Following the success of the Fourth Biennial Conference on Tourism in Southeast Asia & Indo-China, which took place in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in June 2000, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (School of Hotel and Tourism Management), University of Houston (Conrad N. Hilton College), and University of Angers (ESTHUA) are pleased to announce the Fifth Biennial Conference on Tourism Industry: Development, Marketing and Sustainability. This conference is presented with a revised geographic theme of "Tourism in Asia" that reflects the importance and significance of tourism in the Asian continent in recent years. The Conference will take place immediately after the First Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in Tourism scheduled on May 22 in the Institute For Tourism Studies (IFT), Macao.

This conference seeks to provide the international tourism and hotel industry community with and opportunity to learn about tourism/hotel industry development and marketing opportunities in Asia. It will provide tourism educators, academics, industry practitioners and researchers with an interdisciplinary forum for exchange of information pertaining to recent research in tourism. The Conference programme will feature keynote speeches by important government and tourism organization representatives in the region, regional tourism industry leaders, and prominent international experts on tourism development and marketing as well as competitively selected paper presentations by researchers.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THE CONFERENCE?

• Academic in tourism and hosipitality fields
• Managers of hotels, restaurants and tourism businesses
• Tourism / hotel hospitality restaurant management educators and trainers
• Tourism / hotel hospitality researchers and industry consultants
• Inter-regional organizations with interest in tourism and hospitality industry
• Administrators of tourism and hospitality management educational progranmmes
• Tourism and hotel / restaurant industry executives and representatives of multinational firms
• Financial institutions and tourism industry investors
• Tourism policy makers and national tourism organization directors
• Students in tourism and hospitality