Kaye Kye-Sung Chon
Kaye Kye-Sung Chon | |
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Kaye Kye-Sung Chon in 2024 | |
| Born | |
| Occupations | Academic, professor, researcher |
| Known for | Dean of PolyU SHTM, founding Hotel ICON |
| Awards | UNWTO 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 mater | Georgia State University (BS) University of Nevada, Las Vegas (MS) Virginia Tech (PhD) |
| Doctoral advisors | Michael D. Olsen, Joseph Sirgy |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Hospitality and tourism management |
| Sub-discipline | Tourism marketing, sustainable tourism, hospitality education |
| Institutions | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Kaye Kye-Sung Chon (Korean: 전계성) 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.