Disneyland Park (1955, USA) became the model for a globalized leisure industry, thanks to its practice of thematization in this planned space; a park that a few months later would be called a “theme park” to differentiate it from previous amusement parks. Disneyland’s success in attracting and retaining visitors-consumers meant that its model could be transferred to other territories. What’s more, Fron...

Join the conference organisers and TICCIH board members for a welcome cocktail and some festive words of introduction, in the former forge of the École technique de Montréal, founded in 1909, now part of the Université du Québec à Montréal campus.