Conferences
CAUTHE Annual Conference
Each year CAUTHE holds a research conference which aims to:
- promote informative, stimulating and challenging discussions about recent methodological innovations in the field.
- receive feedback from peers and improve the quality of research and educational output.
- establish dialogue with industry, government and community representatives.
- foster networking and collaboration within the field and across the sector.
CAUTHE 2027 Conference
The 37th Annual CAUTHE Conference, Rethinking the visitor economy: Inclusive futures for people, place and planet, will be hosted by Western Sydney University in Parramatta, New South Wales from 8-11 February 2027. See CAUTHE 2027 Conference website.
Past conference locations
2026 Adelaide, Australia – Torrens University Australia conference
2025 Brisbane, Australia – The University of Queensland conference
2024 Hobart, Australia – University of Tasmania conference
2023 Fremantle, Western Australia – Curtin, Edith Cowan and Murdoch Universities conference
2022 Griffith University, Australia – Online conference
2021 CAUTHE Online – CAUTHE conference
2020 Auckland, New Zealand – Auckland University of Technology conference | program
2019 Cairns, Australia – Central Queensland University conference | program
2018 Newcastle, Australia – The University of Newcastle conference | program
2017 Dunedin, New Zealand – University of Otago conference
2016 Sydney, Australia – Blue Mountains International Hotel School conference
2015 Gold Coast, Queensland – Southern Cross University conference
2014 Brisbane, Queensland – The University of Queensland conference
2013 Lincoln, New Zealand – Lincoln University conference
2012 Melbourne, Victoria – La Trobe University conference
2011 Adelaide, South Australia – University of South Australia conference
2010 Hobart, Tasmania – University of Tasmania conference
2009 Fremantle, Western Australia – Curtin University of Technology conference
2008 Gold Coast, Queensland – Griffith University conference
2007 Manly, New South Wales – University of Technology Sydney
2006 Melbourne, Victoria – Victoria University
2005 Alice Springs, Northern Territory – Charles Darwin University
2004 Brisbane, Queensland – The University of Queensland
2003 Coffs Harbour, New South Wales – Southern Cross University
2002 Fremantle, Western Australia – Edith Cowan University, Curtin University & Murdoch University
2001 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory – University of Canberra
2000 Mt. Buller, Victoria – LaTrobe University
1999 Adelaide, South Australia – University of South Australia, University of Adelaide & Flinders University
1998 Gold Coast, Queensland – Griffith University
1997 Manly, New South Wales – University of Western Sydney, University of Technology Sydney, University of Sydney & University of New South Wales
1996 Coffs Harbour, New South Wales – Southern Cross University
1995 Melbourne, Victoria – Victoria University of Technology
1994 Gold Coast, Queensland – Griffith University
1993 Sydney, New South Wales – University of Sydney
Early conferences – two conferences prior to the formalisation of CAUTHE were held in:
1991 Newcastle, New South Wales – University of Newcastle
1988 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory – University of Canberra
Past conference proceedings