On September 4th, the Department of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management (DRTM) held its first Advisory Board Meeting at the Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau. The opening ceremony was attended by 19 advisory board members from the tourism and hospitality management fields, Prof. Li MIAO (Head of the DRTM), Prof. Davis Ka Chio FONG (Director of Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming), and other executive committee members, faculty and students from the department.
After the opening ceremony, Prof. Amy Siu Ian SO and Prof. Lawrence Hoc Nang FONG hosted a roundtable discussion. During the meeting, advisory board members discussed key topics such as current changes in tourism demand, future trends of tourism industry, the development of Macau’s tourism industry, and the application of artificial intelligence in tourism. The roundtable discussion also saw enthusiastic participation from faculty and students.
Following the discussion, Prof. Jun YU, Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration attended the event and took a group photo with advisory board members, executive committee members, and faculty members.
After the group photo session, the advisory board members and executive committee members held an internal meeting to discuss “industry-university-research” cooperation and provide suggestions for the department’s future development.
The advisory board members include:
- Professor Kaye CHON (Dean of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management, Chair Professor and Walter & Wendy Kwok Family Foundation Professor in International Hospitality Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
- Professor Jigang BAO (Professor, School of Tourism Management, Director, Monitoring Centre for Sustainable Tourism Observatories of United Nations Tourism and Center for Tourism Planning and Research, Head of Academic Committee of School of Tourism Management, Sun Yat-sen University)
- Professor Lis TUSSYADIAH (Professor of Intelligent Systems in Service, Dean of Surrey Business School, University of Surrey)
- Professor David CÁRDENAS (Dean of the William Fisk Harrah College of Hospitality, University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
- Buddy LAM (Director of Corporate Affairs, Galaxy Entertainment Group)
- Chong Nin SAM (Advisor, Sands China Limited)
- Wendy YU (Executive Vice President of Human Resources, MGM)
- Barry Ip（Vice President of Learning and Advancement, Wynn Resorts Limited）
- Hoi Kei HO (Owner Representative, Hilton Zhuhai Hotel)
- Porcia LEUNG（Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications, SJM Resorts）
- Osborn LO (President of Macau Federal Commercial Association of Convention & Exhibition Industry)
- Raymond LO (Senior Vice President, General Manager of Altira Macau & Mocha Clubs, Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited)
- Jie ZHU (Deputy General Manager of Zhuhai Da Heng Qin Group Company Limited).
- Luis HEREDIA (President of Board of Directors of the Macau Hotel Association)
- Kin Chung CHEUNG (Chairman of China Travel Service (Macao) Limited, General Manager of Macau CTS Hotel Management (International) Limited)
- Jones CHAO (Vice President of Human Resources, SJM Resorts)
- Benjamin HONG (Executive Director of Learning & Talent Development, MGM)
- Angelina LEI (Senior Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility Community Relations, Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited)
- Sandy CHAN (Senior Manager of Learning and Advancement, Wynn Resorts Limited)
