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Cristina Ortega, WLO Chief Operating Officer, visited the headquarters of Leisure Media in the town of Hitchin (UK) and met Liz Terry, the company’s CEO. The aim of the meeting was to pick up on a previously existing agreement between both organizations and expand it through new forms of collaboration. Leisure Media edits more thanRead more

If you are a WLO member, Sound Diplomacy and Music Cities Events are generously offering you discounted ticket for the largest largest and most extensive gathering on Music Tourism and Music Cities: Music Tourism Convention, Franklin, TN. Will be held 21-22 September 2017 and will focus on all aspects of music tourism, from destination marketing,Read more

Mireia Iglesias, WLO Communication and Events Coordinator, travelled all the way to Fukuoka (Japan) to actively take part at the Association Meetings Programme. With an outstanding 3-day educational programme and speakers in the field, Mireia was selected as an association executive to take part and had the chance to learn and share with other internationalRead more

For two very intense days Yvonne Klerks, WLO Treasurer, met the team at WLO Office in Bilbao. This has recently become kind of a traditional working meeting in which team members recap and reflect in the future activity and projects of the organization. These are always intense and long days, accompanied by a learning process.Read more

Interview with Danilo Santos de Miranda, Regional Director of Sesc São Paulo About yourself What is your professional background? And how did you end up working in the leisure field? I studied sociology and philosophy. My professional career started in human resources and then I went on to work for an institution similar to Sesc,Read more

WLO team visited the Brazilian city and met local partners Sesc São Paulo and the University of São Paulo to move forward in the organization of the upcoming WL Congress 2018. During the visit, WLO Chief Operating Officer, Communication & Events Coordinator, and Programme Coordinator had the opportunity not only to visit the centers ofRead more

As explained by Yvonne Klerks and Bertine Bargeman, from NHTV Breda University, in an article about World Leisure Center of Excellence (WLCE) Breda published the Brazilian Journal of Leisure Studies (available in open access here), “The overall aim of WLCE Breda is to support the goals and themes of the World Leisure Organization, to operateRead more

WL Centers of Excellence (WLCE) network are currently working on the next WL Field School, which will take place on the occasion of the next WL Congress 2018 in São Paulo, connected to the theme of the Congress: “Leisure Beyond Constraints”. Students from the 3 WLCE and Brazilian students will participate in the Field SchoolRead more

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