July 2013 - Volume 14, Issue 3
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECOGNITION
Mr Edward Lai, SHTM final year student in the BSc(Hons) in Hotel Management programme, and Dr Cindy Heo received the Best Paper Award of their paper entitled "An Examination of Relationship between Price Perception and Fairness Perceptions of Hotel Revenue Management" at the 4th APacCHRIE Youth Conference in Macau on 21-23 May 2013.

Dr Mimi Li received the Best Paper Award for her co-authored paper "Attendee Behavior in Business Event Tourism: A Holistic Approach" and our D.HTM student Ms Sophie Wang received the Siam University Highly Commended Paper Award for her co-authored paper "The Construction of a Fanaticism Scale in the Context of Media Fan Pilgrimage Participation" at the World Conference on Hospitality, Tourism and Event Research and the International Convention and Expo Summit 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand on 25-28 May 2013.

By undertaking a sophisticated process of measuring, reducing and offsetting their carbon emissions, Bistro 1979 at the SHTM and Hotel ICON were recognised for their carbon management efforts at the CarbonCare® Label 2013 Award Ceremony held on 30 May. A total of twenty-five awardees were hailed as pioneers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, thus helping Hong Kong to achieve its goal of carbon emission reduction and combating the global challenge of climate change.

Mr S.H. Wong, CEO of Ying Loong Cheong Industrial Company Limited, has donated HK$150,000 as bursary to help needy but deserving SHTM students. Mr Wong is a keen supporter of education and has contributed to PolyU in many ways. Fifteen SHTM students have now been selected as recipients of the bursary. A tea reception in honour of Mr Wong was held on 31 May 2013.

The SHTM signed a letter of collaboration with the University of Algarve in Portugal on 3 June 2013. The two institutions have pledged to collaborate in activities relating to academic research, and to identify any possible areas of cooperation. Signing with Professor Kaye Chon, Dean of the SHTM was Professor João Guerreiro, Rector of the University of Algarve.

Dr Cindy Heo received the Young Scientist Award for her paper entitled "Will People Pay More for Branded Room Amenities in a Hotel?" at the 3rd International Conference on Tourism in Limassol, Cyprus on 5-8 June 2013.

Mr Michael Lai, a 2012 graduate of the Master of Philosophy programme, received the 2013 William B. Keeling Masters Student Research Award at the 44th TTRA Annual International Conference in USA on 20-22 June 2013.

Dr Catherine Cheung and Dr Huijun Yang, a 2012 graduate of the Doctor of Hotel and Tourism Management programme, received the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management Best Paper Award for their paper entitled "An Empirical Study of Hospitality Employability Skills: A Case Study of Hotel Entry Level Employees in China" at the 6th International Conference on Services Management in Cyprus on 23-25 June 2013.

Ms Sylvia Chung, a 2010 graduate of the Master of Science in Hotel and Tourism Management programme, received the Business Leader of the Year Award at the SKAL International Hong Kong's annual "Celebrating Women in Business" awards on 26 June 2013.