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News - Meet the Industry Leaders Success! - Sep 22, 2006
The School of Tourism’s annual Meet the Industry Leaders Event was a tremendous success, hosting more than 60 industry representatives and near to 200 students

News - UQ triumphs at Queensland Tourism Awards - Nov 23, 2006
The University of Queensland's School of Tourism took out top honours in the Tourism Education and Training category at the 2006 Queensland Tourism Awards

News - UQ researcher praises Schoolies management - Nov 23, 2006
Dr Shane Pegg was the first leisure researcher in Australia to investigate the personality profiles of the people who were attending Schoolies and has surveyed hundreds of attendees each year for the past four years.

News - New Look School of Tourism - Sep 22, 2006
The School of Tourism and Leisure Management has been renamed simply the School of Tourism

News - UNWTO Update: 2006 Ulysses Conference - Nov 18, 2005
The UQ School of Tourism and Leisure Management has been selected to be the next leader of the prestigious United Nations World Tourism Organization?s Education Council.

News - Outstanding UQ intern for TTF Australia - Sep 22, 2006
Working part time has long been a part of the university student experience but recent changes to the student funding mechanism have let increasing numbers of students undertaking paid employment

News - Hospitality management academic wins Best Paper at I-CHRIE - Sep 22, 2006
The subject of hospitality management in hotels has taken the spotlight following the 2006 International CHRIE “The Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education” Conference

News - Whitsunday’s join the Executive Shadowing Program - Jul 28, 2006
The School of Tourism’s successful Executive Shadowing Program is now offering hotel and tourism students an invaluable experience as far away as the Whitsunday Islands.

News - Star Student Receives Industry Recognition - Jul 15, 2006
Outstanding event management student Elizabeth Kennedy was recently award not one but two prizes from industry in recognition of her academic achievements.

News - Scholar-athlete to manage at games - Feb 8, 2006
The Scholar-Athlete games bring together scholars who are talented in sport and performing arts to compete and interact in the athletic arena as well as the classroom

News - New scholarships from THE-ICE available to UQ students - Mar 13, 2006
The International Centre of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education (THE-ICE) has just announced a new round of 3 scholarships which apply to some programs offered by the UQ School of Tourism

News - Ipswich students' budding business potential - May 3, 2006
Two of these business "stars of tomorrow", Emma Fitzgerald, Newtown, and Reece Mitchell, Eastern Heights, are locals who enrolled in business programs at the UQ Ipswich campus earlier this year

News - The use of Internet Technology for Travel by older adults - Apr 7, 2006
In the Information and Communication Technologies in Support of the Tourism Industry textbook, the traditional role of the travel agent is challenged the rise of online travel bookings.

News - New Learning for Sustainability Web site - Mar 31, 2006
Link to the Learning for Sustainability web site

News - Scholarships for new BBus students in 2006 - Feb 8, 2006
Six scholarships are available from the Schools of Business and Tourism and Leisure Management for students enrolling for the first time in the Bachelor of Business and the Bachelor of Business Communication at the Ipswich Campus.