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December 2024
- Dec 17, 2024 UTM co-hosted the “8th UNESCO UNITWIN Conference 2024: World Heritage as Resilience for Tourism Recovery” Dec 17, 2024
August 2024
- Aug 9, 2024 UTM co-hosted APTA annual conference showcasing cutting-edge tourism research Aug 9, 2024
October 2023
- Oct 31, 2023 IFTM recently hosted the 5th International Tourism and Retail Service Management Conference (TRMC2023) Oct 31, 2023
September 2023
- Sep 12, 2023 IFTM co-organised international conference in Poland (ICE2023) Sep 12, 2023
June 2022
- Jun 8, 2022 Joint research collaboration with the Sun Yat-Sen University on GBA cross-border governance, coordination and management in tourism crisis Jun 8, 2022
March 2022
- Mar 22, 2022 Public Lecture on Post COVID-19 Tourism Recovery Strategies for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Mar 22, 2022
February 2022
- Feb 9, 2022 IPBA 2022 - The 6th Annual Conference of the International Place Branding Association Feb 9, 2022
November 2021
- Nov 17, 2021 The 4th GBA Tourism Research Alliance Forum was successfully held on 5 November 2021 Nov 17, 2021
August 2021
- Aug 9, 2021 The 4th Greater Bay Area Tourism Research Alliance Forum Aug 9, 2021
July 2021
- Jul 2, 2021 The 3rd International Tourism Retail and Service Management Conference (TRMC2021) Jul 2, 2021
March 2021
- Mar 16, 2021 Smart Tourism in the Greater Bay Area Forum Mar 16, 2021
December 2020
- Dec 16, 2020 Macao Human Resource Monitoring Study (MHRM) - December 2020 Dec 16, 2020
July 2020
- Jul 7, 2020 Results of a Joint GBA-Related Research 大灣區相關的聯合研究結果 Jul 7, 2020
June 2020
- Jun 12, 2020 Macao Human Resource Monitoring Study (MHRM) - June 2020 Jun 12, 2020
May 2020
- May 18, 2020 ICE2020 Conference Postponed (Tentatively to 13-16 April 2021) May 18, 2020
- May 14, 2020 ICOTTS'20 Conference (29-31 October 2020) in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia May 14, 2020
November 2019
- Nov 6, 2019 TRMC 2019 Conference was successfully held in Tianjin China Nov 6, 2019
- Nov 5, 2019 Tourism Research and Education Forum of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau and ASEAN (31 Oct -1 Nov 2019) Nov 5, 2019
September 2019
- Sep 6, 2019 Advanced Research and Journal Writing Laboratory in Asymmetric Modeling via Computing with Words Sep 6, 2019
May 2019
- May 7, 2019 ICE2020 Conference (14-17 Apr 2020, Cape Town, South Africa) May 7, 2019
- May 6, 2019 TRMC2019 Conference (27-28 Oct 2019, Tianjin China) May 6, 2019
- May 2, 2019 Public seminar "Is there a crisis in research?" by Prof. Chris Ryan May 2, 2019
March 2019
- Mar 14, 2019 GBA Tourism Research Exchange Mar 14, 2019
January 2019
- Jan 25, 2019 Public Forum on SMART TOURISM, SMART DESTINATIONS Jan 25, 2019
December 2018
- Dec 19, 2018 Macao Human Resource Monitoring Study online survey 2018 (part 2) 澳門人力資源監察調查2018(第二期)網上問卷 Dec 19, 2018
May 2018
- May 10, 2018 IFT, SYS and HKPU organised the GBA Collaborative Tourism Research Forum May 10, 2018
April 2018
- Apr 26, 2018 The 3rd Annual Conference of the International Place Brand Association hosted by DBM-VI Apr 26, 2018
- Apr 26, 2018 The International Conference on Tourism and Retail Management 2018 Apr 26, 2018
- Apr 24, 2018 IFT and Nankai joint Forum on China's Belt and Road Initiative was successfully held Apr 24, 2018
- Apr 10, 2018 The Greater Bay Area Collaborative Tourism Research Forum 大灣區旅遊研究合作論壇 Apr 10, 2018
March 2018
- Mar 12, 2018 International Forum on China’s Belt and Road Initiative中國“一帶一路”倡議相關的國際論壇 Mar 12, 2018
November 2017
- Nov 27, 2017 IFT ITRC holds industry briefing on MHRM Project and releases the latest survey findings Nov 27, 2017
- Nov 3, 2017 Industry briefing on latest findings of the Macao Human Resources Monitor Project to be held on Friday, 24 November, 2017 Nov 3, 2017
May 2017
- May 17, 2017 The Second Conference of International Place Branding Association (IPBA) May 17, 2017
February 2017
- Feb 6, 2017 BEYOND THE WAVES: The 4th International Conference on Events (ICE2017) Feb 6, 2017
December 2016
- Dec 9, 2016 The industry briefing on MHRM was sucessfully held with representatives from 17 local organizations attended Dec 9, 2016
November 2016
- Nov 9, 2016 Industry briefing on latest findings of the Macao Human Resources Monitor Project to be held on Thursday, December 1, 2016 Nov 9, 2016
July 2016
- Jul 15, 2016 Call for Papers (IPBA Conference) extends its submission deadline for abstract Jul 15, 2016
March 2016
- Mar 22, 2016 ITRC discussed about enhancing the FIT Policy Mar 22, 2016
February 2016
- Feb 17, 2016 The Inaugural Conference of the International Place Branding Association (IPBA 2016) Feb 17, 2016
January 2016
- Jan 22, 2016 The 22nd Asia Pacific Tourism Association Annual Conference Jan 22, 2016
October 2015
- Oct 15, 2015 First preliminary meeting of the GReAT Alliance Oct 15, 2015
- Oct 15, 2015 IFT’s Tourism Research Centre hosts TOURISM 20:20 international symposium on the past and future of tourism & launches initiative towards Global Research Alliance in Tourism Oct 15, 2015
September 2015
- Sep 17, 2015 IFT hosts the 3rd International Conference on Events (ICE 2015) Sep 17, 2015
May 2015
- May 14, 2015 Submission deadline for the 3rd International Conference on Events (ICE2015) draws near May 14, 2015
April 2015
- Apr 29, 2015 The 8th International Conference on Services Management Apr 29, 2015
- Apr 17, 2015 The Lisbon Consortium Symposium Apr 17, 2015
- Apr 10, 2015 Seminar for HK principals on Global Career Trends in Tourism and Hospitality Apr 10, 2015
March 2015
- Mar 26, 2015 ITRC announces findings of the Macao Tourism Carrying Capacity Study (TCC) for 2013 and 2014 Mar 26, 2015
December 2014
- Dec 12, 2014 IFT hosts the 7th International Conference on Services Management Dec 12, 2014
- Dec 12, 2014 IFT hosts the 5th Destination Branding and Marketing Conference with this year's theme on "Building Enduring Place Brands" Dec 12, 2014
- Dec 10, 2014 The 7th International Conference on Services Management Dec 10, 2014
- Dec 3, 2014 The 5th International Conference on Branding and Marketing Dec 3, 2014
November 2014
- Nov 5, 2014 The “Industry Briefing Session on Macao Human Resource Monitoring Survey” attracted more than 30 industry colleagues Nov 5, 2014
October 2014
- Oct 29, 2014 Industry briefing regarding MHRM project to be held Oct 29, 2014
September 2014
- Sep 6, 2014 ITRC Director on TDM Talk Show Sep 6, 2014
April 2014
- Apr 17, 2014 Findings in tourism and retail shopping research discussed at the 5th IFT-BU E-Conference Apr 17, 2014
- Apr 10, 2014 The 5th IFT-BU E-Conference Apr 10, 2014
- Apr 3, 2014 ITRC announces latest updates of its Visitor Profile Study (VPS) Apr 3, 2014
March 2014
- Mar 31, 2014 International Conference on Tourism Milestones - Preparing for Tomorrow (ICTM@2014) Mar 31, 2014
- Mar 9, 2014 ITRC discussed the FIT Policy at TDM's Macau Forum Mar 9, 2014
February 2014
- Feb 21, 2014 ITRC announces full year Macao Tourist Satisfaction Index (MTSI) result for 2013 Feb 21, 2014
November 2013
- Nov 29, 2013 IFT and OBU shared joint research result at the public seminar "Successful Growth Strategies for SMEs" Nov 29, 2013
- Nov 29, 2013 Public Seminar on “Successful Growth Strategies for SME” Nov 29, 2013
- Nov 8, 2013 ANTOR (HK) visited ITRC Nov 8, 2013
- Nov 7, 2013 Public seminar delivered by RRG Dr. Moon Fai Chan Nov 7, 2013
- Nov 7, 2013 Public Seminar by RRG Scholar Dr. Moon Fai Chan Nov 7, 2013
October 2013
- Oct 31, 2013 ITRC announces latest updates of its Visitor Profile Study (VPS) Oct 31, 2013
- Oct 24, 2013 ITRC announces the latest findings of the Macao Tourist Satisfaction Index (MTSI) Oct 24, 2013
July 2013
- Jul 14, 2013 ‘Food, Drink and Hospitality: Space, Materiality, Practice’ Jul 14, 2013
- Jul 5, 2013 Making Waves - International Conference on Events (ICE 2013) was successfully held Jul 5, 2013
- Jul 3, 2013 International Conference on Events (ICE2013), 3-5 July 2013 at Bournemouth University, UK Jul 3, 2013
June 2013
- Jun 28, 2013 Dr. Edmond Wu of Sun Yat-sen University begins his research residency at IFT Jun 28, 2013
- Jun 28, 2013 Q4 2012 report of the Macao Visitor Profile Survey (VPS) released Jun 28, 2013
- Jun 28, 2013 Visitor satisfaction with Macao slightly better than 2011 but no signs yet of sustained improvement Jun 28, 2013
March 2013
- Mar 8, 2013 New study by ITRC reveals which profile of Macao workers have the highest and lowest job satisfaction Mar 8, 2013
- Mar 8, 2013 ITRC launches long-term periodic monitoring and study of labor and human resource issues – MHRM Mar 8, 2013
- Mar 2, 2013 IFT-BU E-conference 2013 Mar 2, 2013
February 2013
- Feb 14, 2013 International Conference on Tourism, Transport and Logistics 2013 Feb 14, 2013
January 2013
- Jan 31, 2013 Deadline for Abstract Submission for the ICE 2013 - 31st January 2013 Jan 31, 2013
December 2012
- Dec 5, 2012 Destination Branding and Marketing Conference 2012 Dec 5, 2012
November 2012
- Nov 21, 2012 Q2 and Q3 2012 reports of the Macao Visitor Profile Survey (VPS) released Nov 21, 2012
- Nov 15, 2012 Latest quarterly results (Q3 2012) of the Macao Tourism Satisfaction Index (MTSI) Nov 15, 2012
September 2012
- Sep 16, 2012 ITRC at TDM's Macau Forum Sep 16, 2012
- Sep 14, 2012 Has the smoking ordinance made a difference to residents and visitors in Macao? Sep 14, 2012
- Sep 12, 2012 Assessing the Impacts of the Macau 2012 Smoking Ordinance - A Research Seminar Sep 12, 2012
August 2012
- Aug 28, 2012 Visitors’ satisfaction has neither worsened or improved for first half of 2012 Aug 28, 2012
May 2012
- May 17, 2012 Macao takes its place among world’s most creative cities May 17, 2012
March 2012
- Mar 22, 2012 Experiences about labor issues exchanged between IFT and Bournemouth University, UK Mar 22, 2012
- Mar 20, 2012 IFT-BU E-conference 2012 Mar 20, 2012
February 2012
- Feb 2, 2012 Visitors came for pleasure purpose stayed longer than past few quarters Feb 2, 2012
December 2011
- Dec 2, 2011 Key factors of successful international franchise partnerships Dec 2, 2011
- Dec 2, 2011 Successful Franchise Partnerships: Partner Selection and Relationship Development Dec 2, 2011
October 2011
- Oct 21, 2011 Overall visitors' satisfaction level has declined compared to last year Oct 21, 2011
- Oct 21, 2011 2011 Press Conference: Current Trends in Macao Visitor Satisfaction and Profile Oct 21, 2011
May 2011
- May 4, 2011 MTSI drops considerably Q1 2011 May 4, 2011
March 2011
- Mar 31, 2011 IFT-BU E-conference 2011 Mar 31, 2011
September 2010
- Sep 23, 2010 The MICE industry stacking up well to environmental standards Sep 23, 2010
- Sep 22, 2010 Result of pilot survey for MTSI unveiled Sep 22, 2010
- Sep 22, 2010 The Macao Tourist Satisfaction Index (MTSI) Press Conference 2010 Sep 22, 2010