School of Hotel and Tourism Management at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University is pleased to announce the First Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in Tourism, in collaboration with the Institute For Tourism Studies (IFT) in Macao. This event will take place in conjunction with the Fifth Biennial Conference on Tourism in Asia: Development, Marketing and Sustainability, to take place in Hong Kong on May 23-25, 2002.

The aim of the Forum is to provide a "research forum" among post-graduate students and faculty members engaged in post-graduate teaching and research supervision in hospitality and tourism programme in the Asia Pacific region so that they can exchange information on their research and also network among themselves for future collaboration in research and academic exchanges.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Post-graduate students in tourism, hospitality, leisure and related fields.
• Academic staff teaching and supervising post-graduate students.
• Administrators of academic programmes in hospitality and tourism.
• Undergraduate students interested in pursuing post-graduate studies.
• Publishers of journals and academic textbooks.
• Researchers, academics and consultants with research interests in tourism.

GENERAL INTEREST SESSIONS
The Forum will feature several plenary sessions that will include panel presentations focusing on:

• Managing and successful research career.
• Editor's panel on publishing in academic journals.
• Teaching effectiveness.

POST-CONFERENCE TOUR
Florinda International Hotels will offer a half-day tour of Macao for 40 forum participants on a 'first come first served' basis in the morning of May 23, leaving enough time for delegates to attend the Fifth Biennial Conference on Tourism in Asia in Hong Kong in the evening of the same day.