ʻO ke kula o ka Hotele and Tourism Management (SHTM) o The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) i koho ʻia no. 2 ma ka honua ma waena o nā kula hoʻonaʻauao ma ka hoʻokipa a me ka mākaʻikaʻi e pili ana i ka huina noiʻi noiʻi ma ka 11 alakaʻi alakaʻi hoʻokipa a me ka mākaʻikaʻi puke moʻolelo ma luna o 15-makahiki peroiod mai 1992 a hiki i 2006. ʻO kēia kekahi mea hōʻoia paʻa i ka hoʻokō ʻana o SHTM i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka maikaʻi honua i ka hoʻokipa. a me ka hoʻonaʻauao mākaʻikaʻi.
Hōʻike ʻia ka papa ʻaina i ka haʻawina "A World Ranking of the Top 100 Hospitality and Tourism Programs," e paʻi ʻia ma ka pukana o Nowemapa 2009 o ka Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research. I kēia makahiki, ua piʻi aʻe ka pae o PolyU mai ka 4th place ma 2005 a i ka 2nd place ma 2009, a ʻo ia wale nō ka ʻoihana ʻaʻole US ma ka papa ʻelima. ʻO nā kula ʻelima kiʻekiʻe ma ke kūlana ʻo Cornell University, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Michigan State University, University of Nevada ma Las Vegas, a me Pennsylvania State University.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Polofesa Kaye Chon, Luna Hoʻokele o SHTM, "Ma ke ʻano he kikowaena honua o ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻokipa a me ka hoʻonaʻauao mākaʻikaʻi no ke kenekulia 21, ua mākaukau ke kula e alakaʻi i ka hoʻokipa hoʻokipa a me ka hoʻonaʻauao mākaʻikaʻi i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana."
He mea kūpono hoʻi e ʻike ʻia no kahi manawa 5 makahiki hou mai 2002 a i 2006, ua hōʻike ʻia ka haʻawina like ʻo PolyU ka helu no. 1 i ka honua, e hōʻike maopopo ana i ke alakaʻi ʻana o PolyU i ka noiʻi i nā makahiki i hala.
Ua loaʻa iā PolyU ka manaʻo e hoʻokumu i kāna Kula Hotel a me ka Hoʻokele Hoʻokele ma ke ʻano he hōkele maikaʻi loa a me ke kula mākaʻikaʻi ma ka honua. Ua wehe ke Kulanui i kahi hoʻolālā i ʻehā mau makahiki i hala aku nei e hoʻomohala i nā wahi i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ke kula, i ka makahiki hoʻokahi i koho ʻia ʻo SHTM i ka ʻehā o ka honua. Me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kula i ke kūlana ʻelua ma ka honua, ua hōʻea pū ka PolyU Teaching and Research Hotel i kāna "pae mua o ka wehe ʻana." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Polofesa Chon, "Ke hoʻomākaukau nei mākou no ka wehe ʻana o ka hōkele ma 2010, ʻimi mākou e hoʻonui i ke kiʻekiʻe hou a loaʻa i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka maikaʻi i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana." ʻOiaʻiʻo, e hoʻoikaika hou ʻia ke kūlana honua o ke kula ma ke ʻano he papa honua ma o ka holomua o ka hōkele.
Ua kaulana ʻo SHTM ma ke ʻano he paionia o ka hoʻonaʻauao hōkele a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Hong Kong. Mai ka makahiki 1979, ua puka ke kula i nā hanauna o nā haumāna akamai i kūpono i nā koi koʻikoʻi o ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO kāna mau mea i loaʻa i kēia manawa:
• 2009 - Ke kūlana lua ma ka honua ma waena o nā kula hoʻonaʻauao ma ka hoʻokipa a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ma muli o ka noiʻi a me ka haʻawina, e like me kahi noiʻi i paʻi ʻia ma ka pukana o Nowemapa o ka Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research.
• 2005 - Ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe ma waena o nā ʻoihana ʻĀsia a ʻehā i ka pae honua ma muli o ka noiʻi a me ka haʻawina, e like me kahi noiʻi i paʻi ʻia ma ka pukana ʻAukake o ka Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research.
• 2003 – ʻImi ʻOihana Achievement Award mai ka International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators (ISTTE) no ka hana hou a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao mākaʻikaʻi.
• 2002 – Koho ʻia ma ke ʻano he keʻena poʻo honua a me ka Secretariat no ka International Academy for the Study of Tourism (IAST)
• 2000 - TedQual (Tourism Education Quality) palapala hōʻoia mai United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
• 1999 – Koho ʻia ʻo ia ke kulanui wale nō ma Asia ma waena o nā lālā 16 UNWTO Pūnaehana Hoʻonaʻauao a Hoʻomaʻamaʻa
ʻO ka ikaika nui o SHTM ʻo ia ka laulā honua, a haʻaheo ʻo ia iā ia iho i kāna mau lālā kumu i ʻike ʻia ma ka honua. Me 60 mau limahana hoʻonaʻauao e kiʻi ana mai 18 mau ʻāina, hāʻawi ke kula i nā papahana ma nā pae mai ka PhD a i ka Diploma Higher.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- • 2009 – Second ranking in the world among academic institutions in hospitality and tourism based on research and scholarship, according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research.
- SHTM director Professor Kaye Chon said, “As a global center of excellence in hospitality and tourism education for the 21st century, the school is well poised to lead the world's hospitality and tourism education in the years to come.
- • 2005 – Top ranking among Asian institutions and fourth in world-ranking based on research and scholarship, according to a study published in the August issue of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research.
