Philip Gibson

Teaching interests

The Cruise Industry. Global issues for Hospitality and Tourism. Qualitative research. Strategic Management for Hospitality. Service Quality for Hospitality and Tourism. Licensed Retail.

Staff serving as external examiners
2007 onwards:  Fd Culinary Arts Westminster Kingsway LSBU  

Research interests

The cruise industry,

Case studies for the Cruise Industry,

Work placement and the Cruise Industry,

Situated learning,

The circumstantial curriculum: an integrated theory of learning as applied to vocational contexts,

Strategic Management: Hospitality, pricing and the Internet.

Other research

Research degrees awarded to supervised students

Grants & contracts
2008 £6,000 funded research project ' Students’ experiences of international placement: an e-support approach' Philip Gibson & Graham Busby awarded by CEPPL CETL   

2009 £4875 Teaching Fellowship with Dr Wai Mun Lim ‘co-create value with business enterprises via curriculum development’ for the hospitality curriculum.

2010 £1000 – extension to the CEPPL project: ‘Cruise Management, work experience and employability’.

Creative practice & artistic projects

Publications

Gibson, P. (2003). Learning, culture, curriculum and college: a social anthropology. Unpublished PhD, University of Exeter, Exeter.

Gibson, P. (2003, 23 - 24 April). Using case studies to examine complex research questions. Paper presented at the 12th Annual CHME Hospitality Research Conference, Novotel, Sheffield.

Gibson, P. (2003). Vocational learning and curriculum: the student perspective. Paper presented at the 2003 Eurochrie Congress, Bad Honnef, Bonn.

Gibson, P. (2004). Life and learning in further education: constructing the circumstantial curriculum. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 28(3), 333-345.

Gibson, P. (2005). Communities of practice: employment on cruise ships. Paper presented at the CHME Research Conference, Bournemouth.

Gibson, P. (2006, October 2006). Cruise communities: constructivism and internships. Paper presented at the 24th EUROCHRIE Congress, Thessaloniki.

Gibson, P. (2006). Cruise Operations Management. Burlington: Butterworth Heinemann.

Gibson, P., & Bentley, M. (2006). A study of impacts -cruise tourism and the South West of England. Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, 20(3/4).

Gibson, P. (2008). Cruising in the 21st century: Who works while others play? International Journal of Hospitality Management, 27(1), 42-52.

Gibson, P. (2008). Developments in United Kingdom maritime hospitality management: career pathways, progression and national qualifications - presented on behalf of the Merchant Navy Training Board. Paper presented at the 1st International Cruise Conference, Bremerhaven.

Gibson, P. (2009). Review Chin, C. B. N.: Cruising in the Global Economy: Profits, Pleasure and Work at Sea. Journal of Tourism Consumption, 1(1), 86.

Gibson, P. (2009). Credible careers: tomorrow's cruise hotel managers. World Journal of Tourism, Leisure and Sport, 3(1), 11-19.

Gibson, P. (2009). Developments in UK maritime hospitality management. In A. Papathanassis (Ed.), Cruise Sector Growth: Managing Emerging Markets, Human Resources, Processes and Systems (pp. 95). Wiesbaden: Springer. ISBM 978-3-8349-1944-1

Gibson, P. (2009). Students’ experiences of international placement: an e-support approach. Paper presented at the Work-Based Learning Conference., University of Plymouth.

Gibson, P., & Busby, G. (2009). Experiencing work: supporting the undergraduate hospitality, tourism and cruise management student on an overseas work placement. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 61(4), 467-480.

Gibson, P., & Pappathanssis, A. (2009). Opportunities and Challenges: The 1st International Cruise Conference Bremerhaven, Germany. Journal of Tourism Consumption, 1(1).

Gibson, P., & Turner, D. M. (2009). Catering on cruise ships. Essential FM Reports, 4-7.

Gibson, P. (2010). Cruise management interns: developing a support model. Paper presented at the 2nd International Cruise Conference, University of Plymouth, 18-20 February 2010.

Gibson, P., Papathanassis, A, Milde, P. Eds. (2011) Cruise industry challenges: making progress in an uncertain world, Wiesbaden: Springer (forthcoming, July 2011). ISBN to follow.

Gibson, P. and Walters, C. (2011). ‘Human Resources at Sea’.  In Vogel M, Papathanassis A, Wolber B (Eds.). The Business & Management of Ocean Cruises. Routledge: London.  ISBN 978-1-84593-762-1.

Gibson, P. and Watson, J. (2011). e2c: maximising electronic resources for cruise recruitment, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 18, 57–65.

Reports & invited lectures

Gibson, P. And Nell, J. (2003) ‘Professional Development and Hotel Services on Cruise Ships’ Cruise and Ferry Conference May 2003, (un-refereed paper).

Gibson, P. (2007). Resource guide in cruise management. from http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/hlst/documents/resource_guides/cruise_management_resguide.pdf

Gibson, P. (2007). Understanding the Norovirus: a guide for managers. Institute of Hospitality Management Guides.

Visiting Lecturer: University of Applied Science Bremerhaven (2007)

Visting Lecturer: University of West Indies (Barbados) (2008/9)

Conferences organised
2nd International Cruise Conference, University of Plymouth 18th to 20th Feb 2010.