Conference organising committee

Conference Chairs

Chair scientific committee

Marianna Sigala, University of South Australia | marianna.sigala@unisa.edu.au

Chair organising committee

Paul Whitelaw, The Hotel School, Southern Cross University | paul.whitelaw@scu.edu.au

CAUTHE secretariat

Penny Jose | cauthe.secretariat@gmail.com

Professional Conference organiser 

Forum Group Events and Marketing | cauthe@forumgroupevents.com.au

Oversight committee

Kirsten Holmes, Curtin University

Karen Smith, Victoria University of Wellington

Judith Mair, The University of Queensland

Scientific committee members

Isabella Ye, The University of Queensland

PhD/ECR workshop coordinators

Edmund Goh, Edith Cowan University

Michael Hughes, Murdoch University

Ina Reichenberger, Victoria University of Wellington

PhD Student representative

Mahdis Madani, Otago University

Promotions and marketing coordinator

Effie Steriopoulos, William Angliss Institute

Delivery coordinator

Nicole Nanyi Yu, The University of Queensland

Other conference committee members

Peter Wynn-Moylan, Southern Cross University

 

Track chairs

Critical approaches

• Tamara Young, University of Newcastle
  
• Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta, Edith Cowan University
  
• Erica Wilson, Southern Cross University
  

Destination management, development and policy

• Laurie Murphy, James Cook University
  
• Michael Volgger, Curtin University
  
• Anne Hardy, University of Tasmania
  

Education and training

• Mieke Witsel, Southern Cross University
  
• Charles Arcodia, Griffith University
  
• Hazreel Hasmi, Le Cordon Bleu Australia
  

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

• Harald Pechlaner, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
  
• Marcela Fang, William Angliss Institute
  
• Vanessa Ratten, La Trobe University
  
• Craig Lee, University of Otago
  

Ethics, justice and sustainability

• Mingming Cheng, Curtin University
  
• Raymond Rastegar, The University of Queensland
  
• Freya Higgins Desbiolles, University of South Australia
  
• Julia Albrecht, University of Otago
  

Events, festivals and MICE

• Judith Mair, The University of Queensland
  
• Leonie Lockstone-Binney, Griffith University
  
• Martin Robertson, Edinburgh Napier University
  
• Insun Sunny Lee, University of South Australia
  
• Faith Ong, The University of Queensland
  
• Isabella Ye, The University of Queensland
  

Experiences

• Brian King, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  
• Ina Reichenberger, Victoria University of Wellington
  
• Effie Steriopoulos, William Angliss Institute
  

Human resource management

• Edmund GOH, Edith Cowan University
  
• Tom Baum, University of Strathclyde
  
• Diane Lee, Murdoch University
  

Information and communication technologies

• Ulrike Gretzel, University of Southern California
  
• Aaron Tham, University of Sunshine Coast
  
• Marianna Sigala, University of South Australia
  

Risk, crisis and recovery

• David Beirman, University of Technology Sydney
  
• Brent Ritchie, The University of Queensland
  
• Joanna Fountain, Lincoln University
  
• Joanne Pyke, Victoria University, Melbourne
  

Service operations management

• Erwin Losekoot, NHLStenden University of Applied Sciences
  
• Rajka Presbury, Torrens University, Blue Mountains International Hotel Management
  
• Anastasia Yeark, Kaplan Business School
  

Special interest tourism

• Anna Carr, University of Otago
  
• Connie Loi, Macao Institute for Tourism Studies
  
• Denis Tolkach, James Cook University
  
• Eve Lianping Ren, Macao Institute for Tourism Studies
  
• Naomi Dale, University of Canberra
  
• Timothy Lee, University of the Sunshine Coast
  

Tourism geographies and tourism economics

• Joseph M. Cheer, Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University
  
• Elaine Yang, Griffith University
  
• Haiyan Song, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  

Tourism marketing and consumer behaviour

•  Anja Pabel, Central Queensland University
  
• Gabby Walters, The University of Queensland
  
• Chris Krolikowski, University of South Australia
  
• Perry Hobson, Sunway University, Malaysia
  

Well-being

• Sebastian Filep, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  
• Andreas Zins, Curtin University Malaysia