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TRAVEL AND TOURISM

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Market Reports
Business Source Complete
In addition to articles on all aspects of the travel and tourism industries, BSC also has profiles on the travel and
tourism sectors (i.e. hotels and cruise lines) in different countries and profiles for some travel and tourism
companies.
Availability: Global

GMID
Comprehensive statistics, country and global reports on all sectors of the travel and tourism industries.
Availability: Global

Investext
Database of company and industry analyst’s reports on all sectors of travel and tourism. The longer reports often
contain useful market information.
Availability: Global

Keynote
Extensive market reports and reviews are available focussing on the British markets. International infrastructure
comparisons are available, as well as user survey results for specialist areas and sectors within the industry.
Availability: Global

Mergent Online
Industry reports available for Hospitality & Tourism in North America, from 2004 to the present. Company financial
data is also available.
Availability: Global

Mintel
A large selection of reports available on different sectors within, and related to, the industry. Access is under
“Leisure Intelligence”.
Availability: Global

Statistics
Travel Trends
Reports on the annual International Passenger Survey.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=1391&More=N
Articles
Emerald
Contains a collection of trade journals, reviews and abstracts under the subject heading “Hospitality & Services
Management”.
Availability: Global

Factiva
Search for articles from newspapers and magazines. You can focus your search within the industry subject heading
by selecting Leisure/Arts, then Tourism.
Availability: Global

Proquest ABI
Articles on Travel & Tourism subjects can be browsed under the “Topics” tab. General search of the industry is
available, along with geographic limiters and type of publication (Trade, Scholarly, Magazines, and Newspapers).
Availability: Global

Web Resources
BUBL
Wide range of open-source information on travel and tourism in Britain. Mostly government and large industry sites.
http://bubl.ac.uk/index.html

Business Travel News Online

Mixture of free and subscription reports, covering market surveys, as well as constant news updates and free
business directory.
http://www.btnmag.com/businesstravelnews/index.jsp

European Travel Commission

Reports are available on different sectors and national and regional market intelligence and trends. Provides links to
further specialised organisations within the industry. Also contains a large section on Ecotourism.
http://www.etc-corporate.org/

Financial Times.
Global Traveller articles can be found on Factiva and FT Intelligence via Portal.

World Tourism Organisation

Focuses on ethical tourism worldwide. Reports are available on a wide range of cultural, eco and other types of
tourism niches, and the social impact on the local population and economic growth. These are organised
geographically. Also news pages and press releases regularly updated.
http://www.unwto.org/

World Travel and Tourism Council

This forum is forum is run by members: “Chief Executives of some one hundred of the world's leading Travel &
Tourism companies”. Contains country reports and sector reports, and includes past, current and projected figures.
http://www.wttc.org/

Print Resources
The Library has a collection of books on travel and tourism business and management. Most held at call mark
KWDX. Search in the catalogue in either subject or keyword fields for more titles.

The Library Reference collection includes: World Travel Guide and the Columbus World Travel Atlas, and the
Encyclopaedia of Ecotourism.

The library also holds a good collection of travel guides.

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