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Stephen Craig-Smith was Head of the School of Tourism from 1988 until 2000 and has been Deputy Head since 2001. He is also Chair of Teaching and Learning. His research interests revolve around many aspects of tourism higher education. He is a member of the Queensland Ministerial Advisory Panel to the Minister of Education, a member of the Hong Kong Accreditation Council and an auditor for THE-ICE. He was created an inaugural fellow of CAUTHE for services to tourism education in 2008.

• Tourism education especially at undergraduate level.
• Academic advisor on tourism development programs in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China.
• Urban tourism - the use of tourism for economic regeneration.
• Island tourism - Pacific and Caribbean island tourism.
• Stephen has worked extensively in the Pacific Islands with funding from island governments and U.N. ESCAP.

• Australian College of Education
• Australian Tourism Research
• Institute of Royal Town Planning Institute
• International Association of Scholarship Experts in Tourism
• Visiting Professional fellow - Curtin University of Technology, Perth Western Australia, 1998-99
• External examiner to Mara Technological University, Malaysia since 1999
• Honorary professor at Shanghai Institute of Tourism

CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE

• Environmental management and in particular coastal environmental management in the U.K., Caribbean and Australia.
• Curriculum development at secondary school level with the Queensland State Government and at University level in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China.