TCDS senior consultant, Bruce Dickson, has presented at various industry conferences and seminars, including Sydney's Tourism Olympic
Forum, the NSW Community Economic Development Conference and the Governor's Conference on Tourism in Oregon.
Papers
prepared for these events included:
"Sydney's International Visitors and the Day Tour Market" "The meaning
and regional significance of nature tourism" "The importance and value of networking" "The impact of geotourism values
on NSW coastal destination choice" "Making visitor centers more user friendly and viable".He has guest lectured and tutored in
colleges & universities on tourism, regional development, cultural development,
and media & communication issues.
These institutions include:
University of Technology, Sydney (Tourism & Hospitality degree students);
Charles Sturt University (Communication
degree students), and
University of Queensland - Brisbane.
Previously Bruce also lectured on a full-time basis on written
communications at the Business Studies Department of the former Queensland Institute of Technology (now Queensland University
of Technology).
TCDS can assist local tourism associations, commissions, Councils, economic development agencies, cities and
regions by compiling industry development presentations and training materials of direct relevance to local needs and circumstances.
Wherever possible, the impact of these presentations is heightened by featuring high quality, illustrative visual
content - e.g. relevant digital imagery, video footage and/or sample case studies - sourced from our extensive images library.)
