Welcome Iris. My master's thesis (in the Gelman Library) investigated the role of CVB's and special event programming in second tier destinations. This may be of help to you. Dr. Joe Goldblatt, CSEP The Jack and Anne Morton Assistant Professor of Event Management Founding Director The George Washington University Event Management Program Director, Career Education 600 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20037 Telephone: (202) 994-1080 Facsimile: (202) 994-0013 E-mail: [log in to unmask] World Wide Web: www.gwu.edu/emp www.gwu.edu/dmp ---------- > From: [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: New list user > Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 1:53 PM > > My name is Iris Rubbert and I am a PhD student at the University of > Birmingham, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. > This is the first time that I use an e-mail listing, so please excuse > any possible errors. > About myself: originally from Germany, I was doing a Master's at the > University of Surrey in Tourism Management - my dissertation was on > the Management and Marketing of Visitor Attractions and Special > Events. I used the Isle of Wight as a case study. > For my PhD, I am planning to look into leisure planning and > management in the urban environment. As I have just started, I am > not sure yet whether I will incorporate special events into my > research. Nevertheless, I hope to gain from the discussions in this > listing. > > Kind regards, > > Iris > Iris Rubbert > University of Birmingham - > CURS, Centre for Urban and > Regional Studies %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%