May 2021
Volume 22, Issue 2
Newsletter of School of Hotel & Tourism Management
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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MicroMasters in International Hospitality Management Programme Enrolment Exceeds 90,000
The SHTM's MicroMasters (MM) in International Hospitality Management, a unique and highly distinguished Master's programme offered on the world-renowned edX online learning platform, has received more than 90,000 enrolments, with learners coming from almost 200 countries and regions.

This innovative online programme allows students to learn through a blend of strategy making and pragmatic implementation, problem identification and decision-making, supported by interdisciplinary theory and management applications. In these uncertain times, our MM programme offers a beacon of hope for the global hospitality industry, helping to nurture innovative talents capable of meeting the industry's evolving needs. It is the perfect choice for anyone who wishes to retrain for the future global hospitality industry.

The schedule for the programme's summer and autumn runs is as follows.

Schedule Course Start Date End Date
Summer run
HTM533x Managing Human Resources in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry 30 Apr 2021 24 Jul 2021
HTM534x Managing Marketing in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
HTM540x Innovation and Technology Management in Tourism and Hospitality
HTM541x Luxury Management
Autumn run
HTM533x Managing Human Resources in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry 27 Aug 2021 20 Nov 2021
HTM534x Managing Marketing in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
HTM540x Innovation and Technology Management in Tourism and Hospitality
HTM541x Luxury Management

The School is delighted to announce that 23 students from the Hospitality Management programme at Kansai Gaidai University in Japan have recently enrolled in our MM programme. A virtual ceremony was held on 27 April 2021 to welcome these students, who will study Luxury Management (HTM541x).

The SHTM's MicroMasters programme, the first of its kind, is a credit-bearing course that provides a pathway to the School's on-campus flagship Master's programmes: the Master of Science (MSc) in International Hospitality Management (http://shtm.polyu.edu.hk/ihm), MSc in International Tourism and Convention Management (http://shtm.polyu.edu.hk/itcm) and MSc in International Wine Management (http://shtm.polyu.edu.hk/iwm).

For more details and guidance on enrolment, please visit
https://www.edx.org/micromasters/hkpolyux-international-hospitality-management


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