Second CTRN meeting invitation from CTO

The next CTRN meeting has been announced for Wednesday, October 28 at 12:00 p.m. MT. Please see the CTO invitation and meeting links below.


Dear CTRN Participant,

I’m reaching out on behalf of the Colorado Tourism Office to invite you to participate in the Colorado Tourism Research Network, a growing group of faculty, researchers, and tourism industry partners interested in strengthening connections between Colorado’s universities and the tourism industry.

The network was launched earlier this year to create a space for sharing tourism-related research, building relationships across institutions, and identifying opportunities for greater collaboration between academia and the industry. Following our first meeting, we also identified an opportunity to broaden the conversation beyond research and explore practical ways universities can become more connected with destinations and tourism organizations across the state.

For participating faculty and researchers, the network offers opportunities to:

  • Connect with destinations and tourism organizations across Colorado
  • Explore joint research and student project opportunities
  • Help connect students with internships and hands-on industry experience
  • Exchange ideas and build relationships with other tourism researchers across the state

We’d love to have you join us for our second Colorado Tourism Research Network call on Wednesday, October 28 at 12:00 p.m. MT. We’ll welcome new participants, build on the discussion from our first meeting, and continue exploring opportunities for stronger university-industry partnerships.

The meeting link is here. If you’re interested in joining us, please complete this form. We hope to see you on October 28th! 

Best,
Jill

Tourism and Conservation Lab Presents at 29th Nordic Symposium on Tourism

From the 21st – 23rd of September, 2021, the Tourism and Conservation Lab joined the 29th Nordic Symposium in Tourism and Hospitality Research, an e-Conference hosted
by the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre in Akureyri, Iceland. Sharing on behalf of the research team including Dr. Christina T. Cavaliere and Dr. Rebecca Niemiec, Director of the Conservation Action through Behavioral Science Lab also housed within the Human Dimension of Natural Resources Department at Colorado State University, Julia Branstrator presented in Session 30: Staying with the trouble of cruise communities in
a post-Covid world
. Julia presented an emerging analysis of work conducted within the T&C Lab titled Community perceptions of biocultural changes during the COVID disruption in Ketchikan, Alaska.

The T&C Lab was proud to present alongside research collaborator, Dr. Hin Hoarau Heemstra, on behalf of her team including Karina Eline Knutzenand, and Karin Andrea Wigger of Nord University and the Nordic Cruise Research Network. Hin shared highlights of the Nordic team regarding Resilience to cruise tourism: insights from Northern Norway and Svalbard

The Tourism and Conservation Lab is looking forward to the 2022 30th NST in Finland!

To explore the full book of abstracts from the 2021 29th NST, follow this link.