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Brian E. M. King Professor
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Education: M.Sc. at University of Strathclyde; M.A. at Aberdeen; Ph.D. at Monash.
Research interests: Tourism and hospitality marketing; Tourism in developing countries, particularly island microstates; Tourism in the Asia Pacific region; Tourism and cultural sustainability; Migrant community travel patterns; Human resource development in hospitality and tourism; Resort development; Emerging markets, investment, migration, government policy and human resource development; Inter-relationship between inbound and outbound tourism.
Present positions: Joint Editor in Chief, Tourism, Culture and Communication ● Editorial Board Member: Tourism Review International; Tourism Recreation Research; Australian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management ● Member of the Executive Advisory Committee, Journal of Vacation Marketing ● Board Member: Western Melbourne Tourism; Board Member, Ocean Spirit Cruises ● Academic Expertise, International Centre of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education ( http://www.tourismhospitalityeducation.com/expertise/academic/tourism/Prof_Brian_King/33.aspx) ● Memberships: Australian Marketing Institute, Tourism Concern; Skal International; Pacific Asia Travel Association; United Nations APETIT Network.
Awards and acknowledgments: Best Paper Award at the CAUTHE Conference, 2005.
SOME PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE ON WEB
(2006) Thuy-Huong Truong, Brian King, Comparing cross-cultural dimensions of the experiences of international tourists in Vietnam, Journal of Business Systems, Governance and ethics, vol. 1, no. 1, 65-75 (http://www.jbsge.vu.edu.au/vol1no1/truong.pdf) .
(2004) King,B.E.M., Bennet, M. & Milner, L The health resort sector in Australia, Journal of Vacation Marketing 10(2): 122-137 (preprint: http://eprints.vu.edu.au/archive/00000465/01/C58EA28C-18C0-4a97-9AF2-036E93DDAFB3.pdf).
(2004) King, Brian, Tourism 2004: State of the art II. Anatolia. An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research., 15 (2). pp.206-208 ( http://eprints.vu.edu.au/archive/00000558/01/Tourism_2004_state_of_the_art_ll.pdf).
(2002) Melphon Mayaka and Brian King, A quality assessment of education and training for Kenya's tour-operating sector, Current Issues in Tourism, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 112-133 (http://www.multilingual-matters.net/cit/005/0112/cit0050112.pdf).
(1996) Sean Weaver and Brian King, Environmental management and the Fiji tourism industry, Journal of Pacific Studies, Vol.19, 127-144 (http://www.usp.ac.fj/editorial/jpacs_new/VOL19_WEAVER.PDF).
Updated: January 31, 2007