Kaye Kye-Sung Chon

Kaye Kye-Sung Chon
Kaye Kye-Sung Chon in 2024
Born
OccupationsAcademic, professor, researcher
Known forDean of PolyU SHTM, founding Hotel ICON
AwardsUNWTO Ulysses Prize (2011), Howard B. Meek Award (2007), John Wiley and Sons Lifetime Research Achievement Award (1994), President's Medal (South Korea), McCool Breakthrough Award (2012, 2017)
Academic background
Alma materGeorgia State University (BS)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (MS)
Virginia Tech (PhD)
Doctoral advisorsMichael D. Olsen, Joseph Sirgy
Academic work
DisciplineHospitality and tourism management
Sub-disciplineTourism marketing, sustainable tourism, hospitality education
InstitutionsThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Kaye Kye-Sung Chon (Korean전계성) is a South Korean and American academic specializing in hospitality management and tourism. He currently serves as Dean and Chair Professor at the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), where he also holds the Walter and Wendy Kwok Family Foundation Professorship in International Hospitality Management. Chon is noted for his contributions to hospitality education, including his role in the establishment of Hotel ICON.