Dr. Tania Maria Tangit and Prof. Rob Law
Prof. Songshan (Sam) Huang and Prof. Rob Law
Prof. Shun Ye and Prof. Rob Law
The Asia-Pacific Academy of Economics and Management (APAEM) at the University of Macau (UM) welcomed several international scholars in the week of March 17-21, 2025. Dr. Tania Maria Tangit, Senior Lecturer from the Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in Malaysia, and Prof. Songshan (Sam) Huang, Professor in tourism and services marketing of the School of Business and Law (SBL), Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Australia, visited APAEM for academic exchanges on March 17 and 18 respectively. Prof. Shun Ye, Associate Professor from the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management at the School of Management, Zhejiang University (ZJU), also visited APAEM on March 20. The visitors were warmly received by Prof. Rob Law, APAEM Deputy Director.
Dr. Tania Maria Tangit focuses on cutting-edge research topics such as tourism technology, travel payments, marketing, socio-cultural values, and cultural and rural tourism. Prof. Sam Huang currently serves as the head of the SBL Centre for Tourism Research (SBLCTR) at ECU. His research areas are extensive, covering tourism, destination marketing, and Chinese tourists. Prof. Shun Ye’s main research areas include small accommodation businesses entrepreneurship, micro-level tourism demand analysis, and technology-driven experience innovation.
During the visits, Prof. Rob Law introduced the overall development and research foci of the academy, highlighting APAEM’s achievements in interdisciplinary research. Additionally, Prof. Law engaged in in-depth and fruitful discussions with the three scholars on potential future collaborative research topics, such as destination marketing, tourism forecasting, and digital technology empowerment for tourism industry transformation. All parties expressed a mutual expectation to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation. These visits not only promoted the collision and exchange of academic ideas but also laid a solid foundation for broader international cooperation in the future.