Hospitality and Leisure

Thi Yein Soe, Kevin: Traveling Up the Career Ladder in Hospitality

Kevin is a graduate of the BSc (Hons) in International Hospitality Management who is the epitome of a truly international graduate in the hospitality industry. The ASEAN scholar has had a fruitful path since graduation, charting his way up one of the top hotel chains globally while experiencing鈥

Thai-Western Mobilities and Migration: Intimacy within Cross-Border Connections

By Associate Professor Dr Alexander Trupp
Published by Routledge in the 鈥楻esearch in Ethnic and Migration Studies鈥 this book discusses mobilities and migration of Thais and Westerners, particularly in the contexts of marriage and retirement migration as well as presents fresh perspectives on the intersecting terrain of tourism and鈥

红杏视频 Plays Host to the 3rd International Tourism and Retail Service Management Conference (TRMC 2021)

By Evelyn Loh Geok Yan
The School of Hospitality and Service Management鈥檚 (SHSM) first virtual conference saw participation from more than 20 countries globally. 

Impactful Exposure for Local Vendors and Small-Medium Enterprises Through Jom Loka

Jom LOKA was virtual event put together by the School of Hospitality BSc (Hons) Conventions鈥

Road to Recovery from COVID-19: The Tourism and Hospitality Experience

The tourism and hospitality industry globally were severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic including massive declines in international and domestic travel due to travel restrictions and border closures. This has led to a plunge in tourism receipts, disruptions in aviation and hospitality鈥

The Paradox of Teaching Practical Skills Online: Finding Ways Forward

By Associate Professor Dr Daniel Chong Ka Leong
In this day and age, online learning has become inevitable. While theoretical-based modules can be shifted online swiftly, the same, however, cannot be said for practical-based modules. This article highlights some of the success factors for teaching practical skills online.

Deciphering Food Hawkerpreneurship

By Associate Professor Dr Daniel Chong Ka Leong
The term 鈥渉awkerpreneur鈥 is operationally defined as an entrepreneur who runs a traditional street/hawker food in a modernised and innovative manner. The surge in modernised or franchised hawker food businesses in Malaysia represents an increasing demand for higher-quality hawker food and more鈥

Ruby Nguyen: The Teaching Entrepreneur

Ruby Hong Ngoc Nguyen is Vietnamese-born and is currently a Lecturer at the School of Hospitality at the University of Economics, Vietnam. Aside from that, she is also an English language trainer, teaching and training under her own brand of 鈥淓nglish with Ruby鈥.

Tourism Development and Planetary Health: A Destructive or Reconstructive Relationship?

By Professor Marcus L. Stephenson
Planetary health concerns the fundamental relationship between the health of human beings and the health of the planet. The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on Planetary Health insinuated that natural resources were continually being exploited by human beings despite human health being鈥

The Impact of Tourists鈥 Perceptions of Space-launch Tourism: An Extension of the Theory of Planned Behaviour Approach

By Dr Philip Wong Pong Weng
Various Asian countries are fortifying their space investments, and smaller states within the region are showing ambitions of establishing national space programmes. The broad mission of those programmes is to establish/observe the remote-sensing, meteorology, communications, artificial鈥

Sympathising with People鈥檚 Travel Needs and Desires鈥ut There is Light at the End of the Tunnel!

By Professor Marcus L Stephenson
The COVID-19 pandemic raises serious questions concerning the socio-psychological implications of people鈥檚 limited propensity to travel as a consequence of movement control orders (MCO) and fears of travelling to public places.

Microbiomics: The Orang Asli Healthy Diet

The Orang Asli 鈥 the indigenous people of Peninsula Malaysia, still uphold their traditional lifestyle, including food preparation methods and consumption habits.