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I have started preparatory reading for a new place-making project; this time in Exeter, Devon UK. I’m calling it, Exeter Word Hoard .  This name is inspired by the opening line from ‘Widsith’ in The Exeter Book , (Exeter Cathedral Library, MS 3501). The first letter, 'w', for word, is an old runic letter, wynn , which looks like this:  word hord  written in Old English The WhatsApp Well I plan to use what I’ve learnt from my WhatsApp work on Ouistreham ( see older posts here if interested ). The project will have a webpage on my research website on Google Sites, with an open link to finished PDFs and live WORD documents that are still in the Dialogue Journaling phase. I’ll be using the WELL format for the documents so that they display well on smartphones directly from the archive or WhatsApp E-Library Locker. Dialogue will be through a WhatsApp Community and its Group or Groups. More news on that later. Patricia Beer in Exeter The first reading I’ve unearthed, thanks to ...

The Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor announces the   I nternational scientific conference "Transforming Tourism and Hospitality through Education" (TEDU25)   in Brežice, Slovenia, on May 14–16, 2025. The conference will host renowned keynote speakers: Professor John Tribe (York St John University & University of Surrey, United Kingdom) Professor Hazel Tucker (University of Otago, New Zealand) Professor Adele Ladkin (Bournemouth University, United Kingdom)  Themes of the Tourism Education Conference Technological advancements, climate change, health crises, political instability, changing travelling behaviours, and evolving workforce expectations have in recent years influenced and transformed tourism and hospitality in different ways. This trend will only continue in the future. This places an important onus on tourism and hospitality higher education to develop leaders who can navigate the complexities of tourism and hospitality. Arguably, this requires a so...

Welcome to the WELL Document Template All the documents that have been posted to a WhatsApp group since you joined are stored on your own phone. You can access the documents by clicking on the icon for the Group, then scroll and select Media, links and docs. Then choose Docs from the next option to see the files. I created this template layout during the Ouistreham project so that group members could view documents with layout that fits their phone screens without sideways scrolling. I settled on making PDFs to keep all the fonts correct.  Your Document Library in WhatsApp On your phone, go to WhatsApp and open one of your groups. Then click on the icon for the group. Click on Media, links and docs. Then Select Docs.  ❦ Document Design for the WELL I’ve been experimenting with the layout for a WORD doc that will share well and display well on ‘phones from the WhatsApp library of Docs. This file is my design so far; it has small pages for the screen and narrow margins to save s...

Back to Black Book Review Back to Black is a Martin Mesnil enquiry written in French by François-Michel Dupont and published by L'Aure Écarlate, 19 Quai Aristide Briand, 14230 Isigny-sur-Mer. I’ve been trying to work out a way of reviewing this intriguing crime novel since I started reading it after my fieldwork in Normandy in 2024. It is rich in plot right from the start, but I do not want to include any spoilers. This makes reviewing a challenge, but then, aren’t all book reviews about the reviewer rather than the book?  Tatihou So, for me, then, this is a perfect read for literary travellers who are improving their French. F-M.D provides lots of new vocabulary in French and even some « préchi »  which is still heard on the coast in the Cotentin. Again, without giving away any of the plot, the novel brings to life the canton of the Val de Saire with its tiny island of Tatihou for the visitor, making the mystery ideal holiday reading.   Cherbourg For me, too, the t...

  TRAVEL WRITING AS AN INSTRUMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE PROMOTION This study contributes to the research literature through its approach to equipping tourism content creatives who are entering the professions of destination image communication with platform expertise alongside cooperation and co-creation leadership. Productive skills for travel writers and social media content producers in tourism are significant in the co-creation of sustainable tourist experiences since they are interactive and participative. The two purposes of this study are to implement and improve the dialogue journaling process as a re-usable methodology. The new 3-step processual research methodology is explained through a case study with stakeholders and project leaders in Brežice, Slovenia. The paper contributes to pragmatic tourism management concerns and practice by reporting findings from a real-world process project on cultural heritage that provides a re-usable solution. Please cite as: Potočnik Tople...