The Prof Philip Pearce Award for the CAUTHE Conference Best Full Paper is named in honour of Professor Philip L. Pearce, the Foundation Professor of Tourism in Australia and an ardent supporter of CAUTHE from its outset. Prof Pearce is best known for his works on tourist behaviour, tourist motivation and the psychology of tourism. […]

The award is open to papers which are presented as visual presentations or posters at the annual conference. The posters are judged by delegate vote and by a sub-committee of the Conference Committee following the visual presentation session at the conference. Previous winners 2021 Sophie Seeger and Antoine Bisson, Torrens University Australia, Design Thinking & […]

The  Best PhD Scholar’s Paper is presented in memory of Bill Faulkner (1945-2002), Professor of Tourism at Griffith University and Deputy CEO of Australian’s Centre of Co-operative Research in Sustainable Tourism. Professor Faulkner was widely know internationally for his publications in many research journals and many contributions at conferences. In Australia he was generally and […]

CAUTHE offers bursaries to support travel to and attendance at the annual conference. Applicants must submit a full refereed paper and statement outlining the need for funding. The winners are presented a certificate at the conference. Early Career Researcher Bursaries 2018 Michael Volgger, Curtin University, Smartly reconfiguring a tourism destination: Learnings from an innovation case 2017 Faith […]

The Fellows Award is given each year to an academic from Australia or New Zealand who is seen to have made the greatest contribution to Australasian tourism, hospitality and/or event education or research from those who have been nominated. The Award is presented at the annual conference dinner. Past Fellows Award Winners 2021 Dr Mingming […]

The Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (JHTM) makes awards each year to the authors of a best paper and two highly commended papers, and the best reviewers of the year. The awards are presented during the gala of the annual CAUTHE conference. **Free access will be granted to the award winning papers for three months. […]

The Hospitality & Society Award is open to all full hospitality papers submitted and accepted for the annual conference. The award is for refereed papers submitted to the Conference Committee in full, by a date specified by the committee. The nominated papers are judged by a sub-committee of Hospitality & Society. The winner is presented with a certificate […]