While the conference has an academic side encouraging participation by hospitality and tourism students and faculty from 30 coutries in Asia region and internationally, practitioners also get unique insight into the most up to date research trends in the global hospitality industry.
Dusit Thani College is honoured to present and host such a renowned hospitality and tourism research conference in Bangkok “The 14th APacCHRIE Conference 2016” from 11 to 13 May 2016 at Dusit Thani Bangkok. The theme of the conference is “Crisis Management and Business Continuity in the Tourism Industry” and Youth Conference for undergraduate students under the theme “Crisis Management and Business Continuity in the Tourism Industry: Perceptions of the Future”. A topic that it feels of high relevance not just in the Asian region but globally and it refers to all types of critical situations; such as financial crisis, economic downturn, political instability, natural disaster, technological crisis, epidemic diseases, etc.
While the conference has an academic side encouraging participation by hospitality and tourism students and faculty from 30 coutries in Asia region and internationally, practitioners also get unique insight into the most up to date research trends in the global hospitality industry. The topics are multifaceted dealing with a breadth of topics such as hospitality and tourism management, finance, marketing, operations, design, best practice and responsible development. Therefore, the conference provides a great forum for practical and academic knowledge for industry practitioners and researchers alike in the fields of hospitality and tourism. Speakers and panelists are renowed expert in the industry such as Professor Kaye Chon, Professor in International Hospitality Management of the School of Hotel and Tourism management at Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Dr. Fabien Fresnel, Chief Academic Officer at Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne; Mr. Chanin Donavanik, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Executive Committee at Dusit International, etc.
In addition to the main conference, ApacCHRIE annually provides undergraduate students in the fields of hospitality and tourism with an avenue (i.e., Youth Conference) where world-class educators share their knowledge with undergraduated students from different nations. Therefore, Dusit Thani College will host a youth conference on 12-13 May 2016, also at the Dusit Thani Bangkok Hotel. The theme of the conference in 2016 is “Crisis Management and Business Continuity in the Tourism Industry: Perceptions of the Future”.
More than 280 delegates from 30 countries of this prestigious conference will be educators, researchers, industry leaders, partners and representatives of professional associations, government officials, postgraduates and students.
The grand opening for the conference will be presided over by Mrs. Kobkarn Suriyasat Wattanavrangkul, Minister of Tourism and Sport on Thursday, 12 May 2016 at Napalai Ballroom, Dusit Thani Bangkok.
APacCHRIE: founded in 1946, the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (hereafter I-CHRIE) is the global advocate of hospitality and tourism education for schools, colleges, and universities offering programmes in hotel and restaurant management, travel and tourism management and culinary arts. Asia Pacific CHRIE – better known as APacCHRIE – is a Federation of the ICHRIE. Members of APacCHRIE constitute all countries at the Pacific Rim who are registered members of ICHRIE.
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