Emerald Journal News: IJCHM partners with the Sun Yat-sen University business school, China

We are pleased to announce that a partnership agreement has been reached between the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IJCHM) and the Department of Hospitality and Service Management (DHSM) at Sun Yat-Sen University’s School of Business (SYSBS). Originally established in 1924, the University’s name was subsequently changed to the Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) to honor its founder, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, a great 20th century leader affectionately regarded as the founding father of modern China. SYSBS is one of the oldest and most prestigious business schools in China and has been accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). DHSM was founded in 1988 as one of earliest tourism & hospitality programs in China and has been widely recognized as a leading hospitality program in mainland China.

According to this partnership agreement, IJCHM will have a second editorial office at SYSBS. Dr. Okumus, the Editor-in-Chief of IJCHM, will visit SYSBS as a visiting professor once a year to deliver workshops and work on joint projects and publications with faculty members and PhD students from SYSBS. Professor Jingyan Liu from DHSM will become the associate editor of IJCHM and Professor Lishan Xie will join the IJCHM Editorial Advisory Board. SYSBS will appoint Dr. Xinyuan (Roy) Zhao as the editorial assistant to support and work with the Editor-in-Chief of IJCHM and Professor Liu. The editorial team from DHSM will work on a special issue related to the hospitality industry in China and also help Dr. Fevzi Okumus with reviewing and making decisions on submissions from the Asia & Pacific region. The editorial office of IJCHM at SYSBS will be operated by Dr. Fevzi Okumus, the Editor-in-Chief of IJCHM, Prof. Jingyan Liu, the Associate editor, Prof. Lishan Xie, the Editorial Advisory Board member, and Dr. Xinyuan (Roy) Zhao, the Editorial Assistant. All IJCHM Editorial Advisory Board Members will be entitled to use this editorial office for academic exchanges such as joint research, seminars, workshops, and conferences.

This is an innovative mode of academic partnership, which echoes the fast development of hospitality research and practice in the Asia and Pacific region. Given the exponential developments of the hospitality industry in China for the last two decades as well as a tremendous growth potential in the Asia and Pacific region, we believe that this partnership will be greatly beneficial for both IJCHM and SYSBS.

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