PolyU School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) + Hotel ICON Consultancy Launched
The mission of the SHTM is to engineer knowledge transfer to the hospitality industry and education institutes. Recently, SHTM successfully combined the research prowess of the School with Hotel ICON's practical experience and endeavour, launching SHTM+ICON Consultancy to offer professional hospitality related consultancy services to the industry.
Knowledge transfer includes management know-how, creative solutions, and experiences in a practical setting, and it can help organisations to maintain sustainable growth. The services offered by SHTM+ICON Consultancy include the following.
The SHTM has a long history of offering high-level consultancy and professional advisory services to both private and public organisations. Our successful consultancy projects worldwide include Chengdu Polytechnic, China National Travel Service, the Federation of Hong Kong Hotel Owners, Greaton Ribbon Australia, Haima Automobile Group, the Hong Kong Tourism Board, King Abdulaziz University, the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education in Indonesia and the Ministry of Tourism in Jamaica.
The team of SHTM+ICON consultants are experienced in and committed to providing professional and leading consultancy services to clients worldwide. Our team includes the following.
- Professor Kaye Chon, Dean and Chair Professor and Walter Kwok Foundation Professor in International Hospitality Management, SHTM
- Professor Haiyan Song, Associate Dean and Chair Professor and Mr and Mrs Chan Chak Fu Professor in International Tourism, SHTM
- Professor Brian King, Associate Dean and Professor, SHTM
- Professor Cathy Hsu, Chair Professor, SHTM
- Dr Basak Denizci Guillet, Associate Professor, SHTM
- Dr Qu Xiao, Associate Professor, SHTM
- Dr Tony Tse, Professor of Practice, SHTM
- Mr Richard Hatter, Adjunct Associate Professor, SHTM and General Manager, Hotel ICON
- Mr Ian Lee, Director of Finance and Administration, Hotel ICON
For enquiries and proposals, please contact Dr Tony Tse via (email) [email protected].
For details, please visit: www.shtm.com.hk.
About PolyU School of Hotel and Tourism Management
For 45 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 2023 for the seventh consecutive year; placed No. 1 globally in the "Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services" category in the University Ranking by Academic Performance in 2022/2023 for six years in a row; rated No. 1 in the world in the "Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism" subject area by the CWUR Rankings by Subject 2017; and ranked No. 1 in Asia in the "Hospitality and Leisure Management" subject area in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024, the SHTM is a symbol of excellence in the field, exemplifying its motto of Leading Hospitality and Tourism.
The School is driven by the need to serve its industry and academic communities through the advancement of education and dissemination of knowledge. With a strong international team of over 90 faculty members from 20 countries and regions around the world, the SHTM offers programmes at levels ranging from undergraduate to doctoral degrees. Through Hotel ICON, the School's groundbreaking teaching and research hotel and a vital aspect of its paradigm-shifting approach to hospitality and tourism education, the SHTM is advancing teaching, learning and research, and inspiring a new generation of passionate, pioneering professionals to take their positions as leaders in the hospitality and tourism industry.
Website: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/shtm/.
