October 2016

Volume 17, Issue 4

Newsletter of School of Hotel & Tourism Management
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECOGNITION

Dr Karin Weber has completed the Digital Event Strategist (DES) certification of the Virtual Edge Institute, an affiliate of the Professional Convention Management Association. DES certification is designed to help effectively plan, produce and measure the results of live stream and digital engagement events.

Professor Haiyan Song has received funding from the China National Science Funding Council (NSFC) for his project on "Modeling and Forecasting Tourism Demand in Hong Kong SAR Using the Mixed Frequency Approach - Theoretical Exposition and Empirical Evidence".

In the same year that Hotel ICON is celebrating its 5th anniversary, the hotel has been honoured with the PATA Gold Award 2016 in the Marketing - Hotel category for an amazing Hotel ICON brand clip "Ways to wow". The PATA Gold Awards Luncheon and Presentation ceremony was held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 9 September 2016.

The SHTM celebrates World Tourism Day annually by organising its own Dress Orange Day. This year, the local day was held on 27 September to correspond with the global event. SHTM staff and students wore orange, the School's colour, to show support and demonstrate unity. Staff and students were invited to take part in "The Most!", "The Longest!" and "The Funniest!" Competitions. The winners were:

"The Most!" Award - Ms Lisa Yip
"The Longest!" Award - Ms Willow Yang
"The Funniest" Award - Dr Murray Mackenzie

Three SHTM faculty members were recently rewarded for excellent performance in their fields.

Dr Deniz Kucukusta received an SHTM Teaching Excellence Award for her use of a proactive student-centred approach to teaching with a focus on real-world applicability.

Professor Cathy Hsu, author and co-author of 11 refereed papers in a variety of prestigious international journals published in 2015-2016, received an SHTM Research Excellence Award.

Dr Eric Chan received an SHTM Service Excellence Award in recognition of his significant contribution to the enhancement of service excellence at the SHTM.

Ms Sienny Thio, D.HTM student and Professor Brian King received the Runner-up Best Paper Award for their co-authored paper entitled "The Managerial Competencies Required by Indonesia's Leading Hotel Groups: A Preliminary Investigation" at the 3rd International Hospitality and Tourism Conference & 2nd International Seminar on Tourism in Bandung, Indonesia on 10-12 October 2016.

Miss Mia Fu, Mr Kelvin Kwok and Miss Zita Lu, Year 3 students in the BSc(Hons) in Hotel Management programme, won the Championship at the annual global Student Challenge which was conducted in part of the Hospitality Innovation Summit in Amsterdam on 10-13 October 2016. The Student Challenge is a real-life hotel case that requires the different teams of students to conduct an in-depth analysis and present their findings to a group of internationally renowned CEOs in the hospitality industry.

Professor Kaye Chon was honoured with the Martin Oppermann Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement from the International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators (ISTTE) for his lifelong achievements and contributions to tourism education and research. The award was conferred on 13 October 2016 at the 35th Annual ISTTE Conference in Hangzhou, China.

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