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International CHRIE (I-CHRIE)

Founded in 1946, the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (I-CHRIE) is the global advocate of hospitality and tourism education for schools, colleges, and universities offering programs in hotel and restaurant management, foodservice management and culinary arts. 

In recent years, International CHRIE's focus has expanded and its mission statement has evolved, making it a marketplace for facilitating exchanges of information, ideas, research, products and services related to education, training and resource development for the hospitality and tourism industry (food, lodging, recreation and travel services). Serving as the hospitality and tourism education network, we strive to unite educators, industry executives and associations.
 

Headquarters Office (HQ)
Headquarters for I-CHRIE is located at 2613 North Parham Road, 2nd Floor, Richmond, Virginia 23294, USA.  The telephone number for International CHRIE is 01 (804) 346-4800 and FAX of 01 (804) 346-5009. 

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Asia-Pacific CHRIE (APacCHRIE)

Asia Pacific CHRIE or better known as APacCHRIE is a Federation of the I-CHRIE. Members of APacCHRIE constitute all countries at the Pacific Rim who must also be a registered member of I-CHRIE. The Geographical boundary of APacCHRIE can be segmentised to 4 areas as following:

  1. Area I: East Asia (PRC, Taiwan, Korea & Japan)
  2. Area II: Southeast Asia (ASEAN member countries & Indo-China)
  3. Area III: Oceania (Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific Islands)
  4. Area IV: Indian Sub-continent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka)


Board Meeting at the School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (13 Jan. 2007). Board members of 2006/2007 Session

Registered Address:

School of Hotel and Tourism Management,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2766 6382     Fax: (852) 2362 6422
Email: Antonia.Wong@inet.polyu.edu.hk

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Officers of APacCHRIE - Session 2008/2009


Founding Chairman (Ex-Officio):

Prof. Kaye Chon
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Tel: 852 2766 6382 
Fax: 852 2362 6422
Email: hmkchon@polyu.edu.hk

Past President (Ex-Officio):
Prof. Eliza Ching-Yick Tse
The
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tel : 852 2609 8591
Fax : 852 2603 7724
E-mail : elizatse@cuhk.edu.hk

Past President (Ex-Officio):
Prof. Ilsun Yang
Yonsei University, Korea
Tel : 822 2123 3121
Fax : 822 363 3430
E-mail : isyang@yonsei.ac.kr

Past President (Ex-Officio):

Mrs. Carol Pido
International Hotel Management and Culinary School
IHMCS Philippines Inc.

Tel: 63 2 820 9181
Fax: 63 2 820 5952
Email: cpido@sfu.edu.ph / hospitality@sfu.edu.ph

 


Past President (Ex-Officio):

Prof. Wen Zhang
Beijing International Studies University, Beijing, P.R. China
Tel: 86 10 65778433
Fax: 86 10 65778448
Email: erwaizhw@yahoo.com.cn
 


Chairman & Immediate Past President (Ex-Officio):
Dr. Vikneswaran Nair
Taylor's University College,  Malaysia
Tel: 60 3 5637 1150
Fax: 60 3 5637 1981
Email: vicky.nair@taylors.edu.my 

President:

Prof. Dr. Jeou-Shyan Horng
Jinwen University of Science & Technology, Taiwan
Tel: 8862 8212-2660 
Fax: 886 8212-2549
Email: horngjs@just.edu.twt10004@ntnu.edu.tw

Vice President:
Dr. Perry Hobson
International Centre of Excellence in Tourism & Hospitality Education (THE-ICE), Australia
Tel: 61 755366755
Fax: 61 755366744
Email: perry.hobson@the-ice.org
 

Secretary:
Prof. Manat Chaisawat
Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Tel:
66 0 7627 6212
Fax:
66 0 7627 6214
Email: manat@phuket.psu.ac.th

Treasurer:

Prof. Cathy Hsu
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Tel: 852 2766 4682 
Fax: 852 2362 9362
Email: hmhsu@polyu.edu.hk

Director of Conference Planning:
Dr. Andy Nazarechuk
University of Nevada (UNLV), Singapore
Tel: 65 6332 9538
Fax: 65 6332 9531
Email: dr.andy@unlv.edu.sg

Director of Membership:
Prof. Haiyan Song
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Tel:  852 2766 6372
Fax: 852 2362 9362
Email: hmsong@polyu.edu.hk

 


Director of Internal Affairs:
Asst. Prof. Kyung-Soo Han
Kyonggi University, Korea
Tel: 82 31 249-9544
Fax: 82 31 249-9173
Email: kshan@kyonggi.ac.kr

Director of Industry Relations:
Assoc. Prof. Ching-Hsu Huang
National Pingtung University of Science & Technology, Taiwan
Tel: 886 8 7703202
Fax: 886 8 7740503
Email: chinghsu@mail.npust.edu.tw


Director of Public Relations:

Dr. David Jones
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Tel:  852 2766 6378 
Fax: 852 2362 9362
Email: hmdjones@polyu.edu.hk


Director at Large:

Dr. Tongqian Zou
Beijing International Studies University, Beijing, P.R. China
Tel: 86 10 65778433
Email:
zoutongqian@bisu.edu.cn /
ztq64@126.com

 

Area Consultant: South East-Asia
:
Asst. Prof. Evangeline Eugenio-Timbang
University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
Tel: 63 0915 2023 643 (mobile) 
Email: vangietimbang@yahoo.com

Area Consultant: Oceania
:
Mr. Paul Whitelaw
Victoria University, Australia
Tel: 61 3 9919 4665
Fax: 61 3 9919 4931
Email: Paul.Whitelaw@vu.edu.au

Area Consultant: Indian Sub-Continent:
Mr. Samir Thapa
Silver Mountain School of Hotel Management, Nepal
Tel: 977 1 4415038 / 4429151
Fax: 977 1 4444086
Email: info@silvermountain.edu.np

Area Consultant: East-Asia:
Dr. Amy So
University of Macau
Tel: 853-8397-4720
Fax: 853-2883-8320
Email:
amysosi11@hotmail.com  /
amyso@umac.mo

Secretariat Office:
Ms. Antonia Wong
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Tel: (852) 2766 6351
Fax: (852) 2362 9362
Email:
hmawls@polyu.edu.hk 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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