October 2017
Volume 18, Issue 4
Newsletter of School of Hotel & Tourism Management
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECOGNITION
Led by their instructor Dr Chloe Lau, a team of four SHTM students from the BSc(Hons) in Hotel Management programme - Miss Ahn Seo-won, Heather, Miss Chow Chi-lok, Charlotte, Mr Li Chun-bong, Martin and Miss Nam Kyung-min, Hazel - won the 2nd runner-up prize and Most Knowledgeable Award at the Asian Federation of Exhibition and Convention Associations Asia MICE Youth Challenge 2017 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 6 September 2017.
Professor Cathy Hsu received the 3rd Best Paper Award for her co-authored paper entitled "Beyond Attitude: A Study of Hong Kong Residents in the Context of Mainland Chinese Tourists as a Dominant Source Market" at the 7th Advances in Tourism Marketing Conference, Casablanca, Morocco on 6-9 September 2017.
The SHTM celebrates World Tourism Day annually by organising its own Dress Orange Day. This year, the day was held on 21 September, with SHTM staff and students wearing orange, the School's colour, to show support and demonstrate unity. Staff and students were invited to take part in "Best Dressed" and "Most Orange Class" Competitions. The winners were:
  • "Best Dressed" Award - Dr Markus Schuckert and
    Mr Vasilis Papavasiliou
  • "Most Orange Class" Award - HTM2316 Restaurant
    Management (Higher Diploma in Hotel Management)
    led by Dr Lisa Gao
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