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Ms Frances Cassidy

Name :	Ms Frances Cassidy
Position :	Lecturer (Tourism)
Section :	Faculty of Business and Law School of Management and Marketing
Office :	A527
Location :	Springfield Campus
Phone :	+61 7 3470 4577
Extension :	4577
E-mail :
Qualifications :	DipT BrisbaneCAE BEd Newcastle MBus Qld

Home Page : http://www.usq.edu.au/users/cassidy
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Professional Memberships

Associate Fellow of the Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development.

Professional Affiliations

Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA)
International Federation of Women's Travel Organisation (IFWTO)

Research Interests

Travel and Tourism Research.
Event sport tourism research.
Senior travellers.
Web based learning.

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Cassidy, F 2005, 'Satisfaction of Australian Grey Tourists to the Great Barrier Reef Islands of Queensland', paper presented to Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE), Alice Springs, 1-5 February 2005.

Cassidy, F 2004, 'Satisfaction of Australian familes travel experience to the Great Barrier Reef Islands of Queensland', paper presented to Asia Pacific Tourism Association, Nagasaki, Japan, 4-7 July 2004, pp. 716-22.

Cassidy, F 2004, 'Thoughts of the Local Residents of Espiritu Santo on Australian Visitors', paper presented to Acadamy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, pp. 624-34.

Cassidy, F 2002, 'A Balancing Act Between Academic Rigour and Practical Knowledge: Successfully Teaching Travel Management in 21st Century', paper presented to Pacific Rim Leisure Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A., 12-14 January 2002, pp. 71-5.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

MKT1003 Introduction to Tourism
MKT2010 Event Management

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 6 years
Other : 17 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Course Leader.
Representative for the Board of Academic Development Leave.
Liason for the Marketing and Tourism Club.