Innovative approaches to event management education in career development: A study of student experiences

Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-17

  Robinson, Richard ^a   Barron, Paul ^b   Solnet, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Event management; Tourism education

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949156289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14738376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3794/johlste.71.170     Document Type: Article

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