About APacCHRIE
Background
Founded in 1946, the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (hereafter I-CHRIE) is the global advocate of hospitality and tourism education for schools, colleges, and universities offering programmes in hotel and restaurant management, travel and tourism management and culinary arts. Asia Pacific CHRIE – better known as APacCHRIE – is a Federation of the ICHRIE. Members of APacCHRIE constitute all countries at the Pacific Rim who are registered members of ICHRIE.
Conferences in the past
Conferences are usually hosted by well-known hospitality universities in Asia. For example, this year the conference is hosted by Auckland University of Technology, which is New Zealand’s second largest and fastest growing university. The conference in 2014 was hosted by Taylor’s University, which is Malaysia’s premier private educator in hospitality and tourism. The conference in 2013 was hosted by the University of Macau which is also considered a leading hospitality programme in the world. The conference in 2012 was hosted by the University of Santo Tomas which is the oldest university in the Philippines (founded in 1611). The 2011 conference was hosted by Hong Kong Polytechnic which is ranked in the top five in the world in hospitality and tourism programmes. For 2016, Dusit Thani College is honoured to have won the bid to host such a renowned hospitality and tourism research conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
While the conference has an academic side encouraging participation by hospitality and tourism students and faculty from the Asia region and internationally, practitioners also get unique insight into the most up to date research trends in the global hospitality industry. The topics are multifaceted dealing with a breadth of topics such as hospitality and tourism management, finance, marketing, operations, design, best practice and responsible development. Therefore, the conference provides a great forum for practical and academic knowledge for industry practitioners and researchers alike in the fields of hospitality and tourism.
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The Main Conference in 2016
The main conference in 2016 will be held at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. The theme of the conference will be “Crisis Management and Business Continuity in the Tourism Industry”. This conference intends to discuss crisis management and business continuity in the tourism industry, not only within Asian regions but across the world as a whole. The issues have been defined and categorized into two major areas which are based on external and internal factors.
The first concern is external factors which encompass all issues, occurrences, and trends that are peripheral to the organization, such as socio-cultural factors, public safety, demographics, competitive situations, economic downturns, technological, political and legal instability, environmental changes, epidemic diseases, and the media.
Another aspect that has significant influence on an organization is the internal factors. The impact of critical situations can be influenced by corporate culture, quality of human resources, organizational structure, financial crisis, physical assets, profit and cash flow, mission and objectives, generational difference issues, labor disputes, gaps between education and industry, loss of reputation, and internal crisis communication.
If problems remain unresolved, they might have a significant effect on the functioning or performance of an organization or on its future interests.
About Host
Tourism is one among various vital parts of Thai economy, and the future of tourism depends greatly on hospitality education in order to meet the growing demands of tourists and the tourism industry. Regardless of how the world changes, Thailand represents the epitome of hospitality warmth and charm, and Dusit Thani College is the premier institution to bring these concepts through superior service and excellence to Southeast Asia. Join an institution committed to the highest ideals of hospitality education and proven success since 1993, and put your career on the right track.
Dusit Thani College provides students with real world experiences directly from qualified academics with professional experience in hospitality industries. Our learning facilities are supported by the latest theoretical knowledge. As part of Thailand’s leading five-star hospitality group for over 40 years, the programs offered at Dusit Thani College enable students to enter employment with the potential of making an immediate positive contribution. Studying at Dusit Thani College will be the first step in your chosen hospitality career. It will build on your current mind-set and help you to develop into a true hospitality professional showing both your communicative and entrepreneurial sides, as well as developing you into a true team player ready to enter