Doctor of Philosophy in Hotel and Tourism Management - Research Areas and Supervisors

The School's main research areas include (i) Hospitality and Hotel Management; (ii) Tourism Management; (iii) Tourism Economics and Financial Management; (iv) Convention and Events Management; (v) Hotel and Tourism Technology Management; and (vi) Wine Management. The School will give priority to proposed research topics in the following four broad focus areas:

Smart tourism (including artificial intelligence, robotics, technology innovation, branding, marketing, experience management, and customer engagement)
Performance measurement and management (including financial and revenue management and measurement, operational management, service management, and event management)
Tourism futures and forecasting (including demand forecasting and emerging products and markets)
Policy and planning (including public policy, tourism planning and development)

PhD Supervisors and Research Areas

Name	Email	Research Areas
Prof. Kaye CHON	kaye.chon@polyu.edu.hk	Convention Industry Management; Convention Tourism; Hospitality and Culture; Service Management
Prof. Haiyan SONG	haiyan.song@polyu.edu.hk	Competition Issues in Tourism; Tourism Demand Forecasting; Tourism Impact Assessment; Wine Economics; Wine Marketing; Wine Tourism
Prof. Billy BAI	billy.bai@polyu.edu.hk	Consumer Behavior in Hospitality and Tourism; Technological Impacts and Decision-Making; Branding and Loyalty; Destination Marketing
Prof. Catherine CHEUNG	catherine.cheung@polyu.edu.hk	Hospitality and Hotel Management; Human Resources Management
Prof. Cathy HSU	cathy.hsu@polyu.edu.hk	Hospitality and Culture; Hospitality Education; Marketing in Hospitality and Tourism; Casino and Gaming Management; Tourist Behaviour and Psychology
Prof. Kam HUNG	kam.hung@polyu.edu.hk	Cruise Tourism; Tourism Marketing; Tourist Behaviour and Psychology
Prof. Sam KIM	sam.kim@polyu.edu.hk	Convention Destinations; Convention Tourism; Medical and Wellness Tourism; Tourism Marketing; Tourist Behaviour and Psychology
Prof. Jinsoo LEE	jinsoo.lee@polyu.edu.hk	Convention and Exhibition Management; Convention Destinations; Events and Special Events Management; Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, and Exhibitions; Marketing in Hospitality and Tourism
Prof. Mimi LI	mimi.li@polyu.edu.hk	Consumer Behaviour and Customer Relationship Management; Tourism Planning and Development
Prof. Dan WANG	d.wang@polyu.edu.hk	Digitised Tourism Experience; E-Marketing and Social Media Strategies; Information Technology and Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism; Tourism and Media
Prof. Honggen XIAO	honggen.xiao@polyu.edu.hk	Hospitality and Society; China Tourism; Cultural Tourism; Tourism Education
Prof. Daisy FAN	daisyxf.fan@polyu.edu.hk	Social Sustainability; Social Contact; Tourist Behaviour; Active Ageing
Prof. Lisa GAO	lisa.gao@polyu.edu.hk	Consumer Behaviour and Customer Relationship Management; Corporate Social Responsibility
Prof. Alice HON	alice.hon@polyu.edu.hk	Hospitality Organisational Management; Hotel Employee Behaviour Management; Human Resources Management; Tourism Labour and Employment
Prof. Sabrina HUANG	sabrina.huang@polyu.edu.hk	Cultural Tourism; Tourism Planning and Development
Prof. YooHee HWANG	yoohee.hwang@polyu.edu.hk	Hospitality and Culture; Service Management
Prof. Deniz KUCUKUSTA	deniz.kucukusta@polyu.edu.hk	Hospitality and Culture; Hospitality and Hotel Management; Human Resources Management; Medical and Wellness Tourism
Prof. Daniel LEUNG	daniel.yc.leung@polyu.edu.hk	E-Marketing and Social Media Strategies
Prof. Neil LI	neilhengyun.li@polyu.edu.hk	Artificial Intelligence, Geotagged and Big Data Applications; E-Business in Tourism and Hospitality; Hospitality and Tourism Analytics; Financial Management in Hospitality and Tourism
Prof. Pearl LIN	pearl.lin@polyu.edu.hk	Foodservice Business and Management; Service Management
Prof. Ada LO	ada.lo@polyu.edu.hk	Consumer Behaviour and Customer Relationship Management; Hospitality and Hotel Management; Hospitality Organisational Management; Marketing in Hospitality and Tourism; Strategic Management in Hospitality and Tourism; E-Marketing and Social Media Strategies
Prof. Sung Gyun MUN	sung.mun@polyu.edu.hk	Strategic Management in Hospitality and Tourism; Financial Management in Hospitality and Tourism
Prof. Richard QIU	richard.qiu@polyu.edu.hk	Tourism Demand Forecasting; Tourist Behaviour and Psychology
Prof. Crystal SHI	crystal.shi@polyu.edu.hk	Hotel Employee Behaviour Management; Human Resources Management
Prof. Henry TSAI	henry.tsai@polyu.edu.hk	Financial Management in Hospitality and Tourism; Casino and Gaming Management
Prof. Nelson TSANG	nelson.tsang@polyu.edu.hk	Service Management
Prof. Vincent TUNG	vincent.tung@polyu.edu.hk	Corporate Social Responsibility; Hospitality Education; China Tourism; Tourism Education; Tourism Marketing
Prof. Maxime WANG	maxime.wang@polyu.edu.hk	Hospitality Organisational Management; Hotel Employee Behaviour Management; Human Resources Management; Service Management
Prof. Ying WANG	yings.wang@polyu.edu.hk	Consumer Behaviour and Customer Relationship Management; Human Resources Management; China Tourism
Prof. Qu XIAO	qu.xiao@polyu.edu.hk	China Hotel Management and Development; Strategic Management in Hospitality and Tourism
Prof. Simone BIANCO	simone.bianco@polyu.edu.hk	Strategic Management in Hospitality and Tourism; Information Technology and Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism
Prof. Janelle CHAN	janelle.chan@polyu.edu.hk	Events and Special Events Management; Human Resources Management; Service Management; Tourist Behaviour and Psychology
Prof. Nan CHEN	n.chen@polyu.edu.hk	Tourist Behaviour and Psychology
Prof. Dori DAVARI	dordaneh.davari@polyu.edu.hk	Cultural Tourism
Prof. Jaehee GIM	jaehee.gim@polyu.edu.hk	Financial Management in Hospitality and Tourism
Prof. Gianluca GOFFI	gianluca.goffi@polyu.edu.hk	Community-based, Nature-based, Pro-poor and Sustainable Tourism; Tourism Labour and Employment; Tourism Planning and Development; Tourist Behaviour and Psychology
Prof. Faye HAO	ffaye.hao@polyu.edu.hk	Artificial Intelligence, Geotagged and Big Data Applications; Cultural Tourism
Prof. Sung In KIM	sung-in.kim@polyu.edu.hk	Strategic Management in Hospitality and Tourism
Prof. Wangoo LEE	wangoo.lee@polyu.edu.hk	Hospitality and Hotel Management; Information Technology and Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism
Prof. Michael LIN	michael.lin@polyu.edu.hk	Financial Management in Hospitality and Tourism
Prof. Jinah PARK	jinah.park@polyu.edu.hk	Tourism Marketing
Prof. Dagnachew SENBETO	dag.senbeto@polyu.edu.hk	Information Technology and Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism; Tourism Impact Assessment
Prof. Hailey SHIN	hailey.shin@polyu.edu.hk	Artificial Intelligence, Geotagged and Big Data Applications
Prof. Seunghun SHIN	seung-hun.shin@polyu.edu.hk	E-Marketing and Social Media Strategies; Information Technology and Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism
Prof. Antony WONG	antony-k-f.wong@polyu.edu.hk	Corporate Social Responsibility; Hotel Employee Behaviour Management
Prof. Yitong YU	yitong.yu@polyu.edu.hk	Human Resources Management
Prof. Huihui ZHANG	huihui.zhang@polyu.edu.hk	Strategic Management in Hospitality and Tourism; Artificial Intelligence, Geotagged and Big Data Applications
Dr Emily CHEN	jinyan.chen@polyu.edu.hk	Artificial Intelligence, Geotagged and Big Data Applications; E-Marketing and Social Media Strategies
Dr Mahlagha DARVISH MOTEVALI	mah.darvishmotevali@polyu.edu.hk	Strategic Management in Hospitality and Tourism
Dr Ming DENG	mingz.deng@polyu.edu.hk	Corporate Social Responsibility; Information Technology and Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism
Dr Ivanka HUANG	ivanka.huang@polyu.edu.hk	E-Marketing and Social Media Strategies
Dr Eunji LEE	eunji.lee@polyu.edu.hk	Hospitality and Tourism Marketing; Hotel and Tourism Technology Management
Dr Curley LIU	curley.liu@polyu.edu.hk	Artificial Intelligence, Geotagged and Big Data Applications; Tourism Demand Forecasting
Dr Angie LUO	anqi-angie.luo@polyu.edu.hk	Consumer Behaviour and Customer Relationship Management
Dr Ibrahim MOHAMMED	ibrah.mohammed@polyu.edu.hk	Revenue Management; Financial Management in Hospitality and Tourism
Dr Roshis Krishna SHRESTHA	roshis-krishna.shrestha@polyu.edu.hk	Hospitality and Culture; Cultural Tourism; Community-based, Nature-based, Pro-poor and Sustainable Tourism
Dr Jessie WANG	junchuan.wang@polyu.edu.hk	Tourism and Event Management; Tourist Behaviour; Emotional Experience
Dr Jeff WU	jeff-jie.wu@polyu.edu.hk	Big Data Analysis; Business Analytics; Tourist Sentiment and Satisfaction; Application of LLM
Dr Yuchen XU	yu-chen.xu@polyu.edu.hk	Hotel Employee Behaviour Management; Tourism Labour and Employment
Dr Yvonne YANG	yvonne-y.yang@polyu.edu.hk	Hospitality and Tourism Analytics; Financial Management in Hospitality and Tourism; Tourism and Media
Dr Hanyuan ZHANG	hanyuan.zhang@polyu.edu.hk	Tourism Demand Forecasting; Tourist Behaviour and Psychology
Dr Irene ZHANG	yunhaha.zhang@polyu.edu.hk	Hotel Employee Behaviour Management

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