“Architecting the Future of Tourism Education”
Abstract
CONFERENCE REPORT “Architecting the Future of Tourism Education”: Report on the 2005 Conference of the International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators (ISTTE), October 20-22, 2005, Chicago Jane (Jian) Zhang Liping A. Cai The Twenty-fourth Annual Conference of International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators (ISTTE) was held at Hotel Allegro in Chicago from October 20 to 22, 2005. The theme of the conference was “Architecting the Future of Tourism Education.” The conference fea- tured a rich program that included thirty-eight concurrent academic and Jane (Jian) Zhang is a Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 (E-mail: jianz@ purdue.edu). Liping A. Cai is Professor, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 (E-mail: liping@purdue.edu). Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism, Vol. 6(1) 2006 Available online at http://www.haworthpress.com/web/JTTT © 2006 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. doi:10.1300/J172v06n01_06 83 84 JOURNAL OF TEACHING IN TRAVEL & TOURISM professional sessions, as well as numerous social and recreational func- tions. More than a hundred participants from fourteen countries attended the conference, representing North America, South America, Europe, Middle East, Australia, and Asia. The conference attracted a record of