March 2022

Volume 23, Issue 1

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

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SHTM and PATA Release Joint Asia Pacific Visitor Forecasts 2022-2024 Report

The SHTM has joined forces with the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) to publish the 10th report in their series of Asia Pacific Visitor Forecasts. This will provide the region's travel and tourism sector, hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with much-needed projections of tourist numbers in the coming years.

Covering a three-year horizon, the report features the latest scenario-based forecasts for international visitor arrivals to 39 Asia Pacific destinations between 2022 and 2024. It presents three possible scenarios for each destination, depending on whether the effects of the pandemic turn out to be mild, medium or severe.

SHTM to Host 5th Global Tourism and Hospitality Conference

Following the success of the previous conferences, the 5th Global Tourism and Hospitality Conference will be hosted and organised by the SHTM on 13-14 June 2022 in Hong Kong. This hybrid conference will serve as an important networking platform for educators, students and industry practitioners to exchange insights related to innovations, trends, opportunities and challenges in global tourism and hospitality.

SHTM Establishes 2+2 Dual Degree Programmes with Renowned Hospitality and Tourism Institutions

In spring 2022, the SHTM signed agreements with Kyung Hee University in Korea, Mahidol University and Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus in Thailand to establish 2+2 dual degree programmes in the fields of tourism, events, hotel and hospitality management. These programmes will give undergraduate students from the three universities the opportunity to spend their third and fourth years of study at the SHTM after completing their first two years at their home institution.

CHE Workshop Offered Professional Recognition to Hospitality Educators

An online Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE) workshop leading to professional recognition took place on 3-7 January 2022, hosted by the SHTM. The workshop was led by Dr Fred Mayo on behalf of the School and the American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute.

Advance Your Career with SHTM Postgraduate Degrees

As the hospitality and tourism industry experiences a tidal wave of change, it is evident that our industry professionals must lead and manage in many different circumstances. Increasing competition within the industry is also pushing organisations to seek highly adaptable professionals who strive to hone their knowledge and skills in the digital era through advanced postgraduate education.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECOGNITION

SHTM students took first and second places in the Undergraduate Research Competition at the 2022 Virtual West Federation CHRIE Conference on 10-12 February.

SHTM VISITORS

26 January - Hotel ICON Ltd, Hong Kong

Mr Roger Ngan, Chairman of the Board, Hotel ICON Ltd visited the School and its facilities.

CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/
WORKSHOPS

A number of SHTM staff members, including Professor Kaye Chon, Professor Haiyan Song, Professor Cathy Hsu, Professor Dimitrios Buhalis, Dr Catherine Cheung, Dr Pearl Lin, Dr Jonathan Sutton and Mr Delap Lui attended the online Greek Gastronomy and Diet Conference on 15 February 2022.

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