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TRMC 2024 will be hosted by Breda University of Applied Sciences.
This event builds on the momentum of previous conferences hosted either in person or online by the Institute for Tourism Studies (Macao, SAR China) in 2018, Nankai University (China) in 2019, Sunway University (Malaysia) in 2021, the University of South Carolina (USA) in 2022, and the Institute for Tourism Studies (Macao, SAR China) again in 2023.
The conference is organised in conjunction with the TRMC Consortium which continues to expand and now includes several prestigious global institutions at the leading edge of research and knowledge focusing on the nexus of tourism and retail services.
Currently they are: the Macao University of Tourism (SAR-China), the University of South Carolina (USA), Breda University of Applied Sciences (The Netherlands), Nankai University (China), Sunway University (Malaysia), and Hangzhou City University (China).
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Past TRMC ConferenceThemes
5th TRMC | 2023
“Strengthening the synergies between tourism and retail in an uncertain era” (IFTM, Macao, SAR-China)
4th TRMC | 2022
“Emerging from turbulent times: Global adaptions in tourism and retailing services” (University of South Carolina, USA)
3rd TRMC | 2021
“Developing sustainable tourism retailing” (Sunway University, Malaysia)
2nd TRMC | 2020
“New challenges and opportunities in tourism and retail services” (Nankai University, Tianjin China)
1st TRMC | 2019
“Advances in tourism and retail services” (IFTM, Macao, SAR-China)
Enjoyed the small scale and intimate nature of this year’s TRMC conference, and meeting up with colleagues who I had not seen in a while. This year’s hosts (IFTM) really did a great job making us feel welcomeDr. Sompong, Mahidol University (Thailand)