Community Day

On the January 8, SHTMAA, in collaboration with the Centre for Harmony and Enhancement of Ethnic Minority Residents (CHEER), organized an outreach activity catering to a group of ethnic minority Form 5 students who are studying in the hotel and tourism field. A tour to Mei Ho House Youth Hostel and Museum that took the students through the history of the Sham Shui Po and provided them an insight into the Hong Kong folk life back from the 50’s to the 70’s was arranged.

Through two inspiring presentations, Mr. Ray Luk and Mr. Philip Kwok enlightened the students by introducing the various hospitality educational programs and shared career developments in hospitality industry.

SHTMAA Annual General Meeting for Year 2014-15

On January 24, the Annual General Meeting of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management Alumni Association was held at SHTM. Members attended the meeting to review the accomplishments of the past year and learned about the marketing plan for the coming year.

At the meeting, apart from adopting the Financial Report and reviewing events of the past year, members were also informed that membership has reached a new high of 3,211, representing a 12% year on year increase.

Grand and Glamour at SHTMAA Annual Dinner 2015

On March 7, the SHTMAA Annual Dinner took place at the famous Azure Restaurant and Slash Bar in the LKF Hotel with more than 100 guests attending the event. Azure , which was designed by the award-winning interior designer Andre Fu, was the perfect venue. The restaurant was resplendent with glittering decors lit up in pink for the event.

After welcoming speeches by Prof. Kaye Chon, Dean of SHTM and Mr. Maurice Kong, the Chairman of SHTMAA, the guests enjoyed a 4-course dinner featuring the freshest ingredients with intricate presentations while enjoying the stunning panoramic view of the Central District’s Skyscrapers. Later that night, the music went up and the lights dimmed with guests piled onto the dance floor.

The prizes for the lucky draw are generously sponsored once again by a number of companies with many of them a long standing supporter of SHTMAA for years. Thanks to all the sponsors and industry partners for their lucky draw prizes that have made every guest a winner.

It is also worth mentioning that the most supportive award went to Ms. Pricilla Poon, who has joined the Alumni events four times last year. Pricilla was welcomed on the stage with a round of rapturous applause when she received her prize.

SHTMAA Scholarship

It was the second time for Mr. Stephen Tai, a year three student studying for BSc in Hotel Management, to receive the SHTMAA scholarship. With his passion and efforts, Stephen demonstrated his enthusiasm and creativity to organize an upcycling workshop to promote the eco-friendly culture in hospitality industry with SHTMAA members. The presentation ceremony also took place at the Alumni dinner on March 7, where Stephen accepted the award for a HK$5,000 scholarship from Mr Wallace Li, the Honorary Chairman of SHTMAA.