Dr Thomas Bauer was invited
to speak at the 2007 International Tourism Symposium and The 18th Academy
of Korea Hospitality and Tourism Conference: Creative Leadership and Change
of the Tourism Industry held in Seoul on 10-11 November 2007. Dr Bauer
presented a paper titled: "Innovations and Challenges for the Hong
Kong Tourism Industry".
Dr Thomas Bauer was the
invited speaker at the First Regional Conference on Asia-Pacific Geoparks
and Business Dialogue 2007 held in Langkwai, Malaysia, on 13-15 November
2007. Dr Bauer presented a paper titled "Business Opportunities
in Natural Landscapes: Product Development, Marketing and Sustainability" and
conducted a workshop on the role of stakeholders in enhancing global geoparks.
Professor Cathy Hsu and Dr
Henry Tsai held
a seminar on gaming management on 1 December 2007 for the National Development
Initiatives Institute in Taipei , Taiwan . Professor Hsu spoke on “An
Overall Assessment of Potential Gaming Development for Taiwan ” and
Dr Tsai's topic was “Casino Ownership Structure and Financing” .
Professor Hsu and Dr Tsai also attended
the International Casino Development Symposium held on 5 January 2008
in Kaohsiung , Taiwan . Professor Hsu discussed “Economic and Social
Impact of Gaming Tourism” and Dr Tsai covered “Trends
in the Casino Industry Development” .
The 6th Hong Kong Winter School was held
on 21-26 January 2008. Distinguished speakers were invited to share with
participants the following topics:
Dr Dennis Reynolds , Associate Director and Ivar
Haglund Distinguished Professor of Hospitality Management,
School of Hospitality Business Management, Washington State University
–
“ Leveraging Human Capital in the Workplace”
Prof Robert H Bosselman , Professor and Chair of the
Department of Apparel Educational Studies and Hospitality
Management, Iowa State University
– “Managing Multi-generation Workers”
Dr Basak Denizci , Assistant Professor, SHTM
– “Strategic Decision Making from a Hospitality
Financial Management Perspective”
Mr Thomas Maier , Vice President – Hotel Operations,
Red Lion Hotels Corporation
– “Revenue Management
Mr William Mackay , Regional Vice President and General
Manager, Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong
– “Managing People and Profitability”
Prof Kaye Chon , Chair Professor and Director, SHTM
– “Management of Service Quality in Hospitality
and Tourism Industry”
Professor Kaye Chon attended the ASEAN
Tourism Forum on 22-25 January 2008 and spoke on “Development of
Low-cost Carriers in Asia Pacific” . He also
spoke on the “Latest MICE Market Trends and Developments” at
the International Convention and Expo Summit (ICES) 2008, held on 14-16
February 2008 in Singapore .
Dr David Jones spoke on the topic “Asian
Wave: The Service Difference” for managers and senior executives
of the S-Group's Sokos Hotels from Finland on 26 January 2008 .
Professor Cathy Hsu was invited as a keynote
speaker to the 18th Annual Council for Australian University Tourism and
Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Conference held on the Gold Coast on 11-14
February 2008. She delivered a speech on “Tourism and Hospitality
Education: Critical Issues in a Changing Industry Context”.
A group of academic and administrative staff of the Guilin
Institute of Tourism visited PolyU in the first week of March
2008. Dr Andrew Chan, Dr Catherine Cheung, Dr Henry Tsai, Dr Ada Lo, Dr
Mei Ng, Mr Paul Penfold and Mr Tony Tse discussed with the academic staff
on subjects such as programme design and development, lesson planning,
marketing and hotel English, etc. The group also had a chance to observe
the classes of Dr Jack Kivela and Ms Candy Tang. The administrative staff
met with SHTM's senior administrative staff members and PolyU's Academic
Secretariat to discuss about recruitment, selection and management of programmes
.
Mr Alexander Grunewald , SHTM PhD research
student, spoke together with two representatives from Michigan State University
and Lausanne University in the panel “The Hotel Leaders 2028” at
the International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin on 3-5 March 2008.
SHTM will co -organise the Fourth International
Forum on Chinese Outbound Tourism (IFCOT) 2008 to be held in Beijing
on 16 April. IFCOT 2008 will be themed around "Approaching
the Destination" ,
and the latest trends and issues in the China outbound market will
be discussed in the forum.
The second International Forum on China Hotel Brand
Development is
being organised by the SHTM and Sun Yat-sen University , and will be
held in Guangzhou on 9-10 May 2008. Many well-respected speakers have already
confirmed their participation in the Forum. Please mark down the dates;
we hope to see you there!
