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October 2013 - Volume 14, Issue 4
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECOGNITION
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Dr Sam Kim received the Best Paper Award for his co-authored paper entitled "Development of an Evaluation Scale for Inter-Country Tourism Industry Competitiveness Using the Delphi Technique and Analytic Hierarchy Process" at the 2013 TOSOK International Tourism Conference in Seoul, Korea on 3-5 July 2013.
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Two SHTM faculty members were rewarded for excellent performance in their fields.
Dr John Ap received an SHTM Teaching Excellence Award for his proactive and student-centred philosophy using a wide range of active learning methodologies.
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Dr Basak Denizci Guillet, who has published 22 refereed papers in a variety of prestigious international journals, received an SHTM Research Excellence Award.
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Professor Cathy Hsu was honoured with the 2013 Outstanding Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research Reviewer Award at the 2013 Annual ICHRIE Summer Conference and Marketplace in St. Louis, Missouri, USA on 24-27 July 2013. Dr Steve Pan and Dr Qu Xiao were also honoured with the 2013 Best Reviewers Award for ICHRIE annual conference papers.
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D.HTM students Mr Tung Yi-fan and Ms Wang Wei-heng received Padma and Hari Harilela Scholarships in July 2013. The scholarships were established in 2011 by Dr Hari N. Harilela, head of the Harilela Group, which plays a significant role in the professional development of the hotel industry.
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Professor Rob Law and Dr Catherine Cheung of the SHTM and Professor Tao Hu at Hainan University have successfully received support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China for their study entitled "Research on the Credibility of Tourism Information Service Based on Mobile Social Network and its Application".
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Led by their instructor Ms Chloe Lau, a team of five SHTM students from the BSc(Hons) programmes, Miss Chan Yuen-sin, Circle, Miss Chau Hei-ming, Jessie, Miss Leung Hei-tung, Ada, Miss Tam Ka-yue, Jamie and Miss Wong Lim-yu, Louise won the 2nd runner-up prize at the 2013 MICE Destination Marketing Contest in Taipei, Taiwan on 11-12 September 2013.
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To celebrate World Tourism Day on 27 September 2013, SHTM staff and students dressed in orange, the School's colour. The colourful display doubled as a show of unity for the SHTM and its education model.
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Miss Meng Yu-tong, Angel, a year-two student in the BSc(Hon) in Hotel Management programme, has been awarded the 2013 International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators (ISTTE) Scholarship in the four-year academic institution category.
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