Miss Xiao Tan, a year-two student in the BSc(Hons) in Tourism Management programme, won the opportunity to display innovative room technology in Guestroom 20X at the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC) 2010. HITEC 2010, organised by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP), was held in Orlando, USA from 21 to 24 June. Miss Tan represented both the SHTM and the HFTP PolyU Student Chapter in the competition.
Miss Li Ting, Mina, a 2009 graduate of the BSc(Hons) in Hotel Management programme, won the J. Desmond Slattery Undergraduate Student Research Award based on her final year project. The award was presented at the 2010 Travel and Tourism Research Association Annual Conference held in Texas, USA on 22 June 2010.
Dr Vincent Heung won the Outstanding Paper Award at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2010 based on an article entitled "Organizational Alignment and Hospitality Firm Performance" published in the International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research.
Dr Karin Weber won the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research's Article of the Year Award based on an article she co-authored, entitled "The Effect of Pre-consumption Mood and Service Recovery Measures on Customer Evaluations and Behaviour in a Strategic Alliance Setting". At the same time, the journal honoured Professor Rob Law with the Reviewer of the Year Award, recognising his outstanding contributions.
Mr Arai Tsuguto, Mr Romain Chan, Ms Soyon Paek and Mr Arthur Wang, students in the Doctor of Hotel and Tourism Management programme at the SHTM, received one of three best paper awards at the Asia-Pacific Graduate Students Research in Tourism Forum held in Beppu, Japan, on 9-10 July. The topic of the winning paper was the "Transferability of the Asian Paradigm in Hospitality Management to Other Parts of the World – Cases and Examples".
Mr Ng Wai Fung, a year-three student in the HD in Hotel Management programme, Miss Chan Suet Yan, a year-one student in the BSc(Hons) in Tourism Management programme, and their team won the Table Tennis Competition co-organised by the Federation of Hong Kong-Guangdong Community Organisations and the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association.
