf’s edge.
Negotiating the overspill from franchised bars,
there seems to be some hope for separate peace.
At the outset of Friday night, the cordon’s drawn up:
helicopter flashlights splash along the harbour.
It’s not the whole story. On the corner
by the swing bridge’s worn-through asphalt tiles,
the leaf-clogged puddles on harbourside cobbles,
you were almost in danger of kicking away
a used condom’s rubbery squiggle:
sign at least that, in this intoxicating air,
someone was tempted to believe
love was somewhere near.
Tom Phillips
A presentation of the key policy issues raised at the ATHE Annual Conference 2011 is now available to view here.
Five-Leaf System
Members of the Tourism Society can now join the Five-Leaf System for free. It aims to help holiday makers and people travelling on business book with eco-friendly companies, by giving a 1 to 5 leaf scale rating on the eco-performance of hotels, guest houses and houseboats, irrespective of their star rating. It already has on board, travel agents and tour operators from over 20 countries as well as 65 hotels, many of which are big chains; this year they will look to include eco-related product suppliers.
RASAALA - Journal
RASAALA has published a special issue covering 'Leisure, Tourism & Risk', which is now available to view online here.
UK Online Fraud Report
Although strong growth has been forecast for online businesses in the UK this year, online fraud is also growing - 51% of travel merchants surveyed said that their biggest fraud concern is the sheer loss of revenue.
This report provides an in-depth analysis, following a survey of 200 merchants with comparisons drawn against previous research. It also offers best practice advice, benchmarks and insight for online traders, together with industry comments, which include the travel sector. This complimentary guide, courtesy of CyberSource, covers:
This report provides an in-depth analysis, following a survey of 200 merchants with comparisons drawn against previous research. It also offers best practice advice, benchmarks and insight for online traders, together with industry comments, which include the travel sector. This complimentary guide, courtesy of CyberSource, covers:
- Top automated fraud tools
- Manual review metrics
- Chargeback management
- Mobile channel practices
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