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Announcing First Asia-Pacific CHRIE Conference and Call for Papers

Press Release: Asia-Pacific CHRIE
September 27, 2002
HONG KONG -- Newly created Asia-Pacific CHRIE (APacCHRIE) will hold its “first” annual conference and meeting in Seoul, Korea, on 21-23 May 2003. Seoul is a city known for its rich history and culture coupled with modern landscapes and reputation for its vibrant economic development and cutting-edge technologies. The conference theme is “Hospitality & Tourism Research and Education: The Asian Waves”, a theme that reflects the dynamic and rapid development in Asia’s hospitality and tourism industry and education. The first APac-CHRIE Conference is hosted and organized by the APac-CHRIE’s founding institution The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Hotel and Tourism Management in collaboration with Yonsei University in Seoul.

The Conference dates (May 21-23) were selected to coincide with the Second Asia-Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in Tourism, scheduled to take place in the ancient city of Gyungju near Busan, Korea, on May 24-25, 2003. This “back to back” arrangement between the two conferences should allow the first APac-CHRIE Conference participants to travel to the historical city of Gyungju and attend the Forum. Furthe r information on the Second Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in Tourism can be obtained from Dr. Sang Taek Lim, Dong-A University, Korea (email: stlim@daunet.donga.ac.kr).

The Conference organizers invite abstracts of papers for presentation. Papers dealing with a broad range of topics related to research and education in hospitality, tourism and related areas would be acceptable for presentation at the Conference. Deadline for submission of a three-page abstract (typed double-spaced) is February 15, 2003. Final copies of accepted papers will be professionally published with an appropriate recognition (e.g. ISBN number) as an edited conference proceedings PRIOR to the Forum.

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Further enquiries and abstract/paper submissions can be directed to:

Professor Kaye Chon
President, APac-CHRIE
School of Hotel and Tourism Management
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 
Telephone: +852-2766-6382; 
Fax: +852-2362-6422; Email: hmkchon@polyu.edu.hk