Assistant Professor School of Hotel and Tourism Management The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Dr Vincent TUNG Research Experience Management Innovation and Emerging Technologies China Tourism and Chinese Tourists Tourism Marketing Education and Research in Tourism and Hospitality Teaching Market Research and Analysis China Tourism Destination Management Supervision of Doctoral Students Personal Introduction Vincent Tung received his PhD in Management from the University of Calgary in Canada. His current work focuses on consumer experiences with robotics in hospitality, as well as implications for destination management and tourism marketing from the growing outbound Chinese travel market. He has published as lead author in a number of top journals, such as the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Travel Research, Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, and Tourism Management. Qualifications MBA and PhD (Management), University of Calgary, Canada o AACSB accreditation; UNWTO.TedQual certification CHE (Certified Hospitality Educator), American Hotel & Lodging Association, Washington, DC Journal Publications Experience Management Tung, V. W. S., Cheung, C., & Law, R. (Accepted). Does the listener matter? The effects of capitalization on evaluations of travel memories. Journal of Travel Research. Tung, V. W. S., Lin, P., Qiu Zhang, H., & Zhao, A. (2017). Memory management and tourism experiences. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 34(7), 853-866. [1]
Tung, V. W. S., Chen, P. J., & Schuckert, M. (2017). Managing customer citizenship behaviour: The moderating roles of employee responsiveness and organizational reassurance. Tourism Management, 59, 23-35. Verbeke, A., & Tung, V. W. S. (2013). The future of stakeholder management theory: A temporal perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 112(3), 529-543. Tung, V. W. S., & Ritchie, J. R. B. (2011). Exploring the essence of memorable tourism experiences. Annals of Tourism Research, 38(4), 1367-1386. Tung, V. W. S., & Ritchie, J. R. B. (2011). Investigating the memorable experiences of the senior travel market: An examination of the reminiscence bump. Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, 28(3), 331-343. Ritchie, J. R. B., Tung, V. W. S., & Ritchie, R. (2011). Tourism experience management research: Emergence, evolution and future directions. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 23(4), 419-438. Kim, J-H., Ritchie, J. R. B., & Tung, V. W. S. (2010). The effect of memorable experience on behavioral intentions in tourism: A structural equation modeling approach. Tourism Analysis, 15(6), 637-648. Innovation and Emerging Technologies Tung, V. W. S., & Law, R. (in press). The potential for tourism and hospitality experience research in human-robot interactions. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. doi: 10.1108/IJCHM-09-2016-0520 Li, N., Tung, V. W. S., & Law, R. (2017). A fuzzy comprehensive evaluation algorithm for analyzing electronic word-of-mouth. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 22(6): 592-603. China Tourism and Chinese Tourists Liu, Z., & Tung, V. W. S. (Accepted). Changing Views of Young Chinese Travelers: Influence of Stereotypes and Host-Tourist Interactions on Post-Travel Destination Image and Evaluations of Residents. Journal of China Tourism Research. Yang, R. & Tung, V. W. S. (in press). How does family influence the travel constraints of solo travelers? Construct specification and scale development. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing. doi: 10.1080/10548408.2017.1363685 Meng, Y. & Tung, V. W. S. (2016). Travel motivations of domestic film tourists to the Hengdian World Studios: Serendipity, traverse, and mimicry. Journal of China Tourism Research, 12(3-4), 434-450. [2]
Tourism Marketing Tung, V. W. S., Lee, S., & Hudson, S. (in press). The potential of anime for destination marketing: Fantasies, otaku, and the kidult segment. Current Issues in Tourism. doi: 10.1080/13683500.2017.1368462 Gong, T., & Tung, V. W. S. (2016). The impact of tourism mini-movies on destination image: The influence of travel motivation and advertising disclosure. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 34(3), 416-428. Hudson, S., & Tung, V. (2016). Appealing to tourists via branded entertainment: From theory to practice. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 33(sup1), 123-137. Hudson, S. & Tung, V. W. S. (2010). Lights, camera, action...! Marketing film locations to Hollywood. Marketing Intelligence and Planning, 28(2), 188-205. Education and Research in Tourism and Hospitality Tung, V. W. S., & Law, R. (2017). Evaluating external research grant proposals in tourism and hospitality: Insights from Senior Researchers. Tourism Recreation Research, 42(4), 457-466. Tung, V. W. S., & McKercher, B. (2017). Negotiating the rapidly changing research, publishing, and career landscape. Tourism Management, 60, 322-331. McKercher, B., & Tung, V. (2016). The rise of fractional authors. Annals of Tourism Research, 61, 213-215. Tung, V. W. S., & King, B. (2016). The stereotyping of tourism management students in a business school setting. Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism, 16(1), 60-77. McKercher, B., & Tung, V. (2015). Publishing in tourism and hospitality journals: Is the past a prelude to the future? Tourism Management, 50, 306-315. Conference Papers Tung, V. W. S., Cheung, C., & Law, R. (2017). Does the listener matter? How a listener affects the storyteller s memory of a tourism experience. Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA) International Conference. Quebec City, Canada. Tung, V. W. S., & King, B. (2017). Hong Kong Resident Preconceptions of Mainland Chinese Tourists. 3 rd Global Tourism & Hospitality Conference, 270-275. Hong Kong. Meng, Y., & Tung, V. W. S. (2016). Travel motivations of domestic film tourists: A netnographic study of Chinese tourists to the Hengdian World Studios. 2 nd Global Tourism & Hospitality Conference and 15 th Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in Tourism, 415-435. Hong Kong. [3]
Gong, T., & Tung, V. W. S. (2016). Impact of tourism mini-movies on destination image. CAUTHE 2016: The Changing Landscape of Tourism and Hospitality: The Impact of Emerging Markets and Emerging Destinations, 420. Sydney, Australia. Lin, P. M. C., Tung, V., Qiu, H., Gu, Q., & Zhao, A. (2015). Investigating travel memories on social media, through online review and photo posting. Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA) Asia Pacific (APac) Conference, Tokyo, Japan. Tung, V. W. S. & Mourali, M. (2010). A dynamic model of corporate social responsibility. American Marketing Association (AMA) Winter Conference 2011, Austin, Texas, USA. Research Grants Project Title Source of Funding Amount (HKD) Resident Preconceptions of Mainland Chinese GRF/ECS (University Grants 330,000 Visitors in Hong Kong: Prospective Intervention Committee) - 2016/17 Strategies Have the Perspectives of University Program Heads Changed on Research? Central Research Grant (PolyU) - 2016 84,256 Remarkable Moments in Memorable Tourism Experiences: Construct Development and Temporal considerations The Impact of Positive Destination Image but Negative Stereotypes on Travel Motivation Central Research Grant (PolyU) - 2016 98,750 Block Grants (PolyU) - 2016 169,750 The Effects of Storytelling on Memorable Tourism Experiences Block Grants (PolyU), Startup Fund - 2015 248,800 Co-I Co-I Developing an Environmental Sustainability Performance Measure for Hotel ICON: A Balanced- Scorecard Approach Career Progression and Mobility of Hospitality and Tourism Graduates Departmental (PolyU) - 2016 45,518 Departmental (PolyU) - 2017 94,500 [4]
Editorial Board Member Tourism Analysis Ad-hoc Reviewer Annals of Tourism Research Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management International Journal of Hospitality Management International Journal of Tourism Research Internet Research Journal of China Tourism Research Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing Tourism Analysis Tourism Culture and Communication Tourism Management Additional Service Conferences Chair of Undergraduate Research Papers, 3 rd Global Tourism and Hospitality Conference: The School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 5 7 June 2017 Track Chair in Sustainability and Tourism for the 23rd Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism: Forth Worth, Texas, USA from 3-5 January 2018 Track Chair in Sustainability and Tourism for the 22nd Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism: Houston, Texas, USA from 5-7 January 2017 University Committees Undergraduate Program Committee, SHTM 2014 to Present School Management Committee (ScMC) Elected Member, 2015 to 2016 (One Year Term) External Examiner Hospitality Management Programmes of Lingnan Institute of Further Education, Hong Kong 2017 to 2020 (Three Year Term) [5]