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Welcome to TOUR Victoria November 2017
Kia ora tātou colleagues, students, Alumni and friends
In this edition we celebrate tedQual re-accreditation, welcome a new lecturer, highlight staff and student achievements, research and news.
From the Tourism Management group: Karen, Mondher, Christian, Ian, Eerang, Ina and Luisa (editor).
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UNWTO tedQual accreditation - Four more years!
Victoria is the only New Zealand university with programmes accredited by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) tedQual. All four Tourism Management programmes, Bachelor of Tourism Management (BTM), BTM (Honours), Masters and PhD programme, were recently reaccredited with tedQual certification until 2021.
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New Victoria Business School Dean Professor Ian O. Williamson offered his congratulations, saying "Accreditation plays a crucial role in reflecting the quality and excellence at VBS, and our positioning as a world-leading business school".
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Pōwhiri hoki to Dr Ina Reichenberger
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Welcome "back" to Dr Ina Reichenberger, who left Victoria University in 2014 as a newly minted PhD graduate and has returned in 2017 as a newly appointed Lecturer in Tourism Management. Inthe interim she has been lecturing at MCI Management Center at Innsbruck in Austria.
Read more on Ina's staff profile »
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Dr Christian Schott presents at AACSB Conference in Seoul
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Christian Schott with VBS Dean Professor Ian Williamson and
Dr Arun Elias, Associate Dean - International & Accreditation.
Dr Christian Schott was invited to co-present a workshop on Simulation and Gamification in Business Education at the recent AACSB Asia Pacific conference in Seoul, South Korea. Christian presented on the pedagogic merit of embracing virtual reality technology for simulation, while his co-presenter, Dr Poh Sun Seow (Singapore Management University), made the case for gamification using
mobile devices. The session was well attended with an audience of about 80, which included Business School Deans and Associate Deans from across the Asia Pacific region.
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Professor Ian Williamson, experiencing the virtual fieldtrip to Fiji via full digital immersion and motion tracking.
Christian's journal article Virtual fieldtrips and climate change education for tourism students, which examines the pedagogic and climate change benefits of virtual reality technology, has just been published with free access until 9 December 2017.
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Tourism Futures Project
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Students enrolled in the new TOUR405 Tourism Futures Project, coordinated by Dr Eerang Park, have been commissioned by Zealandia to suggest 'strategies for multi-stakeholder engagement in Zealandia for managing sustainable tourism growth'.
This consultancy project enables students to engage with key tourism stakeholders in Wellington and assess those stakeholders' interests and motivations to get involved in Zealandia’s tourism business for its sustainable growth. Employing a range of research methods including expert interview, field visit and observation, and primary and secondary data analysis, the project ultimately aims to deliver a stakeholder engagement model to Zealandia.
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Freedom camping research
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Under the supervision of TOUR380 course coordinator Dr Christian Schott, students examined the hotly-debated issue of freedom camping as their 2017 course research project, conducting a researcher-assisted intercept survey with both freedom campers and residents in Wellington.
The prize for the best research report was sponsored by Tourism Industry Aotearoa (TIA) and presented to Leanne Smith by TIA’s Insight Specialist Steve Riley.
Read more »
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TOUR301 visit from Associate Minister of Tourism
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Hon Nicky Wagner pictured with tourism students, Professor Karen Smith, and Course Coordinator Jharna Joshi.
The Hon Nicky Wagner, then Associate Tourism Minister, spoke to students in TOUR301 about the government's role in tourism planning and policy. She highlighted key issues facing the tourism sector, and answered questions from students.
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Kaitiaki Board & YHA Wellington supporting Sustainable Tourism
The Wellington Harbour Island Kaitiaki Board (WHIKB) has become a sponsor for excellence in the long standing Sustainable Accommodation Report, which is produced by students in TOUR250.
The new award is called the Wellington Harbour Island Kaitiaki Board Best Sustainable Accommodation Report Prize, and places emphasis on the cultural sensitivity of the report. The YHA Wellington Best Sustainable Accommodation Report Prize prioritises environmental and operations management.
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2017 YHA winner Mikaela Wright (L) with Lisa Gebbels of YHA Wellington.
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2017 Harbour winner Fraser Oram (R) with the Kaitiaki of Matiu Island, Teresea McLeod.
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A/Prof Yeoman 'out and about'
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Challenging assumptions of foodies
While celebrating restaurants using local ingredients at the annual Wellington On A Plate festival, Dr Ian Yeoman wasn’t afraid to ask, is it really local?
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Tourism in Kāpiti: Is it just a petrol station?
Speaking to an audience of Kāpiti district councillors, local business leaders and stakeholders, Dr Ian Yeoman gave a presentation that analysed the state of the region's tourism compared to the rest of New Zealand, and offered a range of scenarios for the future.
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The Future of Technology
At the OECD tourism committee workshop on mega trends in Paris during June 2017, Dr Ian Yeoman spoke about the drivers of technological change and future consequences to an audience of key policy makers and stakeholders.
Read more »
Watch the presentation »
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May graduation gallery
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All Tourism Management programmes are accredited with UNWTO tedQual certification.
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