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Chun-Hung (Hugo) Tang

Associate Professor, White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Areas of Expertise

  • Hospitality finance
  • Revenue management

Biography

Dr. Chun-Hung Hugo Tang has a diverse experience in the hospitality industry, ranging from chain restaurants to upscale hotels. Dr. Tang’s research interest is in developing financial and economic solutions to address unique operational risks in the hospitality and tourism industry. In that vein, his research topics mostly fall in the areas of strategic management, asset management, and revenue management. Tang’s studies have been recognized by several research awards and all his first-authored articles are published in HTM Tier 1+ journals.

Tang is currently a coordinating editor for International Journal of Hospitality Management and serves on the editorial board of International Journal of Hospitality Management. He has been CentralCHRIE’s Director of Research since 2022 and served as the review committee chair of the 2022 and 2023 CentralCHRIE conferences. He has been invited to give executive training workshops in international hotels and doctoral seminars at universities. Tang is also actively in mentoring graduate students to produce high quality studies. One of the doctoral students won the first place in ICHRIE’s PhD dissertation competition in 2023.

Education

  • PhD, 2008, Purdue University
  • M.A., 1999, New York University
  • B.S., 1994, National Taiwan University

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

  • Purdue faculty search DEI workshop
  • HHS faculty search DEI workshop

Current Courses

  • HTM 541 - Advanced hospitality accounting and finance systems
  • HTM 542 - Strategic revenue management in the hospitality industry
  • HTM 341 - Operations control and analysis in the hospitality industry
  • HTM 241 - Managerial accounting and financial management in the hospitality operations
  • HTM 141 - Financial accounting for the service industries

Selected Honors/Awards

  • JHTE Article of the Year/Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education - 2019
  • Best Conference Paper/ISTTE - 2016
  • W. Bradford Wiley Memorial Best Research Paper of the Year/ICHRIE - 2009
  • Best Conference Paper/Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism - 2008
  • HTM Bruce I. Lazarus Teaching Award - 2011, 2016, 2020

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