Call for Papers

The 11th Asia Pacific CHRIE (APacCHRIE) Conference - Macau, SAR, China
May 21 to May 24, 2013
“Facing the Challenges, Grasping the Opportunities - Winning in the hospitality industry in uncertain times ”
Hosted by: Hospitality and Gaming Management Program, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau

The 11th APacCHRIE 2013 will be held in Macau, SAR, China with the theme of “Facing the Challenges, Grasping the Opportunities - Winning in the hospitality industry in uncertain times”. The APac CHRIE 2013 conference is determined to be a comprehensive conference that provides an open platform to bring together practitioners, academics and government officials worldwide to present research results and to stimulate discussions on new developments in tourism and hospitality education and the industry.

The conference host cordially invites hospitality and tourism researchers and practitioners to submit extended abstracts and industry presentations across a wide range of hospitality related research including but not limited to:

•  Emerging trends and issues in regional hospitality developments
•  Business and research ethics
•  Challenges and opportunities in Integrated Resort development
•  Trends related to catering and food service management
•  Tourism consumer behavior
•  Destination marketing and management
•  Education and training
•  Human resources and training
•  Emerging issues in Information Technology
•  Gaming industry development, issues and trends
•  Hospitality and hotel marketing and management
•  Convention and exhibition management
•  Hospitality operations management
•  Strategies and benchmarking in tourism and hospitality
•  Sustainable development
•  Service Quality Management
•  Tourism policies, regulations, planning and development
•  Trends, issues and development in tourism and hospitality education and the industry
•  Any other topics that might interest educators and practitioners in hospitality, hotel, food service, gaming, convention and exhibitions, and the tourism and travel industry.

Submission Guidelines

•  Three page abstracts (typed, single spaced) of proposed papers should be submitted for final selection process.
•  All abstracts should be formatted for double-blind review process. Authors should indicate in the cover page whether the submissions are for abstracts or full paper.
•  Author’s name and details (including affiliation and addresses for general correspondences) should be on the cover page
•  All papers submitted should be original (have not been published elsewhere). In addition, it must follow the accepted academic writing standards, format and methodology.
•  The paper will be blindly reviewed by the Paper Review Committee and its invited reviewers. Once a paper is accepted, at least one of the authors must register in order to have the paper presented and included in the proceedings.
•  All submissions should be in MS Word
•  English is the official language of the Conference and should be used in all abstract submissions, publications and presentations
•  Submit abstracts or presentation proposals to the Paper Review Committee (paper.apacchrie@um.edu.mo) via electronic mail.

Deadlines

Feb
Submission of Abstracts:
February 18, 2013
Mar
Paper Acceptance Notification:
March 8, 2013
Apr
Submission of Full Papers:
April 5, 2013
 

Publication of Accepted Papers

Final copies of accepted papers will be professionally published with an appropriate recognition (e.g. ISBN number) in the Conference Proceedings.

Best Paper Recognition and Award

The Paper review Committee shall recommend the outstanding papers for the final approval of the Organizing Committee and APacCHRIE Board. Winning papers shall receive Certificates of Recognition and the chance to be published in world recognized refereed journals.

Abstracts and papers should be submitted only via electronic Mail: paper.apacchrie@um.edu.mo

Your submission will be acknowledged within 48 hours. If you do not receive an acknowledgement that your submission has been received, please contact us.

Register NOW!

Register before 1 April to get the early bird discount!

Contacts

For further inquiries, please contact the Paper Review Committee:
paper.apacchrie@um.edu.mo

For other inquiries, please contact our Secretary:
apacchrie@um.edu.mo

Downloads

About the Conference

  Main Conference Brochure

  Youth Conference Brochure

Conference Schedule

  Tentative Conference Schedule

Sponsorship Packages

  Corporate Sponsorship Package

Institutional Sponsorship Package

 

Registration

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