APacCHRIE 2020: First Announcement and Call for Papers

The School of Hotel & Tourism Management of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is pleased to announce that APacCHRIE 2020 will be held on 27-28 October 2020 at Hotel ICON in Hong Kong.

Call for Papers

The conference organizers invite abstracts or papers on areas including, but not limited to, the following topics:

Case Studies on Tourism and Hospitality Development, Marketing and Management
Competition and Collaboration among Asia-Pacific Countries on Tourism
Consumer Behavior in Hospitality / Tourism
Contemporary Issues in Tourism and Hospitality Industry Education and Research
Crisis Management in Hospitality and Tourism
Culinary Arts and Gastronomy
Destination Marketing
E-commerce and Travel Agency Management
E-learning in Hospitality and Tourism: Its Applications and Influences on the Industry and Education
Ethics, Leadership, and Corporate Social Responsibility
Future of Hospitality and Tourism Education
HR Management and Training in Tourism

Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior
Hospitality Management and Marketing
Impact of COVID-19 and Recovery Strategies
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Knowledge Economies, Knowledge Management
MICE Development and Tourism Papers Related to the Belt and Road Initiative
Rural Tourism and Green Tourism
Service Design
Smart Tourism and Innovations
Social Media and Sharing Economy
Technology in Tourism and Hospitality Industries
Tourism Culture
Tourism Development and Sustainability
Tourism Economics
Tourism Planning and Policy
Transnational Market Analysis and Forecast
Other Topics Related to Tourism and Hospitality in the Asia-Pacific Region

General Submission Information

Two types of submission are invited: Abstracts (maximum 1,500 words) or full papers (maximum 5,000 words). Authors will have an option of choosing to include only the abstracts or the full papers in the conference proceedings to be published electronically.
Each submission will be accepted as either stand-up presentation or poster presentation based on the suitability of the submission and author’s preference.
Submissions must be original and should not be already published nor under review for publication elsewhere.
Individual and multiple authors are welcome to contribute.
Once the submission is accepted, at least one of the authors must register and present at the conference.
Papers must be written in English.
Papers will be presented in either oral (i.e. stand-up presentation) or visual (i.e. poster) form.
The author’s name and affiliation should be shown only on the cover page of the manuscript and they should not be indicated anywhere in the paper.
Authors will retain full copyright to their work and the conference organizers are making no claim on the copyright.
All contributions should follow the format and style described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, 7th edition).
Best paper awards will be competitively selected by the Best Paper Review Committee after assessing the final version of the Full Papers (maximum 5,000 words) submitted.

For submission guidelines, please visit HERE.
For paper submission, please contact: apacchrie2020.papers@polyu.edu.hk

Important Dates

Abstracts or Full Papers Submission: 31 July 2020
Final Version Submission: 15 September 2020

For any enquiries about the conference, please contact:

Program Chair:

Dr. Qu Xiao
Associate Professor

School of Hotel & Tourism Management
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
17 Science Museum Road
TST East, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: +852-3400- 2266; Fax: +852-2362-9362
Email: qu.xiao@polyu.edu.hk

Conference Secretariat:

Ms. Leslie Fung
Executive Officer

School of Hotel & Tourism Management
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
17 Science Museum Road
TST East, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: +852-3400-2215; Fax: +852-2362-6422
Email: leslie.fung@polyu.edu.hk