I am honoured to have received the 2025 CAUTHE Best PhD Scholar’s Paper Award, presented in memory of Professor Bill Faulkner. 

My paper, titled "Solidarity in Informality: Conceptualising a Practice-Based Meaning of Work," was co-authored with my supervisors, Associate Professor Richard Robinson and Professor Greg Marston from The University of Queensland. This research explores the lived experiences of informal workers in tourism, highlighting the significance of solidarity and practice-based understandings of work. 

The award was presented at the CAUTHE 2025 Conference in Brisbane, recognising our contribution to advancing tourism scholarship. 

Celebrating my 7th year in academia by sending off my former students! Congratulations to the National U Class of 2024!

I am proud to announce that there were 2 Summa Cum Laudes, 4 Magna Cum Laudes, and 3 Cum Laudes who graduated from my advisory team. One of them, Mr. Nathan Leonin, was also the Class Valedictorian and recipient of the most prestigious  Don Mariano Fortunato Jhocson Memorial Award.

I was pleased to attend the 2024 Asia-Pacific Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Educators (APacCHRIE) Conference in Yonsei University, Korea last 24-26 May.

Together with me was my colleague, Ms. Margie Roma and my thesis advisee, Ms. Kairi Inoue, who gave her first-ever international conference presentation with her thesis titled From the Individual to the Collective: Analyzing the Self-Expansion Behavior of K-POP Fans' Music Tourism Journey

I’m delighted to have been awarded the Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Educators (CAUTHE) 2024 bursary for my paper on the Tourism Workforce in the Global South. This bursary has allowed me to attend this prestigious conference in Tasmania, Australia and covered my expenses, including airfare and accommodations.

I also received the "Coolest Photo Shared" Award by submitting a GPOY. ;)

I would like to thank the National University Philippines College of Tourism and Hospitality Management for having me as their resource speaker last 13 December 2023. It was my pleasure to share my experience in utilising PLS-SEM for predictive research.

That's a wrap! Congratulations to UQ Class of 2023! Serve the people!