Many industry leaders, internationally-renowned designers, staff, alumni and friends of PolyU gathered at Hotel ICON – a unique teaching and research hotel wholly-owned by the university – to celebrate its official opening on 21 September.

The celebration started with the Hospitality Design Conference “Boutique & Lifestyle Hotels: Creating a Brand Icon through Design” jointly presented by the Hong Kong Design Centre and PolyU’s School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM).

The gala dinner themed “Vision Unlike Any Other” marked the climax of the celebration. Officiating at the occasion were: the Honourable Marjorie Yang Mun-tak, PolyU Council Chairman; Mr Victor Lo, Chairman of Hotel ICON Board of Directors and Honorary Chairman of the event; Prof. Timothy W. Tong, PolyU President; Prof. Kaye Chon, Dean of SHTM; and Mr Richard Hatter, General Manager of Hotel ICON. Details>>