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Kaye Chon Appointed Head of Hotel School at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University June 15, 2000 – Dr. Kaye Chon was appointed the Head and Chair Professor in the Department of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University effective July 3, 2000.
Chon is currently a professor and executive director of the Tourism Industry Institute at University of Houston’s Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management and also a frequent organizer of international tourism conferences, which include the Fourth Biennial Conference on Tourism in
Professor Kaye Chon Southeast Asia, slated to take place at Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 24-26, 2000. Chon is also the chief editor of the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, and Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism.
The hotel school at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University was established in 1980 and is regarded as one of the premier hospitality programs in Asia and is recognized by the World Tourism Organization as one of the 16 tourism education centers in the world.
In his new position at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chon envisions to develop the school as a world class hotel and tourism educational institution. Professor Chon can be contacted at the following address.
June 15, 2000 – Dr. Kaye Chon was appointed the Head and Chair Professor in the Department of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University effective July 3, 2000.
Chon is currently a professor and executive director of the Tourism Industry Institute at University of Houston’s Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management and also a frequent organizer of international tourism conferences, which include the Fourth Biennial Conference on Tourism in
Professor Kaye Chon Professor Kaye Chon Contact Professor Kaye Chon Chair Professor & Head Dept of Hotel and Tourism Management The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong Telephone: +852-2766-6382 Fax: +852-2362-6422 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Also See: Distance Learning: Assessing its Potential in Higher Education for the Tourism and Hospitality Sector / First Pan-American Conference Proceedings / May 1999 IHogan Family Foundation and Loyola Marymount University Search for Director to Lead Tourism Management Program at LMU / March 2000 Sol Meliá Joint Ventures with Autonomous University of Barcelona on Campus Hotel and Will Develop Projects to Improve the School’s Tourism and Hotel Management Program / June 2000