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A Breath of Fresh Air for Luxury Hotels
PolyU’s School of Hotel and Tourism Management | January 18, 2023
Trees, potted plants and “green walls” may not be conventional forms of interior design, but with growing demand for sustainable, eco-friendly hospitality, hotels are upping their efforts to incorporate “green atmospherics” into their indoor spaces. Whilst people’s behaviour is known to be shaped by their physical surroundings, the specific effects of living plants, scent, air quality, natural light and green spaces are not yet known. Focusing on the luxury hotel sector, Professor Jin-Soo Lee of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and co-researchers explored the influence of vari...
PolyU Relaunches Online MicroMasters in International Hospitality Management
November 22, 2017
The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) will relaunch its MicroMasters in International Hospitality Management programme in 2018, in view of the popular demand, to provide another opportunity for those who were eager to join the programme last time but were unable to. Led by Professor Hanqin Qiu, SHTM Professor, and supported by globally leading academics and practitioners, the programme has attracted close to 35,000 learners – 364 of whom chose edX verification for an official course certificate – from almost 175 countries. First launched in January 2017, the SHTM's ...
