Events
Our events build community and are a resource for students and educators, NYC government, business leaders, and non-governmental and community organizations to investigate the travel, tourism, events, and hospitality sectors.
Past Events
SOUR: "Keeping it Glocal"
April 26, 2023, 3:30-5:30pm EST
SOUR collaborates with NYU SPS Tisch Center of Hospitality to discuss the need to empower authentic local solutions for the advancement of the global landscape. Through interactive discussions with diverse global industry leaders, we will unpack the first insight “Keeping it Glocal" in their What's Wrong with: Synthesis series.
NYU Tisch Center-Africa House Fireside Chat with Michael Shirima
April 17 2023, 12:30-2 pm EST
Join the NYU School of Professional Studies Tisch Center for Hospitality, NYU Africa House, and Miracle Corners of the World (MCW), for a fireside chat with Tanzanian entrepreneur, Michael Shirima, founder of Precision Air in Tanzania.
Digital Nomads Working Group
Digital Nomads Working Group
March 31, 2023, 3-5 pm
Digging into the collective databases we are developing, and sharing insights from the emerging research platform.
Join our zotero group!
Reading Tools for Conviviality
March 2, 2023 | 3:00 PM - 5:00PM
Join the TTRC as we explore the deep insights of Ivan Illich in relation to travel and tourism, hospitality, education, and engaged scholarship.
TTRC at the Movies
February 17, 2023, 2:30-5 pm
Streaming: Baraka
Join us in the immersion room on the 7th floor of the Bobst Library as we screen a classic travel film from the days before the birth of our undergrads.
2nd RISE Travel Institute Student Conference
February 10, 2023
The RISE Travel Institute Student Conference is an annual event where students from the Flagship Certificate Program in Sustainability and Anti-Oppression in Travel present their capstone projects to the community.
During the ten sessions of the RISE Flagship Certificate Program students interact with professionals and academics in tourism, social justice, and animal protection, cultivating an understanding of the different frameworks of sustainability and how to approach sustainable travel holistically.
As the culmination of a comprehensive, structured, and research-based education on sustainable travel, the conference offers students the opportunity to share their ideas, remarks, reflections, and initiatives to improve the travel industry and travel experience.
Sustainable Travel and Tourism Seminar
December 1-2, 2022
Join us for a discussion on topics related to global tourism risk, pathways to sustainability, independent hotels, community building, and sustainable algorithms.
Links to NYU Zoom sessions on December 1 and December 2
Reading Tools for Conviviality
October 10, 2022 | 11AM - 12:30PM
Join the TTRC as we explore the deep insights of Ivan Illich in relation to COVID, travel and tourism, and the structural realities of late capitalism.
Meet the Author: Matilde Azcárate
April 22, 2022 | 3PM - 4:30PM
Join the TTRC as we explore the work of Professor Matilde Azcárate and her book Stuck with Tourism.