CAUTHE - 18th International Research Conference: 10th - 13th February 2009 See Change: Tourism & Hospitality in a Dynamic World The Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) invites researchers, educators, industry and government stakeholders in the tourism, travel, hospitality, events, recreation, sport and leisure industries to participate in the CAUTHE 2009 Conference. The Conference will be hosted by the Curtin Sustainable Tourism Centre, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia and will take place from 10 to 13 February, 2009 at the Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Western Australia. The conference will look at many areas of change such as the environment, cultures, markets and products. Delegates will have the opportunity of attending a great conference in a Tourist-Historic City. For more information visit the conference website at http://www.promaco.com.au/2009/cauthe/index.htm

Bill Faulkner (1945-2002), Professor of Tourism at Griffith University and Deputy CEO of Australian's Centre of Co-operative Research in Sustainable Tourism, was widely know internationally for his publications in many research journals and many contributions at conferences. In Australia he was generally and deservedly regarded as Australia's most prominent leader of research on tourism. Professor Faulkner was instrumental in the formation of CAUTHE and the development of its annual conference into one of the foremost international tourism and hospitality research conferences. The Council proudly offers this award in memory of Bill. It was introduced at the 2002 Annual Conference in Fremantle to honour the memory and recognise the influence of the work of Professor Bill Faulkner. The student receives a certificate generally presented at the Annual Conference Dinner. In addition it is intended that this paper is published in a special edition of 'The Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management'. CAUTHE strongly encourages Heads of Schools to inform current PhD students of this award. Previous Winners: 2007 Michael Gross, University of South Australia "Tourists and places: an empirical structural model" 2006 Anne Eastgate, Griffith University "The Development of a Generic Tourism Benefits Scale" 2006 - MGS Architects Award for best PhD paper on sustainability: Meredith Lawrence, Southern Cross University. "Urban or tourism development? An analysis of stakeholder involvement in tourism development processes and policy in Byron Bay" 2005 Ian Knowd, University of Western Sydney "Tourism as panacea: Exploring the role of tourism in non-tourism development agendas." 2004 Aggie Wegner, Murdoch University 2003 Lisa Beesley, Griffith University 2002 Christof Pforr, Curtin University of Technology

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. Previous Winners: 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"

The Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) was formed in 1992. Each year CAUTHE holds a National Research Conferences. The objectives of the CAUTHE National Research Conference are:
To bring together tourism and hospitality professionals from academia, government and business to promote informative, stimulating and challenging discussion on the latest issues in the field, To discuss recent methodological innovations in hospitality and tourism; To provide tourism/hospitality educators and researchers with an opportunity to receive feedback from their peers in order to assist them in improving the quality of their research and educational output; To foster collaboration between participants; and To provide a vehicle for tourism/hospitality educators and researchers to establish a dialogue with industry, government and community representatives

2009	Fremantle Curtin University of Technology
2008	Gold Coast Griffith University
2007	Manly University of Technology Sydney
2006	Melbourne Victoria University
2005	Alice Springs Charles Darwin University
2004	Brisbane University of Queensland
2003	Coffs Harbour Southern Cross University
2002	Fremantle Edith Cowan University, Curtin University and Murdoch University
2001	Canberra University of Canberra
2000	Mt. Buller La Trobe University
1999	Adelaide University of South Australia, University of Adelaide and the Flinders University of South Australia.
1998	Gold Coast Griffith University
1997	Manly, Sydney University of Western Sydney, University of Technology Sydney, University of Sydney, and the University of New South Wales
1996	Coffs Harbour Southern Cross University
1995	Melbourne Victoria University of Technology
1994	Gold Coast Griffith University
1993	Sydney University of Sydney
1988 and 1991	Two conferences were held prior to the formalisation of CAUTHE, in Canberra in 1988 and Newcastle in 1991