Spotlight - Dr. Fang Meng

 

After completing the research project on Pee Dee’s tourism development, Dr. Fang Meng continued working with the Center’s team on a feasibility study of an international horse park in Aiken, South Carolina in Spring 2012. Dr. Meng presented a research paper based on the Pee Dee’s project findings on the Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA) conference in June 2012, in which she and co-author Dr. Simon Hudson won the Best Paper Award. She also presented another research paper in Asia Pacific Tourism Association (APTA) conference in Taiwan in the summer. Dr. Meng is planning on an empirical research on Chinese tourist shopping behavior, and working with the Center’s colleagues in exploring the possibility of a research project on promoting South Carolina to attract the Chinese visitors.

On Tuesday, September 11, 2012, Simon Hudson will be introducing “The Year of the SmartState at Science Café 2012-2013”, a new year-long partnership between the monthly Science Café event and the SmartState Program. Dr. Hudson is this year’s Chair of the Council of Chairs for the SmartState program. On the second Tuesday of each month, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Speakeasy cocktail bar in Five Points, knowledge economy movers and shakers will convene at Science Café for drinks and informal presentations by some of South Carolina's top leaders in medicine, technology and innovation. The first speaker on the 11^th is Dr. Igor Roninson, SmartState Endowed Chair in Translational Cancer Therapeutics, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina.  His topic is “Current Cancer Therapeutics Research at USC” (Childhood Cancer Awareness Month). More info and free registration: http://www.engenuitysc.com/sciencecafe.

Dr. Fang Meng with Dr. Richard Perdue, the President of TTRA.

Dr. Fang Meng and Dr. Simon Hudson received the Best Paper Award in the 2012 Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA) Conference.

Simon Hudson presenting the feasibility study of Aiken International Horse Park to the Aiken Chamber of Commerce and the media.

Simon Hudson and his son Rupert (a student in the Darla Moore School of Business), presenting their paper called "The Use of Social Media to Attract and Engage with Music Tourists" at the Soundtracks Conference in Liverpool, U.K. on July 8th. Simon also presented a paper written with PhD student Stefanie Benjamin called "The Influence of Music Videos on Tourism".

Dr. Hudson presenting at an international events conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland on June 21. While in Ireland, he was interviewed for the local newspaper and the link to the feature is:

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/the-future-is-bright-16174196.html

Emerald Literati Network Award

In June, Dr. Hudson won an Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence for his article, which can be retrieved by clicking on the link below:

Working together to leverage film tourism: collaboration between the film and tourism industries