Monday, September 26
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Wednesday, September 28
Time |
Event |
5:30 p.m. |
Reception in Pamplin Atrium with Participating CareerScope Employers |
6:15 p.m. |
Welcome, Tom Duetsch, Professor of Practice |
6:20 p.m. |
Departmental Introductions, Dr. Phil Xiang, Department Head |
6:30 p.m. |
Keynote Speaker Presentation - Mr. Damon Strickland, CHA - General Manager, Inn at Virginia Tech |
6:55 p.m. |
Break |
7:00 p.m. |
Q&A with Industry Recruiters moderated by HTM faculty in separate classrooms
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Departmental Introductions with Dr. Xiang, Ph.D.
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Zheng (Phil) Xiang, PhD is Associate Professor and Department Head in the Feiertag Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Virginia Tech. His research interests include travel information search, social media marketing, and business analytics for the tourism and hospitality industries. He is a recipient of Emerging Scholar of Distinction award by the International Academy for the Study of Tourism. He served as a board member for the International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT) from 2014-2018. He is currently editor-in-chief of the Journal of Information Technology & Tourism and serves as editorial board member of several international journals including Journal of Business Research, Journal of Travel Research, and Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research. |