School of Hotel and Tourism Management

School of Hotel and Tourism Management
酒店及旅遊業管理學院
Motto Leading Hospitality and Tourism
Type Public
Established 1979
Dean Professor Kaye Chon
Academic staff
 65 from 20 countries and regions
Students Over 2,000
Location Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Website www.polyu.edu.hk/htm

The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM, Chinese: 酒店及旅遊業管理學院) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) was established in 1979 as the Department of Institutional Management and Catering Studies. It was renamed as Department of Hotel and Tourism Management in 1992. The Department was designated a School in October 2001, which became an independent autonomous academic unit within the University structure in July 2004. According to a study published in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research in November 2009, the School is ranked No. 2 internationally among hotel and tourism schools based on research and scholarship.[1]

With over 2,000 students and 65 academic staff drawn from 20 countries and regions, the School offers programmes at levels ranging from Higher Diploma to Ph.D. In 2012, the SHTM received from the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (I-CHRIE) the McCool Breakthrough Award. The award recognised the School’s breakthrough in the form of its teaching and research hotel – Hotel ICON.[2][3] The SHTM is currently a member of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Knowledge Network.[4]

Programmes

The SHTM offers programmes at levels ranging from Higher Diploma to Ph.D. in Hong Kong and Mainland China:[5][6]

Programmes in Hong Kong

Programmes in Mainland China

Awards and Recognitions

Facilities

Hotel ICON lobby.

Hotel ICON

Officially opened on 21 September 2011, Hotel ICON (唯港薈) is the teaching and research hotel built for the SHTM by PolyU. It was built on the site of Pak Sui Yuen, the former PolyU's staff quarters. Wholly owned by PolyU and an extension of the SHTM, Hotel ICON has 262 guestrooms including 165 Deluxe Rooms, 68 Deluxe Rooms on the Club Floors, 26 Suites and three dedicated "Tomorrow's Guestrooms" reserved for innovations and advance research. The hotel is operating under the mandate to benefit the hotel industry through experimentation and research and offer training to SHTM students.

Che-woo Lui Hotel and Tourism Resource Centre

Designed to support the research, teaching and learning functions of the School, the Che-woo Lui Hotel and Tourism Resource Centre.[14] houses a range of hotel and tourism management related reference and teaching materials, such as books, journals, magazines, statistical reports and conference proceedings. More than 160 international hospitality, tourism and food science journal titles are stocked. The centre is also equipped with facilities for student group projects and seminars.

Bistro 1979

Bistro 1979 is a student operated restaurant providing a real restaurant setting for SHTM students to learn and to experience the actual food and beverage management and operation. The restaurant has a capacity of 66 people and includes main and exclusive dining areas for its members and guests, offering lunches Monday to Friday and dinners throughout the year.

Vinoteca Lab

Vinoteca Lab is a wine lab used for a variety of classes ranging from basic to advanced levels of food and beverage preparation and appreciation. Classes such as wine appreciation, food and wine pairing are conducted to equip students with basic wine fundamentals as well as advanced skills in the professional evaluation of regional and international wines. The Food and Wine Academy, an initiative between the SHTM and Hotel ICON, organises practical workshops for food and wine enthusiasts that take place at the lab.

Samsung Digital Lab for Hospitality Technology

Purposely built for SHTM students and researchers, the Samsung Digital Lab for Hospitality Technology[15] is equipped with 70 notebook computers installed with a range of business applications, data analysis software, specialised hospitality and tourism software, together with wired and wireless connectivity functions to PolyU’s campus network and Internet.

References

  1. ↑ "Five-star first nears for PolyU – The Standard".
  2. ↑ SHTM and Hotel ICON
  3. ↑ "PolyU wins overseas honour for advancing hospitality and tourism education".
  4. ↑ "Knowledge Network Members - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University".
  5. ↑ "Programmes in Hong Kong".
  6. ↑ "Programmes in Mainland China".
  7. ↑ "Launch of Tripartite Master of Science in Global Hospitality Business by Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, PolyU and University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management".
  8. ↑ "PolyU to launch first Master of Science in International Wine Management".
  9. ↑ "酒店及旅游管理博士学位 (D. HTM)".
  10. ↑ "2011 UNWTO Ulysses Prize and Awards".
  11. ↑ "PolyU's hotel and tourism school ranks fourth in the world".
  12. ↑ "International Academy for the Study of Tourism Newsletter Vol. 12 (2002) Issue 4 - November" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "Institutions with UNWTO.TedQual Certified Programmes".
  14. ↑ "PolyU names hotel and tourism resource centre after Dr Che-woo Lui".
  15. ↑ "PolyU opens Samsung Digital Lab for hospitality technology".
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