December 2021

Volume 22, Issue 5

Newsletter of School of Hotel & Tourism Management
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Professor Haiyan Song and Dr Jinah Park attended the 4th Greater Bay Area Tourism Research Alliance Forum organised by the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, which was held both offline and online on 5 November 2021. Professor Song moderated a panel session entitled "Updates on Latest GBA Tourism Research Projects". Dr Park presented on "A Model for Cross-Border Tourism Governance in the Greater Bay Area".

Professor Haiyan Song delivered an online keynote speech entitled "Tourism Economics Research amid/post COVID-19" at the 2nd Asian Tourism Research Conference on 15-17 November 2021.

Under the Internationalisation@Home initiative, the SHTM's Food and Wine Academy organised a number of hybrid workshops, including the following:

Ms Olivia Lee, Sommeliere and Founder of Penticton, and Mr Brian Chu, Senior Sales Manager of Truffle Hunter, provided a special tasting experience at a workshop titled "Beaujolais and Truffle Pairing Masterclass" on 18 November 2021.

Ms Barbara Avdis, Founder and Managing Director of Yades Greek Historic Hotels, spoke on Greek culture, tourism and modern society at the "Greek Culture and Tourism" workshop on 26 November 2021.

Mr Rowan Thane and Mr Matt Rosslee from Biltong Chief and Mr Abilio Carneiro and Mr Alan Shaw from Springbok Wines introduced South African food and wine at the "Flavours of South Africa" workshop on 30 November 2021.

Dr Gabriella Meszaros, Wine Educator, and Mr Yuk-chi Ho, Director of Wiseville (Asia Pacific), Ltd., introduced Tokaji Aszu Hungarian wine at the Tokaji Aszu Masterclass on 10 December 2021.

Bakery Chef Helen Alnar taught participants how to bake the perfect gingerbread and saffron buns and talked about hot, spicy glögg (Swedish mulled wine) at the "Traditional Swedish Christmas Baking Workshop" on 16 December 2021.

Professor Haiyan Song chaired an online panel session entitled "Unlocking Tourism Collaborations through Cultural Sustainability and Heritage Development in the GBA" at the Greater Bay Area Conference hosted by China Daily and Hong Kong Coalition on 30 November 2021.

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