Ted Wykes, MA - School of Tourism and Hospitality Management
Topics:
- special events & conference management
- labour shortages in the hospitality industry
- tourism & hospitality education
- expectations of hiring university graduates in tourism
Ted Wykes joined the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management at Royal Roads University in 2007. Before that, Wykes taught for 15 years in the School of Tourism at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops and six years in the Tourism Management Program at Fleming College in Peterborough, Ontario.
His industry experience includes working in various Canadian Pacific (now Fairmont) Hotels across Canada, marketing for the Ministry of Tourism in Alberta and representing the City of Calgary as the Convention Sales Manager. He has also consulted on tourism education projects in Jamaica, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and India.
Wykes has focused much of his research on the development of occupational standards for various positions in the special event management and convention management fields. He is co-author of Meetings and Conventions: A Planning Guide.
Media queries for RRU staff and faculty should be directed to
Doug Ozeroff in RRU Community Relations, 250-391-2526. For other queries, contact Mr. Wykes directly.
