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Professor Kaye Chon, Chair Professor and Director of School of Hotel and Tourism Management at
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), was recently honoured by
the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (I-CHRIE) with
an Howard H. Meek Award.
Named after the
first dean of hospitality school at Cornell University, Professor Howard H. Meek, the award has been
annually presented since 1971 to one hospitality educator for his or her lifetime contributions and
outstanding service to hospitality education. Prof Chon is the first recipient of the award from Asia
Pacific in 36 years.
I-CHRIE's President Professor Peter Jones, of the University of Surrey,
said, "for over 20
years of teaching and research career in hospitality, Prof Chon has made exceptional contribution to
global hospitality education development through his leadership and research contributions."
Prof Chon is past President and Chairman of
the International Society of Travel & Tourism Educators and currently the First Vice Chairman of
the United Nations World Tourism Organization Education Council.
A former professor at University of Houston in the United States, Prof Chon joined PolyU in 2000. Under his leadership, PolyU's School of
Hotel and Tourism Management has been developed as one of the world's top four schools of hospitality and tourism management based
on research output.
PolyU’s School of Hotel and Tourism Management was ranked fourth among the world’s top hotel and tourism schools based on
research and scholarship, according to a study published in the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research in August 2005. With more than 50
academic staff drawn from 17 countries, it is also the only training centre in Asia recognized by the Education and Training Network of the
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
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