Chris Ryan, Visiting Professor

Chris is Professor of Hospitality & Tourism in the Management School of the University of Waikato in New Zealand. He has been at the University of Waikato since 1998, having arrived from his previous post of Professor of Tourism at the Northern Territory University. He is the editor of 'Tourism Management', has written well over 100 academic journal articles, book chapters and conference papers and several books. In 1999 he was appointed to the APEC Tourism Minister’s Advisory Committee by the Korean Social Science Association for Tourism for the 2000 APEC Tourism Minister’s conference, and again for the 2004 APEC Tourism Ministers' Conference held in Chile by the APEC Centre for Sustainable Tourism.

Other international work includes work for the World Tourism Organisation. Within New Zealand he has completed work for Tourism New Zealand, the Ministry of Tourism, Tourism Auckland, Tourism Waikato and individual private sector organisations. One of these pieces of work, in 2004, required a review of New Zealand's Tourism Research Strategy on behalf of the Ministry of Tourism. His experiences range from work involved in helping to establish a World Heritage Site to advising on pricing for a jet boat operation.