宋海岩 教授（香港理工大学，中国香港）

宋海岩教授的主要研究领域是旅游经济学，其中更以旅游需求的建模和预测为核心。他拥有中、英双重教育背景，对于中国旅游业的国外直接投资（FDI）和各种经济问题都有着丰富的研究和咨询经验。宋教授在旅游预测方法方面颇有建树，其许多成果都发表于著名的旅游学术杂志。宋教授曾执教于苏格兰格拉斯哥大学、顿提大学以及英国的萨里大学，之后他进入香港理工大学任教，并于2004年8月担任东北财经大学酒店与旅游管理学院院长。

宋海岩教授曾留学英国，获格拉斯哥苏格兰大学博士学位（1992），现任香港理工大学酒店及旅游业管理学院副院长、首席教授，英国萨里（SURREY）大学服务管理学院旅游项目协调人。主要研究领域为旅游需求预测。

Professor Haiyan Song (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China)

Professor Haiyan Song has a background in Economics. His main research area is tourism economics with a particular focus on tourism demand modeling and forecasting. He was educated both in China and the UK and has extensive research and consultancy experiences in such areas as foreign direct investment (FDI) in China and economic issues related to China's tourism sector. Professor Song has written extensively on tourism forecasting methodologies and many of his work has appeared in such academic journals as Applied Economics, Journal of Applied Economics, Journal of Transport and Economic Policy, Journal of Travel Research, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Tourism Economics and Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing. Professor Song taught at Glasgow Caledonian University, University of Abertay Dundee and University of Surrey in the UK before joining the School of Hotel and Tourism Management, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, as Chair Professor in Tourism, in August 2004.