Justin Matthew Pang

Dr. Justin Matthew Pang

Interim Senior Program Manager, Tourism and Hospitality Management

Details

  • College: The Business School
  • Department: The Business School
  • Campus: Hanoi Campus Vietnam
  • justin.kong@rmit.edu.vn

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

A veteran hotelier who has worked in Australia, Singapore, London, New York and the Caribbean. He now contributes to building a new generation of hotel managers as a Senior Lecturer of the institution. 

Meet our Experts: Dr Justin Matthew Pang
Before becoming an educator about 15-20 years ago, Dr Pang had a long and illustrious career working in hotels and resorts across the world. He sees Vietnam’s booming hospitality industry as a wealth of opportunities and wants to help improve the professionalism of service in this industry. 

Awards & Recognition:

- RMIT – Vice Chancellor’s Citation for Outstanding Teaching Award (Global RMIT University Level), 2023
- Senior Fellow - Advance HE (Higher Education), 2023
- Singapore Efficiency State Medal, 2022
- RMIT– Excellence in Learning & Teaching Award (University Level), 2021
- RMIT – ‘Honourable Mention’ (University Level) – Most Popular Educator, 2021
- Cornell Hotel Society - Lifetime Member from 2008
- Singapore National Productivity Award, 2002
- Singapore Excellent Service Award – Star Category, 2002 & 2003
- Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA), Certified Rooms Division Executive (CRDE), Certified Hospitality Revenue Manager (CHRM), Certified Advanced Hospitality and Tourism Analyst (CAHTA), Certified Hotel Industry Analyst (CHIA) - American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI), various years

Industry experience:
Hotelier, Consultant, Academia

Employment History:
- Duty Manager (Raffles Hotel-Singapore)
- Interim Front Office Manager (Raffles Hotel-Singapore)
- Front Desk Manager (Marina Mandarin-Singapore)
- Front Office Manager (The Celtic Manor Resort, South Wales-UK)
- Director of Revenue Management, & Reservations (Raffles Resort, Canouan Isle, St. Vincent-Caribbean and New York City-USA)
- Lecturer (Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore)

Academic positions

  • Cluster Research lead
  • RMIT Vietnam
  • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • 1 Jul 2024 – 1 Sep 2023
  • Associate Program Manager
  • RMIT Vietnam
  • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • 1 Mar 2024 – 21 Oct 2024
  • Senior Program Manager (Interim)
  • RMIT Vietnam
  • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • 21 Oct 2024 – Present
  • Senior Lecturer
  • RMIT Vietnam
  • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • 1 Jan 2024 – Present
  • Lecturer
  • RMIT Vietnam
  • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • 21 Jan 2019 – 1 Jan 2024

Non-academic positions

  • Director-at-Large
  • International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators
  • , United States
  • 1 Sep 2024 – Present
  • Founding Academic Advisor
  • Hospitality Internships
  • , United States
  • 1 Jan 2024 – Present

Supervisor projects

  • Offshore VN Proj: Inclusive investment in the underprivileged groups in the sustainable tourism areas: A study in Vietnam
  • 23 Aug 2023
  • The impacts of digital maturity on addressing paradoxes within stakeholder networks: case studies of Vietnamese micro and small tourism businesses
  • 21 Feb 2023
  • Digital Marketing Capability and Its Impact on Performance of Tourism Accommodation Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Central Coast Region of Vietnam
  • 26 Oct 2020

Teaching interests

Tourism & Hospitality Management

Research interests

Hospitality Education; Innovative Service Design Thinking; Job Satisfaction & Turnover; Innovation Management in Hospitality; Casino Gambler Typology; Strategy and Business Development; Human Capital Management; Hospitality Operations Management