Dr Karen Thomas

Dr Kar­en Thomas

Karen Thomas

Kar­en Thomas is a lec­turer and Dir­ect­or of the Tour­ism and Events Hub at Can­ter­bury Christ Church Uni­ver­sity, Eng­land. Dr Thomas works with­in the Christ Church Busi­ness School to build oppor­tun­it­ies to con­nect with industry and “cre­ate col­lab­or­at­ive know­ledge exchange that meets the needs of the vis­it­or economy”.

Language skills in tourism: Why the Anglosphere needs to appreciate them

and April 5, 2023

Language skills in tourism Why the Anglosphere needs to value them higher Image by Towfiqu barbhuiya (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/@towfiqu999999

The import­ance of lan­guages is uni­ver­sal.  How­ever, in nat­ive Eng­l­ish-speak­­ing coun­tries such as the United King­dom, lan­guage edu­ca­tion has been neg­lected.  This has implic­a­tions for the inbound travel, tour­ism, and hos­pit­al­ity indus­tries and their work­ers, accord­ing to Kar­en Thomas and Jim Butcher. Dr Thomas was the lead research­er for a study on the top­ic. Drs Thomas […]

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