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INVITATION FROM THE CONFERENCE CHAIR
Kia ora
On behalf of the Organising Committee, it gives me great pleasure to invite tourism researchers, educators, postgraduate students and practitioners to attend the 2010 New Zealand Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference. This conference will be hosted by the New Zealand Tourism Research Institute and the School of Hospitality and Tourism at AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand from 24 - 26 November, 2010.
The conference theme: "Adding Value Through Research" focuses on linking industry and academia through research related activities and we hope this will prompt involvement and engagement from both those who conduct and those who commission and use the research.
We seek papers and presentations which inform the wider tourism community regarding how research adds value. This conference will focus on celebrating and advancing research not for its own sake, but for the value it can bring to others.
The conference is timely. In 2011, New Zealand will host a significant international event in the Rugby World Cup. Furthermore, New Zealand and other nations are facing significant challenges from a tourism and hospitality management perspective. Research has an important role to play in meeting those challenges.
In the past the New Zealand Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference has attracted a number of attendees from overseas and we welcome international perspectives and look forward to learning from your experiences. We have a number of field-trips planned, a great conference dinner and some inspirational key-note speakers.
The conference will take place at AUT University\'s campus in downtown Auckland, an urban area consistently rated as one of the most liveable cities in the world. The city of Auckland and the wider surrounding region has a diverse range of tourism attractions, a significant hospitality industry and is a primary gateway providing easy access to the rest of the New Zealand tourism experience.
Please take the opportunity to register your interest here via this website and we look forward to maintaining contact and updating you with regard to the conference over the time leading up to 24 November 2010.
Warmest regards
Mark Orams
On behalf of the Organising Committee
