The Student International Hospitality and Tourism Research Conference Switzerland at HTMi, 19-21 May 2010

This excellent student-led Research Conference held this week at HTMi was a great success with excellent presentations from students, staff and visiting academic researchers and Professors. The Conference abstracts giving an overview of all research topics and discussions can be seen at www.ihrcs.ch which is the official website of the International Hospitality Research Centre Switzerland based at HTMi.

To read more about the Conference please click www.ihrcs.ch

We would like to thank all the leading academics at HTMi and other institutions who made the Conference a success and, of course, all of the students and staff who presented research. In particular, we would like to thank Dr Hazel Sommerville for leading the event organization; and to thank the Keynote Speakers, Prof Russell Rimmer, Queen Margaret University (QMU) UK; Dr Michael Nightingale, University of Guelph, Canada; Dr Cathy Matheson, QMU and Mr Bernie Quinn, QMU.

This event is now a pioneering and leading event amongst hotel schools worldwide. Congratulations to all those involved.

Ian Larmour, Director HTMi, May 2010