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  SUN Yiyang
   Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Sustainability and Tourism
   Position   Associate Professor
■ Education
1. 〔Doctorial Course〕 Hospitality & Tourism ICT, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Completed, PhD
2. 〔Master Course〕, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Completed, MSc with Credit
3. Hotel, Restaurant, & Resort Management, Department of Hospitality Management, Northwood University, Graduated, BA with Distinction
■ Message
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Work hard and meet your better self.

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Advance knowledge, give back to society, and push human civilization forward.
■ Current research
I am currently researching about mobile payment revolution, its application and its development in hospitality and tourism within the Asia Pacific Region.
■ Current specialized field
Information network, Web informatics, Serviceinformatics, Management, Commerce (Key Word:Consumer behavior, hotel reservation, mobile payment, hospitality, tourism)  Link
■ Books and theses
1. Other How to transform and upgrade hotels in Japan to JP Hotel+ in the post-COVID-19 age?   (Collaboration) 
2. 2024/03/03 Article Symbolic interactionism: Exploring the experience of traditional costume in a destination.  pp.NA (Collaboration)  Link
3. 2024/01/19 Article Tourists’ Perception of Health Tourism Before and After COVID-19.  pp.NA (Collaboration)  Link
4. 2023/01 Article The Influence of Time Orientation on Infection Risk Evaluation: Moderating Role of Public Health Crisis.  pp.NA (Collaboration)  Link
5. 2022/12 Article A Case Study in Hong Kong - Developing Qualification Framework for Hotel Frontline Staff.  pp.NA (Collaboration)  Link
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■ Conference presentations
1. 2022/02 Evaluation of Robot Application in Hospitality (ICHICD 2022: 16. International Conference on Hospitality Industry and Customer Demands.)
2. 2020/10 Understand the consumer behaviour of hotel robot use (APacCHRIE 2020 [online])
3. 2020/01 Electronic Distribution Channels of Airline Ticket (Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2020)
4. 2017/04 How does Mobile Technology Achieve Value Co-creation in Tourism? (2017 International Symposium on Business and Management)
5. 2017/01 Channels for Searching Hotel and Travel Information (Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2017)
■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI
1. 2021/04~2025/03  How to transform and upgrade hotels in Japan to JP Hotel+ in the post-COVID-19 age?  (Key Word : Hotels, Japan, JP Hotel+ , post-COVID-19)
■ Awards and honors
1. 2024/04 Top Cited Article 2023: SUNNY SUN whose paper has been recognized as a top cited paper* in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH
■ Qualification and licenses
1. 2017/06/15 Certified Hospitality Educator
■ Homepage
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■ JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number
00869191
■ External Researcher ID
orcID 0000-0002-4508-854X