Kafferine Yamagishi is an Assistant Professor and currently the Chair of the Department of Tourism Management, College of Management and Entrepreneurship at Cebu Technological University, Philippines. She obtained her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Business Administration at the University of San Carlos (Philippines), where she also attained her Master of Management degree in Tourism Management. She received her Certification in Professional Education and attained her Master of Arts in Education major in Administration and Supervision at Cebu Technological University. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Tourism (cum laude) from the University of San Jose-Recoletos, Philippines. Before joining academia, she worked both in the hospitality and tourism industries. She has over 20 published papers in Scopus- and SCIE/SSCI-indexed journals. Furthermore, she has presented papers to research conferences throughout her academic career. Her research interests include tourism management, destination planning, tourism marketing, and events management.