CAUTHE Awards
The CAUTHE Award for Best Full Paper
This award is open to all full papers submitted and accepted for the Annual CAUTHE Conference. This annual award is for refereed papers submitted to the Annual Conference Committee in full, by a date specified by that committee. A double blind, peer reviewed selection process is used for conference papers and referees are requested to nominate the best papers submitted to the conference. These nominated papers are then judged by a sub-committee of the Annual Conference Committee. The winner is presented with a certificate at the Annual Conference Dinner.
Selection Criteria
Topic– must be of relevance and importance to the wider filed of tourism and hospitality research.
Content – should be innovative an original. The paper must present of support a set of findings, implications and conclusions with significant potential and value. The paper should be unique and useful.
Choice and Implementation of Methodology - must be clearly explained by the author(s)
Writing Style – should be accurate, clear, concise and readable
Previous Winners
2010 Karen Smith, University of Wellington, NZ and Kirsten Holmes, Curtin University, WA
"Volunteers and tourism destination services: Challenging the limits of tourism volunteering research”
2009 Pierre Benckendorf, James Cook University, Queensland
"Themes and trends in Australian and New Zealand tourism research: a social network analysis of citations in two leading journals (1994-2007)"
2008 Associate Professor John Hall, V John Basarin and Dr Leonie Lockstone, Deakin University
"Analysis of satisfaction at Gallipoli on Anzac Day, 2007: results of a survey of event participants"
2007 David Solnet, University of Queensland
"Employee-customer linkages: a social identification perspective in a hotel industry context"
2006 Tom Baum, University of Strathclyde
"Reflections on the nature of skills in the experience economy: challenging traditional skills models in hospitality"
2005 Bruce Prideaux, James Cook University, Brian King, Victoria University and Larry Dwyer, University of New South Wales
"Effect of unethical business practices on Australian Inbound Package Tourism."
2004 Dean Carson and Kim Adams, Southern Cross University.
"Strategic knowledge management in tourism: Effectiveness and constraints"
Additional prizes awarded at the 2010 CAUTHE Conference
The winners of the sponsored awards:
1. Demand, Consumer Behaviour and Marketing stream, sponsored by Tourism Research Australia “Hotel restaurant dining: the relationship between perceived value and intention to purchase” by Ann Suwaree Ashton (University of Queensland) and Noel Scott (University of Queensland).
2. Destination Management stream sponsored by UNSW "Volunteers and tourism destination services" by Karen Smith (University of Wellington, New Zealand) and Kirsten Holmes (Curtin University, WA).
3. The Ethics, Environment and Sustainability stream sponsored by Taylor and Francis “Identifying the ecotourist market using the core criteria of ecotourism: is there a true ecotourist that seeks nature, learning and sustainability?” by Narelle Beaumont (University of Southern Queensland).
4. Tourism and Hospitality Education stream sponsored by Elsevier “Challenging undergraduate hospitality students – the use of debates as interactive teaching and assessment tools” by Johan Edelheim (Southern Cross University).
5. Heritage Tourism stream sponsored by UTAS Faculty of Business “World Heritage-themed souvenirs for Asian tourists: Asian modernity melds with Macau cultural heritage” by Hilary du Cros (Institute For Tourism Studies, Macau).
6. Combined Stream sponsored by the UTAS Faculty of Business “An integrated approach to research and innovation in food production” by Svetlana Rodgers (University of Western Sydney).
7. Best Curriculum Paper sponsored by the ALTC Curriculum Project “Indigenous Australia and Tourism Education: An exploratory analysis of Indigenous cultural content in undergraduate tourism curricula” by Andrew Peters (Swinburne University of Technology).
8. New Directions for Tourism and Hospitality Theory stream sponsored by John Wiley “Young women and their physical appearance on holiday” by Jennie Small (University of Technology, Sydney).
9. Sport and Event Tourism stream sponsored by UTAS Faculty of Business “Event governance: the rhetoric and reality of the World Rally Championship, Northern Rivers, NSW” by Dianne Dredge, Emma-Jane Ford, Matt Lamont, Giang Phi, Michelle Whitford and Peter Wynn-Moylan (Southern Cross University).
Additional prizes awarded at the 2008 CAUTHE Conference
Scientific Committee Award for Research Information Exchange Presentation
Dr. Taketo Naoi, Okayama Shoka University, Japan
"Applying the caption evaluation method to research historical districts as tourism destinations"
Best Research Paper Reviewer
Dr Robert Mason, Victoria University, Australia
