Symposium Background - Faculty of Business Administration

Organisers

The University of Macau (UM) will be hosting the 2022 Inaugural Frontiers in Hospitality and Tourism Annual Research Symposium. The Symposium will be hosted in a hybrid mode with the offline event taking place on the gorgeous UM campus on October 21, 2022. The Symposium is the brainchild of a collaborative effort among the University of Macau, Nankai University, Fudan University & Sun Yat-sen University.

Department of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau
The Department of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management (DRTM) was officially established in March 2019, laying a solid foundation for it to scale new heights. The young and vibrant department is now offering the Bachelor of Science (BSc) Degree Programme of International Integrated Resort Management, the Master of Science (MSc) Degree Programme of International Integrated Resort Management, and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree Programme in Business Administration with specialization in Hospitality and Gaming Management.
https://fba.um.edu.mo/drtm/

The Department of Tourism, Fudan University
http://tourism.fudan.edu.cn/main.htm

College of Tourism and Service Management, Nankai University
In 1981, Nankai University started to offer the Tourism Management Bachelor’s Degree, becoming a forerunner of the tourism higher education in the key comprehensive universities in China. In 1982, the Department of Tourism at Nankai University was established and was granted the right to confer master’s and doctoral degrees in tourism management. In 2010, with the support of the Ministry of Education and the National Tourism Administration, the College of Tourism and Service Management (CTSM) of Nankai University was officially established. Looking back at the history, the College of Tourism and Service Management has had 40 years development of tourism education in China and a well-established academic leader in offering bachelor, Master, and PhD degrees in tourism management.
https://entas.nankai.edu.cn/

School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University
Founded in 1985, School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University is one of the earliest institutions established in China for business administration education and research. Since its establishment, relying on the profound cultural tradition and academic background of Sun Yat-sen University, and supported by the Hong Kong Ho’s Education Foundation, Fok Ying Tung Foundation, Pei Hua Education Foundation and other domestic and overseas foundations, our school has become a top renowned business school in China and the world.
https://bus.sysu.edu.cn/en

Keynote

Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes
Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office

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Dai Bin
President of China Tourism Academy
Director of National Tourism Data Center

Dai Bin, PhD. in economics, professor, and president of China Tourism Academy, director of National Tourism Data Center. He is also serving as director of the Academic Committee; expert member of Group Emergency Office of the State Council; referee of the National Tourist Hotel Star Rating Committee, academic member of “Tourism Tribune”; and editor of “China Tourism Hotel”. He was promoted to full professor by the Beijing Municipal Education Commission as an exception in 2003; selected to the first “Beijing top creative talents Hundred Talents Program” in 2005; awarded with “outstanding teachers in Beijing”, “national excellent teacher” in 2006 and 2007 respectively; selected as a member of “National library cadre education and training of teachers.”

His research focuses on tourism business management and tourism industrial economics. He has published more than 450 academic papers and 50 published monographs, translations and textbooks; hosted over 60 projects involving the enhancement of tourism industry development quality, China’s economic operation and development forecast, and national-wide investigation of tourist satisfaction; delivered over 1000 keynote speeches.

Qian Jiannong
Global Partner of Fosun
Chairman and CEO of Fosun Tourism Group

Mr. Qian Jiannong is the global partner of Fosun, Chairman and CEO of Fosun Tourism Group. He took the lead of the team in accomplishing a series of investments, such as Club Med (France), Atlantis (Sanya), Vigor Kobo (Taiwan), Secret Recipe (Malaysia), CITS (PRC), Osborne (Spain) and Thomas Cook (UK). He is the first practitioner of Fosun’s philosophy “Combining China’s Growth Momentum with Global Resources”. Fosun Tourism Group got listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in December 2018

Mr. Qian has over 20 years of experience in the tourism and retail industries. Mr. Qian was the CEO and director of China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd and led this company’s IPO successfully in New York Stock Exchange in 2007.

Mr. Qian obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics from Shandong University in July 1983. He received a master’s degree in economics from the University of Essen (subsequently reorganized as the University of Duisburg-Essen) in Germany in July 1992 and was enrolled in the doctoral program in economics at the University of Duisburg-Essen from 1993 to 1997.

Symposium Organizing Committee

Symposium Chair

Li MIAO
Professor in Integrated Resort and Tourism Management
Head of Department of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management
UMDF Professorial Fellow

Symposium Vice Chair

Amy SO
Associate Professor in Integrated Resort and Tourism Management
Director of Centre for Tourism and Integrated Resort Studies
Assistant Dean (International and External Relations)

Sub-committee – Hospitality Committee

Chair
Amy SO
Associate Professor in Integrated Resort and Tourism Management
Director of Centre for Tourism and Integrated Resort Studies
Assistant Dean (International and External Relations)

Vice Chair
Jacey CHOE
Assistant Professor of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management

Members
Glenn MCCARTNEY
Associate Professor in Integrated Resort and Tourism Management
Associate Dean (Curriculum & Teaching) of Faculty of Business Administration
Christine LIM
Associate Professor in Integrated Resort and Tourism Management
Rose LIU
Associate Professor in Integrated Resort and Tourism Management
Fiona YANG
Assistant Professor of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management
Programme Coordinator for the IIRM (Postgraduate) Programme
Huiling HUANG
Assistant Professor of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management
Faye CHEN
Assistant Professor of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management

Sub-committee – Paper Review Committee

Rob LAW
Chair Professor in Integrated Resort and Tourism Management
Deputy Director, Asia-Pacific Academy of Economics and Management
UMDF Chair Professor of Smart Tourism

Robin CHARK
Associate Professor in Integrated Resort and Tourism Management

Lawrence Hoc Nang FONG
Associate Professor in Integrated Resort and Tourism Management

Sub-committee – Programme Committee Chair

Chair
Davis FONG
Professor in Integrated Resort and Tourism Management
Director of Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming

Vice Chair
Li MIAO
Professor in Integrated Resort and Tourism Management
Head of Department of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management
UMDF Professorial Fellow

Yuansi HOU
Associate Professor in Integrated Resort and Tourism Management

Representatives from co-hosting institutions