9th – 10th May
The show brings together suppliers and operators in the museum and heritage sectors.  The show also runs a number of seminars which cover subject areas such as marketing & audience development; design & interpretation and funding & income generation.

To find out more visit the Museums and Heritage show’s website.

21st February 2007, Edinburgh
The Tourism Innovation Day brings together high profile speakers and practitioners in the industry.

Speakers include Tim Smit the Chief Executive of the Eden Project in Cornwall.

The Tourism Innovation Day is run by the Tourism Innovation Group, a group of some 50 tourism businesses in Scotland.

15^th – 16^th March

A conference focusing on ‘film tourism’ is being organised in the UK.  For further information please visit www.screentourism.com

The conference is part of the British Tourism Week and will highlight examples of best practice and is being organised by The Tourism Business. 

7 – 8^th November 2006, London.   Sleep the European Hotel Design Event attracts people involved in the design and development of new hotels.  For further information please click here.

The two day conference is being held the University of Bournemouth on the 10th and 11th January 2007.  The conference is focusing on event tourism covering a wide range of themes from economic impact and legacy studies through to destination image and branding and event research methodologies.

For more information please click here.

“York Spaces is the first of two seminars organised by the ICOMOS-UK Cultural Tourism Committee exploring links between the tangible and intangible heritage in terms of the association of people to the spaces and places they experience as visitors.” For further information click here.

VisitScotland in association with the Tourism Society Scotland are recommencing the ‘Futures’ lunchtime lecture programme.   Subjects to be covered include ‘Space Tourism: Luxury Markets & New Experiences’, ‘Tourism Taxation’ and ‘Dubai: A Sustainable Tourism Proposition.’  The lectures will be held at a number of locations throughout Scotland and on a number dates (usually on a Wednesday). 

For further information please click here.

The Tourism Society and the University of Surrey are presenting ongoing research into social tourism.  The conference is being held at the University of Surrey.

Speakers include Professor John Tribe, University of Surrey & Lynn Minnaert, University of Westminster.  To find out more please click here.

A conference with workshops which explores the benefits which cycling can bring to the leisure and tourism industries.  To be held at the University of Bolton.

Speakers include Susan Achmatowicz, Country Lanes and Board member of British Waterways Andy Ryland, Yorkshire Dales NPA  and Joanne Morrissey, Sustrans.

To find out more click here.

A one day conference exploring the field of activity tourism – a growing area of importance particularly for rural and coastal based destinations. Speakers include John Brown, Head of Tourism & Architectural Policy, Scottish Executive and Helen Campbell, Group Marketing Manager, UK & Ireland, Visit Scotland.To find out more click here.