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ISTTE Award 2025
ISTTE Award 2025 Descriptions and Nomination
ISTTE, the International Society of Travel & Tourism Educators, presents awards to its members during the annual conference. The purpose of the awards is to encourage excellence in travel and tourism education and provide special recognition to members and former members of the Society.
ISTTE Martin Oppermann Lifetime Achievement Award
The award recognizes and honors an individual who has provided significant service to the Society.
ISTTE Institutional Achievement Award
This award recognizes and honors an institute that has made significant long-term contributions to the field of travel and tourism education. The contributions may be at any educational level and may be anywhere in the world.
ISTTE Heidi Sung Achievement AwardThis award recognizes and honors an individual who has made significant lifetime contributions to the field of travel and tourism at the four-year level educational institutions granting a bachelor’s degree or higher.
ISTTE John C. Kesler Achievement AwardThis award recognizes and honors an individual who has made significant lifetime contributions to the field of travel and tourism education at a post-high school, two-year degree-granting institution. Nomination ProcedureAny ISTTE member may make nominations. The nominated individual or institution must be a current member or a former member of ISTTE. The nominator should turn in a complete nomination package that includes: (1) A nomination form (see the enclosed – page 2)(2) A letter of recommendation of no more than 500 words to demonstrate why the nominee deserves the respective award. (3) Any other supporting documents that demonstrate excellence in travel and tourism education and merit the award. Note: For current Board members, they cannot self-nominate themselves, but another member can nominate them. The nominated board member will be excluded from the voting if he/she is put up for nomination for a specific award.
Please send electronic nominations to Po-Ju Chen (po-ju.chen@agnet.tamu.edu); Justin Matthew Pang (justin.kong@rmit.edu.vn) and William Tang Liu (williamliutang@126.com). The nomination deadline is 11:59PM, July 14, 2025 (Pacific Time).
ISTTE Heidi Sung Achievement AwardThis award recognizes and honors an individual who has made significant lifetime contributions to the field of travel and tourism at the four-year level educational institutions granting a bachelor’s degree or higher.
ISTTE John C. Kesler Achievement AwardThis award recognizes and honors an individual who has made significant lifetime contributions to the field of travel and tourism education at a post-high school, two-year degree-granting institution. Nomination ProcedureAny ISTTE member may make nominations. The nominated individual or institution must be a current member or a former member of ISTTE. The nominator should turn in a complete nomination package that includes: (1) A nomination form (see the enclosed – page 2)(2) A letter of recommendation of no more than 500 words to demonstrate why the nominee deserves the respective award. (3) Any other supporting documents that demonstrate excellence in travel and tourism education and merit the award. Note: For current Board members, they cannot self-nominate themselves, but another member can nominate them. The nominated board member will be excluded from the voting if he/she is put up for nomination for a specific award.
Please send electronic nominations to Po-Ju Chen (po-ju.chen@agnet.tamu.edu); Justin Matthew Pang (justin.kong@rmit.edu.vn) and William Tang Liu (williamliutang@126.com). The nomination deadline is 11:59PM, July 14, 2025 (Pacific Time).