Tourism student set for Big Apple
Posted on: May 26, 2017
Vivek Punwani is set for an all-expenses paid trip to New York City for the PCMA Education Conference this June.
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Ambitious Tourism students bringing DJ Shub to campus
Posted on: March 3, 2017
Students are learning what it takes to bring a Canadian entertainer with serious credentials to campus.
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Alum at Sports Council reflects on TRU difference
Posted on: March 2, 2017
Tourism management and marketing alum, Ellice Clement is enjoying her new position at Kamloops Sports Council and credits the TRU advantage.
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Grad hosts inspiring conference for women entrepreneurs
Posted on: January 27, 2017
Julie John recently graduated from TRU. She’s been busy opening a gift shop, running an event management business and planning a conference.
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Posted on: January 26, 2017
Tourism grad Nicole Sihlis has found entrepreneurial success in the competitive bridal industry.
Read moreBahamians making TRU discovery through airport award
Posted on: January 20, 2017
Bahamians have taken a shine to TRU, with enrolment surging from one student in 2015 to a total of 16 for the 2017 winter semester.
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Tourism launches big air event
Posted on: January 12, 2017
The Tourism Department will host Campus in Flight, Ski and Snowboard Big Air Invitational in the Campus Commons.
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Love at first semester
Posted on: December 9, 2016
Arts students tell us what they like most about TRU in their first semester of university classes.
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Student finding path to sports PR
Posted on: November 10, 2016
Fourth-year communications student and Sport Event Management Diploma grad Ian Bolton is creating his own path at TRU.
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Researchers awarded prestigious federal grants
Posted on: September 9, 2016
Four TRU researchers were awarded $215,000 through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant program, bringing the total to nine faculty supported by the SSHRC Insight program.
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Campus experts ready for Olympics
Posted on: August 4, 2016
The opening ceremonies for the 2016 Rio Olympics get underway tomorrow and TRU experts are ready to weigh in on what’s to come.
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Partnership provides pathway
Posted on: July 28, 2016
A partnership with Fleming College will attract out-of-province students to Kamloops through the pathway to a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS).
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Celebrating BC Day with BC research
Posted on: July 28, 2016
On Aug. 1, we celebrate BC’s birthday and here at TRU there is a lot to celebrate—including all of the ground-breaking research that is being done by faculty and students right here in our own living laboratory.
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Tourism grad pairs work and lifestyle in the Swiss Alps
Posted on: June 28, 2016
Debi Schranz is a manager-on-duty in Switzerland in the Haslital Region of Kanton Bern, which is located at the intersection of the Grimsel and Susten mountain passes.
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Blazing trails abroad
Posted on: June 16, 2016
Michelle Davies has always loved to travel, but during her study abroad in Switzerland she discovered a new found passion for travelling on two wheels.
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Students 3rd in hotel design competition
Posted on: June 3, 2016
Students Colleen Black, Queenie Lai and Kelsey Perra pitched their “Hotel of All Sorts” concept to investors, hotel developers and a live audience of more than 500 people during the Canadian Hotel Investment Conference in Toronto in May.
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Making strides in complex Indian market
Posted on: January 7, 2016
More students could flow into Thompson Rivers University after a successful mission to India in December led to the signing of proposals with two of that country’s biggest schools.
Read moreTourism students take first at annual LinkBC competitions
Posted on: November 20, 2015
Profitable parking solutions earned tourism marketing degree students first in their category at the recent industry case competition and annual conference and awards gala.
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One year in the Netherlands doubles the tourism degree
Posted on: March 6, 2015
TRU’s department of Tourism Management is partnering with Netherlands’s best university of applied sciences to offer a double degree.
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UREAP Asks: How to retain employees at Sun Peaks Resort?
Posted on: February 12, 2015
Employee retention — it’s a phrase often heard within the tourism industry, and a concern Bachelor of Tourism Management student Sarbjit Gill decided to investigate through his successful Undergraduate Research Experience Award Program (UREAP) project.
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