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IFEA Names Temple University’s Event Leadership Executive Certificate Program “Best in the World”
The International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA) selected Temple University’s School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (STHM) Event Leadership Executive Certificate Program as the winner of its Haas Wilkerson Gold Pinnacle award for the best Event Management Certificate Education Program in the events industry worldwide.
Approximately, 300 institutions of higher education offer courses, certificates or degrees in events education worldwide.
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Temple Visited by a Knight
Sir Thomas Ingilby of Yorkshire England is tourism executive in-residence
It is not often that British royalty makes an appearance at Temple.
But on Sept. 22, senior seminar students from the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management were treated to a visit from a knight in their morning class. Sir Thomas Ingilby, who owns Ripley Castle in Yorkshire, England, came to the Center City campus and offered advice, drawing from his many years of experience managing a popular tourist attraction.
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Temple Graduate Students and Faculty Visit
U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado
Before coming to Philadelphia for Temple University’s graduate program in sport and recreation administration, Ning “Alvin” Xu played pro volleyball in his home country of China. But even though he already knew the ins and outs of being a professional player, Xu wanted to know more about the behind-the-scenes planning of sports administration.
In May, Xu and three fellow School of Tourism and Hospitality Management graduate students got a first-hand look at how sports administration plays out at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., which hosted this year’s Sport Management Symposium.
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Temple's Tourism and eCommerce Lab Discovers What Makes Tourism Web Sites Persuasive
First impressions are important — especially when it comes to the Web.
That’s what Dan Fesenmaier, professor in the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, found in his recent study of state tourism office Web sites. His research helped him discover what makes tourism Web sites persuasive and the visual cues people use to determine if they should continue searching for information within particular sites — decisions made within seconds of seeing a site for the first time.
“Tourism is not a simple product, so Web sites need to be more complex and need to include visual cues and animation to ensure a good experience,” Fesenmaier said.
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