Chinese hotels: strategic planning needed

Working with more than 40 Chinese hoteliers, Prof. Kam Hung from Hong Kong Polytechnic University developed a SWOT analysis of the Chinese hotel industry, as seen by its insiders. The results were fascinating – and, she says, they point to a need for more planning.

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Kam Hung is an Assistant Professor in the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research interests include tourism marketing, tourist behavior and psychology, and cruise tourism.

For over 40 years, the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has refined a distinctive vision of hospitality and tourism education and become a world-leading hotel and tourism school. Ranked No. 1 in the world in the “Hospitality and Tourism Management” category in ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2022 for the sixth consecutive year; placed No.