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Welcome to the February 2016 TOUR Victoria e-newsletter
Dear Colleagues, Students, Alumni and Friends
In this edition of the newsletter we congratulate our new Professor, check out what some students, alumni and visiting academics are up to, as well as other happenings in the world of Tourism.
Luisa (editor), Karen, Ian, Adam, Mondher and Christian
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Congratulations to Professor Karen Smith
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New Victoria University Professor's' dinner February 2016.
Back row: Professor Regan Potangaroa, Professor Noam Greenberg, Professor Paul Jose, Professor Thomas Nann, Professor Peter Smith.
Front row: Professor Zhiyue Bo, Professor Annemarie Jutel, Professor Grant Guilford, Professor Karen Smith.
Karen Smith was appointed Professor of the Tourism Management in August 2015.
At Victoria University of Wellington, and at other universities around the world, the Professor occupies a special position within the institution. Karen’s elevation to this role is a testament to her leadership ability and indicates recognition of her research by the international academic community within the field of tourism management.
Read more about Karen's research »
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Halal food and Tourism in NZ
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Farewell to our New Zealand Aid Scholarship students
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Sochea Nhem (left) and Sophea Tieng (right) arrived in 2014 to embark on our two year Master of Tourism Management programme. After completing eight papers and the submission of a 40,000 word thesis they are heading back to Cambodia to put theory into practice. Read more »
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December 2015 Graduation
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Congratulations to our Tourism Management students who graduated at the December 2015 ceremony. We wish you all the best for the future.
Master of Tourism Management
Moularde, Julie
Tang, Janet
Bachelor of Tourism Management
Bueno, Kristina
Butler, Laura
Christian, Coralie
Fa'amanatuga Pa'ū, Ruta
Huang, Michelle
McLaren, Georgia
McMeekin, Cherie
Phat, Vitou
Pollard, Melissa
Walsh, Sarah
Yapp, Grace
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Grace Yapp graduating in traditional Cambodian clothing.
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Michelle Huang in front of Rutherford House before the parade.
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Prize for best Sustainable Accommodation Report
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Chris Sperring congratulates runners up Heidi Beasley (right) and Sophie Harrison (middle) for writing excellent reports, and Casey Truman (left) on winning the 2015 Sustainable Accommodation Report Prize.
Chris Sperring, Central Area Manager for YHA New Zealand, announced the three best Sustainable Accommodation reports by TOUR 250 Visitor Impact Management students in October 2015.
Chris was impressed by the high level of creativity exhibited by all three reports, coupled with a strong desire to be realistic in devising innovative ideas to achieve sustainability.
He commended the runners up, Heidi Beasley and Sophie Harrison, for writing excellent reports and congratulated Casey Truman on winning the 2015 Prize.
Chris said that Casey’s discussion of the target market and the related marketing made her report stand out from the others. Congratulations Casey!
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Zoo field trip and best paper prize for TOUR 230 course
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The TOUR 230 field trip to Wellington Zoo required students to write a Visitor Management strategy.
Leanne Smith (pictured left) won the best paper prize judged by Oli du Bern, (BTM), Visitor Experience Manager, Wellington Zoo.
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Zealandia hosts student field trip
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In October 2015, Dr Dominik Huber led the TOUR 230 students into the Zealandia wildlife sanctuary to further study visitor management strategies. The class was split into groups and taken around the sanctuary by Zealandia guides, who were quizzed with a wide variety of questions.
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The students were given the privilege of getting close to the nearest thing to a New Zealand "dinosaur".
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Some students were a little hesitant to touch the tuatara, being held by a Zealandia guide.
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Introducing Johnny Edmonds, a new Advisory Group member
The newest member of the Tourism Management Advisory Group is Johnny Edmonds, Director for the World Indigenous Tourism Alliance. He is also a traditional land owner in Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Owner/Director of NZ-based consulting companies that specialise in indigenous economic development.
More about Johnny »
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Graduate Profile - Olivia Mexted BTM (Hons) 2015
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Coming out of high school, I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do, or even if I wanted to continue studying, so I decided to choose something with variety and flexibility.
I liked the idea of the BTM programme as I could take a mixture of BA and Commerce courses as well as the few core Tourism ones. Read Olivia's full profile »
Olivia was also mentioned in an article about her internship studying accessibility at CQ Hotels in Stuff (August 2015).
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The Tourism Group @ Victoria
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