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Appel à contribution : "BRICS on the Move"

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMT

12 November 2010 in The Institute for Advanced Studies MR2/3

Workshop Organisers: Thomas Birtchnell, David Tyfield & John Urry, CeMoRe
The acronym BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China) was coined by the Goldman Sachs consultant Jim O'Neill in 2001.
It has since become a common umbrella term in media, academic and government rhetoric about the future potential of these 'emerging giants', in particular the threat/opportunity that these economies present to the developed world. The regionalised perspective of BRICs encourages a commodified picture of these countries around major risks/opportunities: investment, global hegemony, social transformation and climate change.
The BRICs is the West/North's dream of a new East/South with geo-political status and power to rival the developed world. Indeed, much BRICs discourse echoes Cold War rhetoric, which in turn resonates with the unspeakable commonality (for investors at least) that all four of the BRICs were (or remain, in title) socialist states.
Against such a limited understanding of the BRICs, this one-day conference will explore three inter-related issues regarding which they may be said to be 'on the move'; first, their (individual national and/or collective) geopolitical rise and its global impacts; secondly, the ongoing and parallel historical process of (concerted) construction of the BRICs as a social and political reality; and, thirdly, the role of increased mobility (inter- and intra-nationally) in constituting these rapidly changing societies.
To represent these countries as a unified group belies each country's own set of economic, social and political relations, both intra-nationally and with their regional neighbours and the developed world.
This denies, inter alia, the socio-historical cross-border exchanges that encouraged the emergence of these countries.
The flows of remittances, migration, innovation, knowledge, technology and talent that constitute disorganised capitalism go under the radar of conventional commentaries on BRICs. Strange couplings and contradictions also emanate from this new geo-political ordering.
There is thus great potential for social scientists to challenge the conventional usages of such blanket terms by offering concrete examples of how global complexity within which, and mobilities by which, these nation-states emerged disrupt and deconstruct convenient acronyms like BRICs.
The mobile turn in sociology can thus temper reports in the media and finance of threat and opportunity that feed into government strategies and foreign policy, thereby challenging the stark and binary choices between dystopic futures posed by this conventional framing.
Papers and presentations are invited on topics on themes such as:
* Automobility and the emerging powers;
* Case studies on individual BRICs countries and mobilities issues;
* Global impact of BRICs-based innovation, including for socioeconomic development;
* Transnational elites, migration, tourism, remittances, capital flows, trade;
* Socio-political history of BRICs or related global quasi-institutions;
* Media representations of BRICs in terms of emerging powers/giants rhetoric;
* Low carbon innovation/technology/knowledge transfer and the impact of the BRICs on climate change mitigation and adaptation;
* Critiques or sociological analyses of the prevailing finance/economic focus on investment, economic growth, risk and carbon emissions in understandings of BRICS
Abstracts should include a title, contact details of the author(s) (name, postal address, email) and a summary of no more than 300 words.
Please submit abstracts to the organisers (t.birtchnell@lancaster.ac.uk) no later than 1 September 2010.
The workshop will be held at Lancaster University on 12 November 2010 from 11am to 6pm.
Registration
The day costs £40 for staff/waged and £10.00 student/unwaged which includes refreshments throughout the day and a buffet supper after the workshop. Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. Closing date for registration 10 October 2010.
Online Registration
https://online-payments.lancaster
university.co.uk/catalogue/products.asp?compid=1&deptid=6&catID=121&hasClicked=0
Please let us know if you would like to present a paper or just attend.
If required, a range of overnight accommodation is available at own cost on campus http://www.lancs.ac.uk/sbs/accommodation/guestrooms.html and in Lancaster
http://www.virtual-lancaster.net/visitors/stay/index.htm> .
Please contact Pennie Drinkall for any queries
Pennie Drinkall
CeMoRe Administrator and Managing Editor, Mobilities
Sociology Dept
Lancaster University
LANCASTER LA1 4YD
Tel: +44 (0)1524 592680
Fax: +44 (0)1524 594256
Mobilities journal
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1745-0101&linktype=5
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/centres/cemore/

Espagne : les résidents ont réalisé 14,4 millions de voyages en juin 2010

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMT

En marzo de 2010 los residentes en España realizaron 12,4 millones de viajes, lo que supuso un descenso del 5,7% respecto al mismo mes de 2009. Las pésimas condiciones climatológicas de este mes, entre otras razones, influyeron en la cifra de viajes realizados. Este comportamiento negativo obedece, como en meses anteriores, a la bajada de los viajes internos (un 6,5%), en especial a la de los viajes de fin de semana.
Por su parte, los viajes al extranjero crecieron un 6,9% fundamentalmente por los viajes de trabajo/negocios.

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Expedia nets $114.3 million in Q2

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Most of Expedia Inc.'s key metrics were up significantly for the second quarter, as the largest U.S. online travel company reported a $114.3 million net profit.
Net profit increased 179% over last year's second quarter, when Expedia earned $40.9 million.
Transactions were up 10.5%, to 16.9 million; gross bookings were up 18.9%, to $6.68 billion; and revenue was up 8.3%, to $834 million.
Besides the transaction increase, the rise in gross bookings was driven by a 17% increase in airfares.
Expedia's revenue jump was primarily driven by higher advertising/media revenue and increased hotel revenue, said the company.

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L'hôtellerie française sur les chemins de la croissance

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Le mois de juin confirme la tendance haussière. Toutes les catégories voient leur RevPAR progresser significativement avec, comme les mois précédents, une reprise plus prononcée pour les marchés 3 et 4 étoiles.
Les principales places hôtelières partagent cette reprise. la Côte d'Azur qui était en retrait sur les premiers mois, affiche en juin d'excellentes performances.
Le tourisme d'affaires se redresse même si de profondes mutations dans les habitudes de voyages sont identifiées : recentrage sur la France, baisse des séminaires de motivation, négociation intensifiée, recours au transport low cost plus fréquent, etc .

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London’s luxury hotel boom

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Estimates reveal that by 2012 there will be 18,000 more hotel rooms available in London than there is nowwith particularly strong growth in the luxury sector.
A rendering of the Waldorf Astoria Syon Park, which is set to open later this year.
Over the next year, luxury openings include new-builds such as the 192-room W Leicester Square (the opening of which has been put back several months until February 2011), the 137-room London Syon Park, a Waldorf Astoria Hotel in West London, the 300-room Corinthia near Trafalgar Square and the 45-room Dorchester's 45 Park Lane.

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Paris : un excellent mois de mai

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Après un ralentissement de la croissance au mois d'avril, celle-ci est de nouveau en forte progression au mois de mai. Le taux d'occupation hôtelier (84,7 %), les arrivées (près de 1,4 millions) et les nuitées (3,4 millions) atteignent des pics de fréquentation jamais atteints à Paris sur les mois de mai des quatre dernières années (2006-2009*).
Ces records de fréquentation et la hausse des prix hôteliers (+11,6 %) permettent au RevPAR de croître de 22,3 % par rapport à mai 2009, atteignant ainsi les 131,5 €.
Les marchés lointains expliquent en partie ces bons résultats : les arrivées des touristes en provenance du Proche et Moyen-Orient, déjà en forte progression depuis le début de l'année, augmentent de 58,3 % en mai (soit 7 872 arrivées supplémentaires).
Les arrivées des marchés lointains émergents (hors top 10) augmentent elles de 41,4 %, soit 38 038 arrivées de plus qu'en mai 2009. Les 129 991 arrivées de mai 2010 ont représenté 16 % des arrivées étrangères de l'hôtellerie parisienne.

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Strong recovery in Southeast Asia

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMT

The ASEAN Hotel Review launched in May 2010 is the latest sub-regional report from STR Global, the leading provider of market information to the global hotel industry.
The monthly report compiles year-to-date and current month hotel performance information for Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam within the economic, social and cultural bloc of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The report details nationwide performance for the six countries plus details on 11 key destinations.

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"Pauvres Français : ils voyagent moins bien que les Anglais ou les Allemands"

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Une nouvelle étude financée par le manufacturier informatique HP montre que les entreprises de la zone EMEA continuent de dépenser trop pour les voyages long courrier.
Réalisée auprès de 300 assistant(e)s de cadres dirigeants de grandes entreprises en Allemagne, en France et au Royaume-Uni, l'étude précise que les entreprises britanniques ont dépensé en moyenne près de 14 000 € par cadre dirigeant en voyages long-courrier, au cours du premier trimestre 2010.

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Compagnie des Alpes : chiffre d’affaires consolidé du Groupe sur les 3 premiers trimestres de l’exercice

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMT

1er projet de développement international « asset light » : signature d'un contrat d'assistance globale et de licensing pour le parc Sindibad au Maroc 27 juillet 2010 - Le chiffre d'affaires consolidé au 30 juin 2010 du Groupe CDA s'établit à 464,6 M€, en progression de 6,1% à périmètre réel retraité(1).
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Emerging travel preferences and intentions of family travelers

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMT

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