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This year is World Leisure Organization (WLO) 70th anniversary.  WLO has been promoting leisure as integral to social, cultural, economic and sustainable environmental development worldwide and for decades. As a member driven organization with a worldwide representation, WLO and for 70 years has been achieving its mission, vision and goals through its programs and activitiesRead more

Recently, WLO has been greeted with the exciting announcement that the 17th World Leisure Congress has been selected as one of the proposals to be included within the UNWTO Programme of Work 2022. Every year a great number of outstanding projects wish to be part of this process, and from WLO we are very proudRead more

The Leisure Management Special Interest Group (LM SIG) delivered its first webinar session titled, Designing Experiences: Conversation with RJ Rossman, on 30 November / 1 December 2021. The webinar was based on the book, Designing Experiences (2019) by RJ Rossman and Mathew Duerdan. The conversation with Bob Rossman successfully covered the principles of Designing Experiences,Read more

WLO Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Cristina Ortega, represented the WLO at Qatar Travel Mart 2021 held from November 16th to 18th in Doha. This is the first exhibition of its kind in Qatar to promote both inbound and outbound tourism and to cater specifically to the travel and tourism industry. QTM 2021 was a three-dayRead more

WLO Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Cristina Ortega, represented the World Leisure Organization as an UNWTO Affiliate Member (AM) at the 43rd Affiliate Members Plenary Session, held on November 30th in Madrid, Spain. The AM Plenary Session was celebrated in the framework of the 24th UNWTO General Assembly for the first time this year, and itRead more

WLCE case volume SPECIAL ISSUE: Focus on Student Research   The World Leisure Centre of Excellence (WLCE) at Vancouver Island University is privileged to share its fifth volume of case studies, as part of the Innovative Leisure Practices series. See the fifth volume of case studies here: https://bit.ly/3dzVC7c As in past compilations, the case studiesRead more

Designing Experiences – A Conversation with JR (Bob) Rossman Rossman and Duerdan’s (2019) book, Designing Experiences, received a Silver Medal in the 2021 Axiom Business Book Awards Business Intelligence/Innovation category. It is special for a leisure-based understanding of experience delivery to receive recognition from business publishers. A lot of the material is a direct descendent of leisure studies programming material.YouRead more

The World Leisure International Innovation Prize seeks to recognize organizations that have implemented creative solutions which foster local, national, or international leisure opportunities for the benefit and development of individuals and communities. Leisure being defined in its broadest sense including play, recreation, the arts and culture, sports, festivals and celebrations, health and fitness, or travelRead more

From WLO, we are very happy to inform you that a new season of New Leisure Studies: International Perspectives webinar starts this Friday after last year successful edition by bringing virtual encounters on contemporary issues in leisure. We would like to invite you to this Friday’s webinar on “Use of technology in the contemporary leisureRead more

Verified was launched by the United Nations in response to the COVID crisis to cut through the noise to deliver life-saving information, fact-based advice and stories from the best of humanity. Verified Mission As the world confronts its biggest challenge in living memory, there has never been a greater need for accurate, verified information. LikeRead more