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The 15th Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in Tourism

Undergraduate Student Best Research Paper Awards

 

Further to the TRiNet announcement on Thursday, 10th September, 2015, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Hotel & Tourism Management (SHTM) is hosting the 15th Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in Tourism and the 2nd Global Tourism & Hospitality Conference from 16-18 May 2016.

 

To foster high quality research from undergraduate students, the SHTM is offering three Undergraduate Student Best Research Paper Awards for Undergraduate Students at the 15th Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in Tourism (APF) to be held at Hotel ICON, a state-of-the-art teaching and research hotel of SHTM, PolyU (www.hotel-icon.com).

 

The Undergraduate Student Best Research Paper Award is open to all Undergraduate students with up to one co-author (the co-author can be a faculty member). The Undergraduate student must be the first author. To be eligible for the Awards, only full papers will be considered.

 

 

Prizes

 

1st Prize: Return airfare to Hong Kong, three nights’ accommodation at Hotel ICON and Conference registration fee.

 

1st Runner-up: Three nights’ accommodation at Hotel ICON and Conference registration fee.

 

2nd Runner-up: Conference registration fee.

 

 

Research Themes

 

Undergraduate Students are invited to submit papers across a wide spectrum of tourism and hospitality related research, including:

 

  • Case Studies on Tourism and Hospitality Development, Marketing and Management

  • Contemporary Issues in Tourism and Hospitality Education and Research

  • Contest and Cooperation on Tourism within Asia-Pacific Areas

  • Current Issues in Education for Tourism/Hospitality

  • Destination Marketing

  • E-commerce and Travel Agency Management

  • Emerging Issues in Tourism/Hospitality Research

  • Foodservice and Food Habits

  • Hospitality Management and Marketing

  • Implications of Technology and Media in Tourism

  • MICE Development and Tourism Crisis Management in Tourism Industry

  • Multi-disciplined Issues Related to Tourism and Tourism Education

  • Policies and Regulations Affecting Tourism

  • Rural Tourism and Poverty Alleviation

  • Stakeholders’ Cooperation in Tourism Development

  • Tourism Consumer Behaviour

  • Tourism Human Resource and Training

  • Tourism Impact Assessment

  • Tourism Planning and Sustainable Tourism

  • Transnational Market Analysis and Forecast

  • Any other topics of relevance to the Forum

 

 

Submission Information
 

  1. Manuscripts of between 4,000 and 7,000 words (typed, single-spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman font) should be submitted for the final award selection process.
     

  2. Please indicate the author’s name and affiliation only on the cover page of the abstract and they should not be indicated anywhere in the paper.
     

  3. A Best Paper Review Committee will conduct a refereed review of the full papers submitted.
     

  4. Once the paper is accepted, at least one of the authors must register for and present the paper at APF.

 

Paper submission for undergraduate students: stephen.pratt@polyu.edu.hk (Dr Stephen Pratt )

Deadline for full paper submission: 7 March 2016

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