11 to 14 December 2023, Manchester, International Business School, UK

We cordially invite you to join the Taste of City: Tourism, Food and Place Conference 2023 [TFPC 2023] will be hosted by the International Business School, Manchester, UK, from 11 to 14 December 2023. The Conference will follow a hybrid format with in-person and online sessions. The TFPC 2023 is a peer-reviewed international event offering a venue for scholarly and professional exchanges and debates on current challenges, directions and solutions in tourism, hospitality, food marketing, place branding and marketing and cognate areas. Empirical studies, conceptual debates, case studies, business projects, opinions, viewpoints, research and grant proposals can be presented and discussed in TFPC. There will be parallel sessions, workshops, roundtable debates, and workshops.

Taste of City 2023 Conference will bring together researchers, academics, students, practitioners and policymakers to share views, expertise, experiences, scholarship and best practices in hospitality, tourism, food, event, transport, museums, and related sectors.

CONFERENCE THEMES:

The TFPC invites colleagues from all disciplines and subdisciplines of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Gastronomy, Food Studies, Place and Destination marketing and management as well as other cognate areas in Business, Management, Economics and wider Social Sciences. We also encourage contributions in the fields of museum research, value of culture, art and urban space, digital transformation in tourism and hospitality.

Taste of City: Tourism, Food and Place Conference 2023 builds on the heritage of the Taste of City conference series, which were held consecutively in Belgrade (2016), Athens (2017), Antalya (2018) and Bari (2019).

Submissions and Decisions

Submissions: Please email your abstracts (max 500 words) to us via email to tasteconference@gmail.com

KEY DATES:

Deadline for submission of Abstracts6 October 2023

Selection decisions will be announced via email by 13 October 2023.

Conference dates: 11-14 December 2023

Submission of full papers: 22 January 2024 [Full papers must be up to 5,000 words]

Publication of Conference Proceedings: 8 April 2024

Peer-review process: All abstracts will be blind-peer-reviewed by the members of Conference Scientific and Organisation Committees, who are leading and experienced academics in cognate areas.

REGISTRATION:

Participants must complete their registrations online here. If you need to pay by bank transfer, please email to tasteconference@gmail.com for bank details.

Registration fee for TFPC2023: £285 (for Full time employed professionals and academics) £195 (for students, post-docs, reduced income)

TFPC 2023 PROGRAMME OUTLINE

11-14 December 2023

Day One

  • 15.30 – 18.00: Registration
  • 17.30 – 19.00: Opening Reception

Day Two

  • 09.00 – 14.00: Registration
  • 09.15 – 10.45: Parallel Sessions – 1
  • 10:45 – 11:15 Break
  • 11.15 – 12.45: Parallel Sessions – 2

12:45 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK

  • 14.00 – 15.30: Parallel Sessions – 3
  • 15:30 – 16:00 Break
  • 16.00 – 17.30: Parallel Sessions – 4

19:00 – 21:00 CONFERENCE DINNER

Day Three

  • 09.00 – 14.00: Registration
  • 09.15 – 10.45: Parallel Sessions – 5
  • 10:45 – 11:15 Break
  • 11.15 – 12.45: Parallel Sessions – 6

12:45 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK

  • 14.00 – 15.30: Parallel Sessions – 7
  • 15:30 – 16:00 Break
  • 16.00 – 17.30: Parallel Sessions – 8

19:00 – 22:30 CITY EXCURSION

Day Four

  • 09.00 – 10.30: Registration
  • 09.15 – 10.45: Parallel Sessions – 9
  • 10:45 – 11:15 Break
  • 11.15 – 12.45: Parallel Sessions – 10

12:45 END OF THE PROGRAMME