UNWTO Ulysses Prize (2011), Howard B. Meek Award (2007), Wiley Lifetime Research Award (1994), President's Medal (South Korea), McCool Breakthrough Award (2012, 2017)
Kaye Kye-Sung Chon is a South Korean and American academic specializing in hospitality management and tourism. He currently serves as Dean and Chair Professor at the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU),where he also holds the Walter Kwok Foundation Professorship in International Hospitality Management. Chon is noted for his contributions to hospitality education,including his role in the establishment of Hotel Icon.
Chon was born in Jeonju,South Korea. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgia State University,graduating summa cum laude in 1984.[1] He earned a master's degree from the University of Nevada,Las Vegas (UNLV) in 1985 and completed his PhD at Virginia Tech in 1990,specializing in marketing and consumer behavior in tourism.[2]
In 2000 Chon became Dean of SHTM at PolyU.[4] At the university,he also holds the Walter Kwok Foundation Professorship in International Hospitality Management.[5]
Under his leadership,SHTM became an independent school. Chon was involved in the development of Hotel ICON,a teaching and research hotel.[1][3]
Awards and honors
Chon received the UNWTO Ulysses Prize in 2011 for tourism knowledge creation.[6] In 2007 he was honored with the Howard B. Meek Award.[7]
Welcome to Hospitality:An Introduction (Delmar Cengage Learning,2009)[8]
Leading the Way:The Story of SHTM and Hotel ICON (School of Hotel and Tourism Management,The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,2014)[3]
"Assessing the Predictive Validity of Two Methods of Measuring Self-Image Congruence" (with M. Joseph Sirgy,Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science,1997)[9]
↑ Sirgy, M.J.; Chon, K.S. (1997). "Assessing the predictive validity of two methods of measuring self-image congruence". Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. 25 (3): 229–241. doi:10.1177/0092070397253004.
1 2 3 4 Chon, Kaye Kye-Sung (2014). Leading the Way: The Story of SHTM and Hotel ICON. School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
↑ Chon, Kaye Kye-Sung (2009). Welcome to Hospitality: An Introduction. Delmar Cengage Learning. ISBN9781428321489.
↑ Sirgy, M. Joseph; Chon, Kaye Kye-Sung (1997). "Assessing the Predictive Validity of Two Methods of Measuring Self-Image Congruence". Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. 25 (3): 229–241. doi:10.1177/0092070397253004.
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