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News & Events
SIHOM finalist in 1st annual HC3 Hackathon
A group of our students had the honor of participating in the 1st Annual Hilton College Hospitality Hackathon. Their idea for "drive-in restaurants" was chosen as a finalist alongside other groups from George Brown College & Cornell University, Michigan State Uni, and New York Uni, to name ...
2 professors get best paper award at Int'l con...
Congratulations Dr. Toanoglou and Dr. Abukhalifeh who were awarded a Best Paper award for their research paper on "Self-Service Technologies (SST) Influencing Guest Satisfaction in the Hotel Industry a Conceptual Framework" from the 2nd International Conference on Interdisciplinary Studie...
Textbook Publication by Prof. Anura Amarasena, Sol...
Professor Anura Amarasena publishedhis second research book titled "Introduction to Business Research Process" through Woosong University Publishing [ISBN: 979–11-6110–079–1]. This textbookhelps readers gain a clear understanding of the business research process which involves generating ideas...
Dr. Amare Wondirad's research on exisiting cha...
Congratulations to Prof. Amare who used a mixed-method research approach in a recent study to offer substantive insights to policymakers, private investors, and local communities about the existing challenges and opportunities of ecotourism development in the context of emerging destinations. ...
Dr. Alaa Abukhalifeh & her PhD student Jiang W...
~ Congratulations to Dr.Alaa Abukhalifeh and her PhD student Jiang Wang, who just published in theScopus Journal of China Tourism Research with their paper titled: EvaluatingUndergraduate Curriculum in Hospitality Management: A comparison between China andSouth Korea. This study has...
Dr. Anura Amarasena's article on "Born Gl...
Anura Amarasena, professor at Sol International School, published an article in the Universal Journal of Management.Professor Anura Amarasena's article, “Catalysts for Rapid Internationalization of SMEs: Born Globals in South Korea” analyses the present explanations of the phenomenon of small and ...
Dr. Raweewan Proyrungroj study on volunteer touris...
#Congratulations to Dr. Raweewan Proyrungroj, of our Hospitality Management Department, who has just published an article in the European Journal of Tourism Research. Her research looks at how the motivations of Western volunteer tourists compares and contrasts to Thai volunteer tourists ...
Dr. Amare Wondirad study on tourist satisfaction
#Congratulations to Dr. Amare WONDIRAD who published a study that unravels how perceived price, hospitality of staff in tourism destinations, and the safety and security (among others) significantly determine tourist satisfaction in emerging destinations. The research paper appears in the Inter...