All papers are to be submitted electronically using the online submission form.

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Deadline Dates	Refereed Paper	1 October 2006
	Working Paper	31 October 2006

The Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) invites researchers, educators, and government and industry practitioners in the fields of tourism, hospitality, events and leisure to submit research papers for the 2007 Annual Conference within the general theme of tourism: past achievements, future challenges

The various streams of the conference are:

Destination marketing and management;
Critical issues in tourism: tourism embodiment; tourism and representation;
Tourism and hospitality product innovation and development;
Creating accessible tourism environments;
Risk management and security;
Evaluation of tourism impacts;
Hospitality and tourism education, training, standards, and quality;
Information and communication technologies in travel and tourism;
History of tourism;
Tourism and hospitality sustainability;
Tourism and hospitality markets and consumer behaviour;
Reflections on 15 years of tourism education and research at Australian Universities.

Papers on any other areas relating to research into tourism and hospitality will be included in an 'other' stream.

Paper Types

Refereed

Refereed papers will be subject to a double blind refereeing process by experts in the theme that the paper addresses. Successful papers will be published in full in the refereed section of the conference proceedings. Papers should have a maximum of 5000 words (including references), be written in accordance with the guidelines given here and accompanied by an abstract of up to 250 words. Submitted papers will be acknowledged on receipt and will be subject to the following timetable:

authors receive referees' comments and Scientific Committee's decision by 30 November 2006
where applicable, authors respond to comments of referees and Scientific Committee by 15 December 2006.

If the paper is not accepted as a refereed paper, it can still be accepted as a working paper.

Working

Working papers are to be submitted in the form of an extended abstract of 800-1200 words, which will be published in the conference proceedings. Authors will be advised within two weeks of submission if their working paper is suitable for the conference.

Presentation Options

Delegates submitting a refereed paper or working paper can express a preference for a standard presentation or a poster presentation.

Standard presentations will be allocated a specific time in one of the concurrent sessions. Each presenter will have 15 minutes to present their work, to be followed by 5 minutes for questions and commentary.

Alternatively, papers can be presented in a poster format. Presenters are allocated one of the concurrent sessions for the display of their poster in the anteroom of the conference venue, and will required to be available during that period to engage in discussion with those interested in the results of their research. This gives further opportunities to meet and engage with delegates in an atmosphere of inquiry.

While taking account of authors' preferences as far as possible, the Scientific Committee reserves the option to allocate working papers a presentation style, depending on program requirements. Guidelines on poster preparation are given here. A prize will be awarded for the best poster presentation

Early Submission

Those interested in submitting a paper are encouraged to take advantage of the early submission process. Under this arrangement, papers submitted for refereeing before August 15, 2006, will be reviewed and the author advised within four (4) weeks of submission.

The Scientific Committee looks forward to receiving your submission for the CAUTHE 2007 Conference