News 2005 and older

August 2005

Tourism, image and gendered discourse

A lecture given the 30th of August by dr. Annette Pritchard professor at the University in Cardiff, Wales.

A recording from the lecture

 

June 2005

Research into natural thermal baths, the part of the ITRC completed  The report in pdf form

A joint meeting of the tourism and food industry cluster of North Iceland about image and branding.

 

April 2005

 A conference on managing service quality.

The conference programme

A seminar on historic tourism destinations

 

March 2005

A conference on the Westfjords, it's natural environment and tourism. To be held april 15th-16th in Ísafjörður

A seminar by the faculty of business at the University of Akureyri about the development of tourist destinations in the highland interiour.

 

February 2005

Managing Icelandic companies, introducing research findings.

 

January 2005

A research grant from the University of Akureyri research fund to ITRC

 

December 2004

A research grant from Byggðastofnun to ITRC

Introducing ITRC nationally the coverage is Kynningarblað

 

November 2004

14th Nordic Symposium in tourism and Hospitality research

 

October 2004

ITRC get a permanent office for staff

 

September 2004

New research for the summer of 2004

Natural Thermal baths

The economic impact of tourism in the Akureyri region.

Arnar Már Ólafsson the director since the initiation of the ITRC in 1999 has resigned

 

May 2004

A seminar on the economic impact of tourism

Key note speaker is professor Tom Baum, director of tourism studies at the University of Strathclyde.

 

April 2004

The Icelandic Tourism Association and ITRC have held a series of lectures for executives on how to manage tourism services.

Research into the carrying capacity of the Landmannalaugar region

The report Þolmörk ferðamennsku í Landmannalaugum

 

February 2004

A grant from the University of Akureyri research fund.

A grant from the University of Akureyri research fund.

 

September 2003

The ITRC gets permanent government funding from the national budget

 

December 2003

The ITRC and the Icelandic Tourist Board sign a contract of co-operation and mutual funding.