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Sunday, July 21, 2019
| Time | Session | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am – 7:00 pm | Registration | Doubletree Hotel, Lobby |
| 12:45 – 1:15 pm | Shuttle Transportation from Doubletree Hotel To Temple University | |
| 1:30 – 2:45 pm | Academic paper presentations | Temple University, Alter Hall 7th Floor |
| 2:45 – 3:15 pm | Tea Break
Poster Session |
Temple University, Alter Hall 7th Floor |
| 3:15 – 4:30 pm | Academic paper presentations | Temple University, Alter Hall 7th Floor |
| 4:45 pm | Shuttle from Temple to Doubletree Hotel | |
| 5:30 – 7:30 pm | “Fliggy Night” – Forum Welcome Reception | The Kimmel Center for Performing Arts |
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Monday, July 22, 2019
All sessions located in the Doubletree Hotel Normandy Ballroom
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am – 7:00 pm | Registration | |
| 8:30 am – 9:15 am | Forum Opening |
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| 9:15 – 9:30 am | Keynote | Roger Dow, President and CEO, U.S. Travel Association |
| 9:30 – 9:45 am | Keynote | Huayong Ge, Chairman, UnionPay International Co. |
| 9:45 – 10:00 am | Keynote | Shengkang He, Senior Counselor, World Tourism Cities Federation |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | Keynote | Kaye Chon, Ph.D., Dean and Chair Professor, Walter Kwok Foundation Professor in International Hospitality Management, SHTM, HK PolyU |
| 10:15 – 10:45 am | Tea Break | |
| 10:45 – 11:00 am | Keynote | Steve Hood, Senior Vice Present Research, STR and Founding Director, SHARE Center STR |
| 11:00 – 11:50 am | Panel Discussion: Trends and Challenges of Chinese Outbound Tourism | Moderator: Sam (Songshan) Huang, Ph.D., Professor of Tourism and Services Marketing, School of Business and Law Edith Cowan University, Australia
Panelists: Wolfgang Arlt, Director, China Outbound Tourism Research Institute Fred Dixon, President and CEO, NYC & Company Pam Inman, President, National Tour Association Ernest Wooden Jr., President and CEO, Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board |
| 12:00 – 1:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 – 1:45 pm | Keynote | Adam Goldstein, Vice Chairman, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. |
| 1:45 – 2:00 pm | Keynote | Rochelle Cameron, CEO, Philadelphia International Airport |
| 2:00 – 2:50 pm | Panel Discussion: Hotel Development in China | Moderator: Qu Xiao, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Panelists: Anthony Emanuelo, Vice President Brand Operations, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Mark Lomanno, Partner and Senior Advisor, Kalibri Labs Mengchao (Michael) Chen, Vice President, Wanda Hotels & Resorts Wei Xiang, President, T&T Negotiations |
| 2:50 – 3:30 pm | Stimulating Talks | Bill Siegel, Founder & Executive Chairman, Longwoods International
James Cai, Sales Director of China Southern Airlines New York office Svetlana Yazovskikh, Executive Director of Global Tourism, PHLCVB Kai Wang, Chief Strategy Officer, Atour Life |
| 3:30 – 4:00 pm | Tea Break | |
| 4:00 – 4:15 pm | Keynote | Ray Wang, Vice President, Hotel Business, Alibaba Fliggy |
| 4:15 – 5:15 pm | Panel Discussion | Moderator – Ceridwyn King, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Temple University
Panelists: Youcheng Wang, Ph.D., Dean, William Peeper Destination Marketing Preeminent Chair Professor, Rosen College of Hospitality Management at University of Central Florida Billy Bai, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Programs, William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Huimin Gu, Ph.D., Dean, School of Tourism Sciences, Beijing International Studies University Ying Zhang, Ph.D., Professor of School of Management, Minzu University of China Ray Wang, Vice President, Hotel Business, Alibaba Fliggy |
| 5:15-5:30pm | Keynote | Xiang (Robert) Li, Ph.D., Professor & Director of the U.S. – Asia Center for Tourism and Hospitality Research, Temple University |
| 6:00 – 7:30 pm | Dinner |