Rose de Vrieze-McBean is a senior lecturer at Breda University of Applied Sciences. She has worked for BUas since 2002, serving the longest period of time at the Academy for Tourism. She lectures in English and Academic Skills but she also works in the research department. Her research interests focus around three main topics: Education, Culture and Tourism. She has written articles on these topics. These are titled:  “Addressing Cultural Diversity in the International Classroom: a Challenge or an Opportunity” in: IAFOR Journal of Education / Volume 4 Issue 1/IAFOR; and “The Social, Economical and Cultural Impact of Chinese Millennial Tourists on Europe: France as a Case Study” (p. 144 – 164), Hong Kong 2016 Proceedings, vol.1.pdf p. 9.  Both articles have been published as conference proceedings.

Rose obtained a PhD from the University of Bedfordshire in London. She investigated the “Multi-dimensionalities of Chinese Outbound Tourism to Developed Destination: A focus on the Netherlands”.