2nd Global Tourism & Hospitality Conference and 15th Asia Pacific Forum (APF) for Graduate Students Research in Tourism
Innovations, Research, Education
16 – 18 May 2016
Hotel ICON, Hong Kong
Second Announcement and Call for Papers
Organised by the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), the 2nd Global Tourism & Hospitality Conference and 15th Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students in Tourism (Hong Kong 2016) takes the theme “Innovations · Research ·Education”. The conference will provide a networking platform for educators, thought leaders,students and industry professionals to exchange insights related to innovations and trends in the global tourism and hospitality industry, as well as opportunities and challenges that the industry is currently facing.
Venue Hotel ICON, the state-of-the-art teaching and research hotel of the SHTM, PolyU (www.hotel-icon.com).
Call for Papers Hong Kong 2016 now invites papers for stand-up and poster presentations relevant to the areasincluding (but not limited to) the following topics:
Choice Models and Consumer Decision Making
Corporate Social Responsibility
Curriculum Design and Pedagogies
Destination Management andMarketing
Ethics and Law in Tourism
Environmental Issues
E-Tourism and Marketing
Events Management
Future Hotel Rooms and Restaurants
Globalization in Tourism
Global Trends in Tourism andHospitality
Green Tourism
Hotel Management
Human Resources Management
Innovations and New Approaches inHospitality / Tourism Research and Education
Medical Tourism
Nature-based Tourism
Rural Tourism Development
Service Quality Management
Social Media and Tourism
Strategic Choices in Tourism and Hospitality
Sustainable Tourism Development
Tourism and Hospitality Education
Tourism Economics and Forecasting
Tourism Marketing
Tourism Policy
Training in Tourism and Hospitality
Other relevant topics on contemporaryissues in tourism and hospitality research and education
Conference Feature In addition to keynote sessions and paper presentations, conference participants will be able to engage in Pre-Conference Workshops: Research and Editing, where participants and academics are provided with an opportunity to have one-to-one interactions to discuss their dissertations.
Who should attend the conference? • Tourism and hospitality industry practitioners • Hospitality executives and employers • Representatives of tourism authorities and marketing organisations • Researchers and consultants in tourism and hospitality industry • Academics and students in the field of tourism and hospitality • Editors of tourism and hospitality-related journals
Submission Information ● Authors are requested to submit a formatted 3-page abstract of proposed paper or presentation proposal via electronic mail for the final selection process. ● Detailed guidelines are as follows: • Typed, 12 points, Times New Roman • 1-inch (2.5cm) for all margins and double spaced • A separate cover page should include topic of the paper, affiliation, author's name, contact number and email address. Please indicate the above information only on the cover page and not anywhere else • All submission should be in MS Word or PDF format ● All submissions will be forwarded to our Paper Review Panel for double-blind review. ● Once the submission is accepted, at least one of the authors must register for and present the paper at the conference. ● Final copies of accepted papers will be professionally published as edited conference proceedings. ● Authors of accepted papers presented at the Conference will be invited to submit their papers to selected journals for publication consideration after the Conference.
Paper Submission 2nd Global Tourism & Hospitality Conference: paper.global2016@polyu.edu.hk 15th Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students in Tourism: paper.apf2016@polyu.edu.hk
Submission Deadline Abstract submission: 3 March 2016 Full paper submission: 11 April 2016
Conference Best Paper Recognition Best papers will be competitively selected and authors will be acknowledged with the Best Paper Award.