Monday, March 4, 2024

The Pennsylvania State University’s Khoa Tang and New York University’s Angelina Zhang Win 2023 Hospitality Asset Managers Association (HAMA) Student Case Competition

Angelina Zhang 

NEWTON, MA —Officials of the Hospitality Asset Managers Association (“HAMA”) announced that Khoa Tang of The Pennsylvania State University and Angelina Zhang of New York University were chosen as the winners of the 18th Annual HAMA Student Case Competition. 

 ·         The respective graduate and undergraduate winners were selected from among 30-plus individual and team entries focused on one of three possible case studies based on a real scenario experienced by one of the HAMA members

·          Both Tang and Zhang selected the ROI case studyincluded the University of South Carolina, University of Houston and Boston University.

Adam Tegge

“We look forward to welcoming these bright, young minds to the annual HAMA Spring conference in Nashville this April,” said Adam Tegge, HAMA education committee chair. 

  “In a strong field of insightful students, Khoa and Angelina stood out for their creative solutions.  I expect to see many of these faces among our own ranks soon and am confident the future of hotel asset management is in good hands.”


Khoa Tang

The winning participants each received $5,000, plus an all-expense-paid trip to HAMA’s Spring Conference to meet and network with some of the industry’s leading hotel asset managers.   


In addition to the award presentation, the two-day event hosts multiple informational sessions and group meetings to discuss the latest industry trends and share best practices.  

Tang is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in hospitality management with a focused research interest in real estate, asset management and strategic management.

  

Zhang is an undergraduate student majoring in hospitality, travel and tourism management with a concentration in hotel real estate finance and development.

 

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