Faculty Information - SUN Yiyang

■ 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.

< Message to graduate school students >
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)

■ Books and theses

1.	2025/10/31	Article	Transferring green knowledge to green actions of event management graduates: a case study of China Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism 25(4),pp.405--428 (Collaboration)
2.	2025/08/08	Article	Investigation of the influences of emotional–cognitive–social responses of service robot on consumers’ hotel stay intention in Japan Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology 16(5),pp.1275--1291 (Collaboration)
3.	2025/06/26	Article	What are the drawbacks of advanced technology in hospitality and tourism sphere? International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 37(8),pp.2776--2796 (Collaboration)
4.	2024/10/29	Article	A scoping review of robotic technology in hospitality and tourism Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology 16(2),pp.286--304 (Collaboration)
5.	2024/09/06	Article	Cognitive–Analytical and Emotional–Social Tasks Achievement of Service Robots through Human–Robot Interaction 37(1),pp.180-196 (Collaboration)
6.	2024/08/15	Article	Exploration of Hotel Reservation through Mobile Online Travel Agencies International Journal of Tourism Research 26(4),pp.e2734 (Collaboration)
7.	2024/04/15	Article	Tourism Research from 1945 to 2022 80(2),pp.417--432 (Collaboration)
8.	2024/03/03	Article	Symbolic interactionism: Exploring the experience of traditional costume in a destination 28(7),pp.1100--1115 (Collaboration)
9.	2024/01/19	Article	Tourists’ Perception of Health Tourism Before and After COVID-19 pp.e2620 (Collaboration)
10.	2023/01/16	Article	The Influence of Time Orientation on Infection Risk Evaluation: Moderating Role of Public Health Crisis 49(1),pp.174--187 (Collaboration)
11.	2022/12/16	Article	A Case Study in Hong Kong - Developing Qualification Framework for Hotel Frontline Staff 25(5),pp.1384--1401 (Collaboration)
12.	2022/12/12	Article	Influencing Factors of Students’ Learning Gains in Tourism Education: An Empirical Study on 28 Tourism Colleges in China 14(24),pp.16601 (Collaboration)
13.	2022/09/03	Article	A Proposed DISE Approach for Tourist Destination Crisis Management 14(17),pp.11009 (Collaboration)
14.	2022/08/30	Article	A Review of Robotic Applications in Hospitality and Tourism Research 14(17),pp.10827 (Collaboration)
15.	2022/08/22	Article	Health Tourism Evolution: A Review Based on Bibliometric Analysis and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database 14(16),pp.10435 (Collaboration)
16.	2022/06/23	Article	Value proposition of smartphone destination marketing: The cases of Hong Kong and South Korea 44(1),pp.187-209 (Collaboration)
17.	2022/06/07	Article	Hindrances to smart tourism development 13(4),pp.763--778 (Collaboration)
18.	2022/01/16	Article	Perception, Reaction, and the Future Development of the influence of COVID-19 on the Hospitality and Tourism Industry in China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(2),pp.991--1009 (Collaboration)
19.	2021/09/07	Article	An Investigation of International Tourist Flow Modeling during the Pandemic Current Issues in Tourism 25(12),pp.1910--1919 (Collaboration)
20.	2021/09/06	Article	An investigation of developing smart tourism from the perspective of stakeholders Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research 26(10),pp.1156--1170 (Collaboration)
21.	2021/07/01	Article	Impacts of Mobile Payment-related Attributes on Consumers’ Repurchase Intention International Journal of Tourism Research 24(1),pp.44--57 (Collaboration)
22.	2021/03/21	Article	Tourism crisis management: evidence from COVID-19 Current Issues in Tourism 24(9),pp.2671--2682 (Collaboration)
23.	2020/07/28	Article	An investigation of the moderating effects of current job position level and hotel work experience between technology readiness and technology acceptance International Journal of Hospitality Management 90,pp.102633 (Collaboration)
24.	2020/06/17	Article	The impact of cultural values on the acceptance of hotel technology adoption from the perspective of hotel employees Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management 44,pp.61--69 (Collaboration)
25.	2020/02/20	Article	Hotel technology: a perspective article Tourism Review 75(1),pp.286--289 (Collaboration)
26.	2020/02/14	Article	Impact of Robot Hotel Service on Consumers’ Purchase Intention: A Control Experiment 25(7),pp.780--798 (Collaboration)
27.	2020/02/13	Article	Tourists’ Travel-related Information Search Channels International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration 23(2),pp.149--164 (Collaboration)
28.	2019/12/19	Article	Mobile Payment Failure during Travel Journal of China Tourism Research 17(1),pp.73--89 (Collaboration)
29.	2019/12/10	Article	An updated review of tourism-related experimental design articles Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research 25(7),pp.710--720 (Collaboration)
30.	2019/11/13	Article	Exploring the Service Quality of Airbnb Tourism Analysis 24(4),pp.531--534 (Collaboration)
31.	2019/11/04	Article	Stakeholders’ perceptions of heritage tourism sites development in China Tourism Recreation Research 45(1),pp.132-138 (Collaboration)
32.	2019/07/10	Article	Mediating effects of attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control for mobile payment-based hotel reservations International Journal of Hospitality Management 84,pp.102331 (Collaboration)
33.	2019/06/10	Article	Movement Patterns of Tourists Tourism Management 75,pp.318--322 (Collaboration)
34.	2018/06/22	Article	Impact of cultural values on technology acceptance and technology readiness International Journal of Hospitality Management 77,pp.89--96 (Collaboration)
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■ Conference presentations

1.	2024/05	A temporal and spatial correlation analysis between cultural resources and tourism economy (APacCHRIE 2024)
2.	2022/02	Evaluation of Robot Application in Hospitality (ICHICD 2022: 16. International Conference on Hospitality Industry and Customer Demands [Online])
3.	2020/10	Understand the consumer behaviour of hotel robot use (APacCHRIE 2020 [online])
4.	2020/01	Electronic Distribution Channels of Airline Ticket (Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2020)
5.	2017/04	How does Mobile Technology Achieve Value Co-creation in Tourism? (2017 International Symposium on Business and Management)
6.	2017/01	Channels for Searching Hotel and Travel Information (Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2017)
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■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI

1.	2025/04～2029/03	How to revitalize off-peak season resort hotels through high-end elderly care accommodation reconstruction? (Key Word : )
2.	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.	2025	Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Research for AY 2024 (Research Award)
2.	2024/04	Top Cited Article 2023: SUNNY SUN whose paper has been recognized as a top cited paper* in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH
3.	2024	Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Teaching for AY 2023 (Teaching Award) Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Research for AY 2023 (Research Award)
4.	2023	Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Research for AY 2022 (Research Award)
5.	2022	Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Teaching for AY 2021 (Teaching Award) Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Research for AY 2021 (Research Award)
6.	2021	Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Research for AY 2020 (Research Award)
7.	2020	Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Research for AY 2019 (Research Award)
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■ Qualification and licenses

1.

2017/06/15

Certified Hospitality Educator

■ E-Mail address

■ Homepage

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■ JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number

00869191

■ External Researcher ID

orcID

0000-0002-4508-854X

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