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Biography
Professor Una McMahon-Beattie is Head of Department for Hospitality and Tourism Management which includes the award winning restaurant, The Academy, Belfast and the Food and Consumer Testing Suits (FACTS), Coleraine.Una studied Modern History at Queen’s University Belfast. In 1988 she completed an MSc in International Hotel Management University of Surrey, a PGCE in Research Methods of Human Science at Ulster University in 1996 and in 2009 a PhD in Revenue Management and Consumer Trust at the University of Gloucestershire.She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is a Fellow of the University’s Centre for Higher Education and Research Practice.Una joined the University in 1990 from working in luxury hotels in London. Her main research areas are revenue management, tourism and event marketing and tourism futures. She is the Deputy Editor of the Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management and a board member of the Journal of Tourism Futures.Una has published extensively in leading journals and is author/co-editor of seven books including the ‘The Future of Events and Festivals’ and ‘The Future of Food Tourism: Foodies, Experiences, Exclusivity, Visions and Political Capital’. Recent research grants in the area of food include an investigation into the balance of healthy versus less healthy food promotions among Northern Ireland food retailers (Food Standards Agency) and the balance of healthy versus less-healthy food promotions among Republic of Ireland food retailers (safefood).Una has been an external examiner at institutions both nationally and Internationally including the University of Surrey, the University of Bournemouth, University College Birmingham, Glion Institution of Higher Education (Switzerland) and most recently, EASM East Asia Institute of Management, Singapore. Nationally, Una is an Executive Member and Honorary Treasurer of the Council of Hospitality Management Education (CHME).
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Research Output
Generation H: Exploring the potential of school outreach programmes in Higher Educational Settings to promote hospitality as a career
Hollywood, L. E., McEntee, M., McMahon-Beattie, U., Wells, L., McKenna, R. & Gillies, M., 27 Jun 2019, p. 1. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Other
The Experience Economy: Micro Trends
Yeoman, I. & McMahon-Beattie, U., 4 Jul 2019, In : Journal of Tourism Futures. 5, 2, p. 114-119 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Turning Points in Tourism’s Development: 1946-2095, A Perspective Article
Yeoman, I. & McMahon-Beattie, U., 12 Dec 2019, In : Tourism Review. 75, 1, p. 86-90 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Utopian futures: Wellington on a Plate and the envisioning of a food festival in Tuscany
Yeoman, I., Nhem, S., McMahon-Beattie, U., Findlay, K., Goh, S. & S, T., 2019, The Routledge Handbook of Festivals. Mairs, J. (ed.). p. 417-425Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
What’s on offer? The types of food and drink on price promotion in retail outlets in the Republic of Ireland
Furey, S., McLaughlin, C., Hollywood, L. E., Burns, A., McMahon-Beattie, U., Price, RK., Humphreys, P., McCarthy, M., Collins, A., Raats, M., Tatlow-Golden, M., Dean, M. & Murrin, C., 17 Jan 2019, Cork. 94 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Prizes
Assessment of the use of meat thermometers by consumers on the island of Ireland
Lynsey Elizabeth Hollywood (Recipient), Una McMahon-Beattie, (Recipient), RK Price (Recipient) & Martin Devaney (Recipient), 18 Dec 2018
Prize: Other distinction
Best paper
Clare Carruthers (Recipient), Brenda McCarron (Recipient), Adrian Devine (Recipient), Peter Bolan (Recipient) & U McMahon-Beattie, (Recipient), 10 May 2015
Prize
Activities
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Generation H
Lynsey Elizabeth Hollywood (Organiser), Laura Wells (Member of programme committee), Mairead McEntee (Member of programme committee), Una McMahon-Beattie, (Member of programme committee), Robert McKenna (Member of programme committee), Michael Gillies (Member of programme committee), Keelin Mc Grogan (Member of programme committee), Richard Gormley (Member of programme committee)6 Jun 2019 → 24 Jun 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Press / Media
Success for FACTS at Ulster University
Amy Burns, Lynsey Elizabeth Hollywood & U McMahon-Beattie,
1/06/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research