May 2023
Volume 24, Issue 2
Newsletter of School of Hotel & Tourism Management
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Share via:
Dr Ho Kwon Ping Inducted into the SHTM Gallery of Honour
The SHTM is privileged to announce that Dr Ho Kwon Ping, Founder and Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd., was inducted into the Gallery of Honour on 22 May 2023, the same day he received the prestigious SHTM Lifetime Achievement Award at a gala dinner held in his honour.
2nd World Summit for Deans of Independent Schools of Hospitality and Tourism Successfully Held at the SHTM

Schools of hospitality and tourism within comprehensive university settings typically have common opportunities and face similar challenges. Hosted by the SHTM, the 2nd World Summit for Deans of Independent Schools of Hospitality and Tourism was held at Hotel ICON on 20-22 May 2023.

TOUROMETER: A Social Listening-based Decision Support System for Tourism Policy Formation and Monitoring

On 28 April 2023, the SHTM announced the results of a study entitled "A Decision Support System for Post-COVID Tourism Policy Formation and Monitoring." The study developed a cloud-based social listening platform, TOUROMETER, to measure Hong Kong residents' sentiment towards visitors and tourism development and visitors' sentiment towards Hong Kong tourism.

SHTM Hosted the 5th Wine and Hospitality Management Workshop

Organised by the Alliance for Research on Wine and Hospitality Management, the 5th Wine and Hospitality Management Workshop was hosted by the SHTM on its premises on 11-12 April 2023.
IMPACT2023: Bridging Theory and Practice Whilst Exploring Tourism and Hospitality in the Post-Pandemic Era

IMPACT2023 is being organised by the SHTM and its Hospitality and Tourism Research Centre in collaboration with STR, and will be held at Hotel ICON in Hong Kong on 7-8 December.
Undergraduate Student Research Competition @ IMPACT2023

The Undergraduate Student Research Competition aims to showcase the theoretical knowledge and research skills of undergraduate students, and expand the frontiers of their knowledge in the fields of hospitality, tourism, MICE and related fields.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECOGNITION

Miss Stephanie Chan, Miss Audrey Kwong, Mr Mikul Manocha, Mr Ricky Ngan and Mr Sam To, Year 2 students in the BSc (Hons) in Hotel Management programme, signed up to become the latest group of Elite Management Trainees at Hotel ICON on 29 May 2023.
SHTM VISITORS


23 May – International Advisory Board Meeting

Mr Steve Rushmore, Founder of HVS; Ms Claire Chiang, Co-founder and Senior Vice President of Banyan Tree Holdings Limited; and Prof Karl Wöber, President of Modul University Vienna, visited the School and attended the International Advisory Board meeting.
CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/
WORKSHOPS


Dean Kaye Chon, Professor Sam Kim, Dr Deniz Kucukusta, Dr Qu Xiao, Dr Daniel Leung, Mr Jason Kelly, and Dr Ekaterina Chevtaeva attended at the 21st APacCHRIE Conference and 14th APacCHRIE Youth Conference in the Philippines on 25-27 May 2023.
SHTM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
PUBLICATIONS
STAFF UPDATES
HOTEL ICON OFFERS
ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECOGNITION
SHTM VISITORS
CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
Follow us on:
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
YouTube
LinkedIn
WeChat
Weibo
This e-newsletter is issued by the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
© All rights reserved.