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Tel: (675) 422 2707 Ext: 786
Fax: (675) 422 2812
Blog:
Location: AA Building/ Room#07
Research interest:
- Social embeddedness, kinship relations and livelihoods in tourism on the Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea
- Stakeholder theory, integrated World War 2 heritage management, conservation, and development in Papua New Guinea
- Colonial history and tourism in Papua New Guinea
- Pedagogy of methodological learning
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Summary
Vanessa Uiari is currently a lecturer in the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management. She has almost 20 years of experience in technical and vocational training and higher education in tourism and hospitality management. She currently serves as the Chair of the Faculty Research Committee. She volunteers on the editorial committee of the Electronic Journal of Informatics. Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Hotel Management from Griffith University, Queensland, 2001. In 2016, after earning a Higher Distinction in Marketing Research, Qualitative Research Methods, and Quantitative Research Methods in the Master of Tourism Management by Research, she upgraded her course to undertake a Doctor of Philosophy at Edith Cowan University, which she is currently completing while teaching fulltime. Her expertise is grounded in almost ten years of experience working at the Holiday Inn Port Moresby, in a hotel management career, which began in 1993 and ended in 2001 when she made the transition to work in post-secondary technical training. This has expanded to include an expertise developed from her ongoing doctoral research, which is an ethnographic study that explores everyday life and the worldview of the autochthonous ‘Isurava’ kin groups living along the northern stretches of the Kokoda Trail in the Iora Creek valley, in Oro province.
Research Projects:
Teaching
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Year 1 Foundations of Tourism and Hospitality
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Year 2 Tourism and Hospitality Information Systems
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Year 3 Food and Beverage Management
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Year 4 Tourism and Hospitality Services Management
Experience
Current Designation
Tourism and Hospitality department, Lecturer
Full time
- 2008 to Present: Senior Lecturer, Department of Tourism and Hospitality
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2019 - 2021- Chair of the Faculty Research Committee, Faculty of Business & Informatics, Divine Word University.
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2004 to 2006- Acting Head of the Department of Tourism and Hospitality, Lae Polytechnic College
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2002 Jan to Nov- Course Coordinator & Acting Head of Department, Travel, Tourism & Hospitality, Graham Bamford and Don Daniel’s Port Moresby Business Training Institute & Hospitality Training College of PNG
- 1993 to 2001- Last position held was as Reservations Manager & Assistant Manager, Rooms Division, Holiday Inn Port Moresby (formerly Islander Travelodge)
Awards
EDUCATION
AWARDS & HONORS
- Bachelor of Hotel Management, Griffith University, Qld, Australia
- Currently completing Doctor of Philosophy, Business, Edith Cowan University, WA, Australia
Presentations
- Uiari, V. & Murki, N. (2021). 2018 APEC Summit and National Pride: An Emerging Finding and Using In-Depth Interviews. Business, Tourism and Informatics Symposium, DWU, Madang.
Uiari-Murki-2021-FBI-Symposium-PPT
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Uiari, V. (2019). Destabilising, resisting and agency in writing an ethnography on Kokoda Trail tourism as an insider. Proceedings of the Australian Anthropological Society Conference, Canberra, Australia, 42. doi.org/10.22582/aas2019prg
Publications
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Fitina, L., Imbal, J., Uiari, V., Murki, N., & Goodyear, E. (2010). An application of minimum spanning trees to travel planning. Contemporary PNG Studies, 12(1)
Supervision
2019 Undergraduate research projects for BS429 Business Research Methods II
Bal, D. (2019). The impact of in-bound tour operators on the local economy: The case of Mt. Wilhelm, Gembogl sub-district
Pedi, E. (2019). The impacts of western culture on the use of traditional currency - ‘Mis’ of New Ireland province (Kavieng District)
Laiamgitai, L. (2019). Local perceptions of the link between the Ahi Festival and the Ahi Traditional Culture: Views from peri-urban settlements and villages in Lae urban district
Nabur, E. (2019). Tourism and the commodification of the ‘badam’ (Karkar bilum)
To’ogamena, P. (2019). Tourism as an economic development tool for developing countries: A micro case from PNG
2020 Undergraduate research projects for BS429 Business Research Methods II
Andrews, J. (2020). Customer perceptions and service quality on inbound international Air Niugini flights
Cheevers, L. (2020). Experiences and satisfaction of scuba dive tourists in Kimbe, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
Giobun, L. (2020). Disintermediation and service quality of traditional travel agents in Port Moresby and Madang
Iningi, F. (2020). Effects of perceived safety and purpose of travel on perceived service quality at Air Niugini Limited
Kenatsi, K. (2020). Evaluation of accommodation supplier websites in Papua New Guinea: Perceptions of usability for Kuri Village Resort and Doini Plantation Resort
Subam, I. (2020). Mediatised tourism: Influences of the making of Robinson Crusoe on tourism to Madang
2021 Current undergraduate research projects for BS326 Business Research Methods I
Civil Insecurities and Tourism in Alotau, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea by B. Patterson
Perspectives of Safety: Highlands Students in Divine Word University travelling along the Highlands Highway by E. Uglinga
The Role of Distance and Socio-Demographic Characteristics in Influencing Visitation to the Port Moresby Nature Park in Papua New Guinea by D.Varily
The Influence of Storytelling Travel Blogs on Student's Intentions to Visit a Holiday Location by B. Walaun
Sorr Village People’s Perceptions on Ramu Nickel Refinery (Basamuk) Mine Versus Sustainable Tourism in Rai Coast by J. Yali
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