The 3^rd Tourism Outlook Conference and Global Event Congress in conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year 2007, is jointly organized by the Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management, the Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying at the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia, and School of Tourism, at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Conference Themes:

Heritage & Tourism : Alliances & Network Relationships, Event Management & Event Tourism

The tourism sector is now facing the challenges of globalization and world crisis that brought about the formulation of cooperative strategies, collaboration, partnerships and alliances between the components of the tourism sectors. This conference aims to bring together heritage, event and tourism organizations in determining various areas in the development of alliances and building network relationships for the future of the tourism industry. International and local prominent speakers will be invited to deliver keynote addresses during the conference.

The Global Events Congress is the premier international meeting for discussing the different perspectives and the various contexts of events. This meeting brings together representatives from academia, government, industry and professional associations to discuss current issues and trends, teaching and learning methods, and developments for the future.

The joint conference will take place over three days and includes a combination of plenary and break-out sessions devoted to research issues on the suggested (and related) topics. We to invite authors to submit either an abstract or a full paper in the following areas: