She received her BA (Hons) from Nankai University in Mainland China, her MA degree from University of Waterloo in Canada, and her PhD from University of Strathclyde in UK. She has been teaching China tourism related subjects at both undergraduate and graduate level. Her research interests are tourism studies, consumer behaviour, and China hotel and tourism development and policy issues. She is a Certified Hospitality Educator and also a member of Council of Hotel and Restaurant and Institutional Education (CHRIE) and a member of Asia Pacific Tourism Association.