Mr Duncan Tyler

Duncan joined LSBU as the first Tourism specialist at the University having previously worked as an environmental and tourism consultant on a wide range of projects. These range from national nature conservation policy development to concept and business planning for new resorts such as Skibo Castle in Scotland and Ape's Hill Resort in Barbados, as well as undertaking many smaller feasibility and planning projects for marinas, golf resorts, restaurants, hotels and attractions.
His main areas of teaching are: city marketing, destination management, business planning, policy making and issue analysis. He also supervises PhD Students.

He leads on Research and Enterprise for the Division including the development and implementation of the research strategy and PhD programme. He is also the lead coordinator for external collaborations, franchises and progression agreements for the tourism and hospitality subject area.
Duncan takes an active role in promoting tourism education. He is the Vice Chair and Treasurer of the Association for Tourism in Higher Education, on the Academic Council of the Confederation for Tourism and Hospitality and an adviser to The Organisation for Tourism and Hospitality Management. He has been adviser to the Local Government Association and other public sector agencies.
His research interests and publications are in policy making, political lobbying, destination management, and city marketing.