Leadership
Program Leader for MSc in International Tourism and Event Management
School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Jun 2025 - Mar 2026)
Student Development/Committee
Main Thesis Advisor
Wyett Lee, PhD student (expected from Aug 2026)
Ivaney Turyasingura, Dual PhD student from PolyU & Surrey (Aug 2025 – Present)
Main Thesis Advisor
Chencen Zhao, Master student, Master Thesis (Feb 2025 - Dec 2025)
Jiacheng Jie, Master student, Master Thesis (Feb 2025 - Dec 2025)
Sze Lam Lee, Undergrad student, Honours Thesis (Sep 2024 – Apr 2025) [SHTM Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis Award 2024/25]
Dissertation Committee Member
Dubing Mi, PhD student (Sep 2024 – Present)
Student Project Advisor
Wantong Bao (Master Student), Chencen Zhao (Master student), and Ynina Yang (Undergrad student), 2025 Rosewood Challenge (Dec 2024 – Feb 2025) [Awarded as a Merit Team]
Student Recruitment/Outreach
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Coordinated and led recruitment visits to several international schools in Manila, Philippines, to promote SHTM undergraduate programs (Apr 2026)
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Represented PolyU at the World University Fair in Manila, Philippines, to promote undergraduate programs (Sept 2025)
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Coordinate/participated as Program Leader in the Online Macau Joint Master Program Promotion Event for MSc in International Tourism and Event Management (Oct 2025)
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Served as Program Leader at SHTM Open House for MSc in International Tourism and Event Management, introducing the program and engaging with prospective students (Oct 2025)
Administrative Service
Board of Examiners (BoE) Member
School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2024 - Present)
Admissions Interview Panelist
School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2024)
Doctoral Student Representative, PhD Committee
Collegial Assembly of School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management (CASTHM), Temple University (Aug 2023 - May 2024)
Editorial Services
Editorial Board
Editorial board member, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Cases (2024 - Present)
Assistant editor (of social media), Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education (2025 - 2026)
Social media engagement officer, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (2024 - 2026)
Ad-hoc Reviewer
Tourism Management; Annals of Tourism Research; International Journal of Hospitality Management; Journal of Business Research; Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management; International Journal of Tourism Research; Tourism Management Perspective; Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education; Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Cases; Internet Research; Industrial Management & Data Systems; Nature Scientific Reports; International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration; Tourism Recreation Research; Discover Artificial Intelligence; ICHRIE Research Reports [Awarded as a Best Reviewer 2023]; International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management; Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology; Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights; International Journal of Consumer Studies; Current Issues in Tourism; World Leisure Journal; Journal of Tourism Studies; Journal of Leisure Research
Conference paper review:
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Asia Tourism Forum (2026)
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APacCHRIE (2025, 2026)
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IMPACT Conference (2024, 2025)
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Asia Pacific Tourism Association Annual Conference (2023)
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Global Marketing Conference (2023)
Moderator
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The 100th International Conference of the Tourism Sciences Society of Korea, Seoul, Korea (2026)
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24th ApacCHRIE Conference, Osaka, Japan (2026)
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IMPACT2024 Conference, Hong Kong (2024)
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“Introduction of necessary condition analysis,” NCA webinar, Erasmus University, Netherlands (2021)
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Prelude event seminar on “The combined use of PLS-SEM and NCA,” 2022 International Conference on PLS-SEM (2021)
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Philippine Research Conference of Tourism and Hospitality 2019, Manila, Philippines (2019)
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Philippine Research Conference of Tourism and Hospitality 2018, Baguio, Philippines (2018)
Service to the community
True Manila (volunteer tourism organization)
Manila, Philippines 2013, 2014