Professor
School of Hotel & Tourism Management
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
17 Science Museum Rd. TST East, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Prof Sam Kim received MSc and PhD in Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences from the Texas A&M University in 1996 and 1999, respectively. He is currently a Professor in the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is one of the most prolific authors in the tourism and hospitality field. He has served on the editorial board of multiple international journals. His research interests include destination marketing, festival/event/convention, tourism impacts, and consumer behavior issues. He was a President of APacCHRIE (2021-2022 term) and now an Immediate Past President (2022-2023 term).