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ICON-ic opportunities in Hong Kong | By Tony S.M. Tse

Assistant Professor and Program Director (Industry Partnerships) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s (PolyU) School of Hotel and Tourism Management
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When a hotel management school operates its own hotel, opportunities for teaching both technical skills and soft skills abound. With the Hotel ICON, Hong Kong Polytechnic University has created a magnificent laboratory for developing the talent of its students, as the school’s Tony S.M. Tse reports.

When a hotel management school operates its own hotel, opportunities for teaching both technical skills and soft skills abound. With the Hotel ICON, Hong Kong Polytechnic University has created a magnificent laboratory for developing the talent of its students, as the school’s Tony S.M. Tse reports.

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Tony Tse
Assistant Professor and Program Director (Industry Partnerships) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s (PolyU) School of Hotel and Tourism Management
Hong Kong Poly
School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Tsim Sha Tsui East, Hong Kong (SAR)
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For over 40 years, the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has refined a distinctive vision of hospitality and tourism education and become a world-leading hotel and tourism school. Ranked No. 1 in the world in the “Hospitality and Tourism Management” category in ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2022 for the sixth consecutive year; placed No. 1 globally in the “Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services” category in the University Ranking by Academic Performance in 2021/2022 for five years in a row; rated No. 1 in the world in the “Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism” subject area by the CWUR Rankings by Subject 2017; and ranked No. 2 in the world among university based programmes in the “Hospitality and Leisure Management” subject area in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 for the seventh consecutive year, the SHTM is a symbol of excellence in the field, exemplifying its motto of Leading Hospitality and Tourism. The School is driven by the need to serve its industry and academic communities through the advancement of education and dissemination of knowledge. With a strong international team of over 90 faculty members from diverse cultural backgrounds, the SHTM offers programmes at levels ranging from undergraduate to doctoral degrees. Through Hotel ICON, the School’s groundbreaking teaching and research hotel and a vital aspect of its paradigm-shifting approach to hospitality and tourism education, the SHTM is advancing teaching, learning and research, and inspiring a new generation of passionate, pioneering professionals to take their positions as leaders in the hospitality and tourism industry.