Boyu Lin, Assistant Professor


 

Office:  4F, Building N

Tel.:      8590-2536

E-mail: bylin@cityu.edu.mo                                                                

                                                                               

Academic Qualification

Ph.D. Arizona State University

Master of Philosophy, Renmin University of China

Master of Science, Leicester University 

Bachelor of Arts, Communication University of China

       

Working Experience                                                                             

From 2024/8 to Present                  City University of Macau, Faculty of International Tourism and Management,

                                                           Assistant Professor

From 2023/5 to 2024/5                   Arizona State University, Adjunct Faculty                                              

From 2018/8 to 2023/5                   Arizona State University, Teaching Assistant

From 2014/3 to 2018/7                   Beijing Union University, Lecturer

                                                                                                                         

Teaching Area                                                                               

Tourism Law

Smart Tourism Research

Hotel Financial Management

Introduction to E-Tourism, Internet and Web Foundations

Travel Agency Operations and Management (English)

                                                                                                                                                    

Research Area                                                                               

Information Technology in Service Innovation

Social Media Marketing

Smart Tourism

Destination Sustainability
Business Ethics and AI Ethics
MICE Marketing

 

Professional Certification and Awards

Best Paper Award, Second prize, Tourism, hospitality, event & conference for researchers, educations, practitioners &

students (THEREPS), 2023

Best Paper Award, First prize, Tourism, hospitality, event & conference for researchers, educations, practitioners &

students (THEREPS), 2022

Outstanding teacher in Tourism College at Beijing Union University, 2017

Excellent student advisor for internship at Beijing Union University, 2016

 

Professional Society Membership

Journal Reviewer:

Tourism Management Perspectives (SSCI)

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology (SSCI)

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research (SSCI)

Sustainability (SSCI)

Tourism Analysis

Tourism Planning and Development

Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory

Tourism Management

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

International Journal of Tourism Research

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education

 

 

Editorial board member:

Tourism Planning and Development

International Journal of Sustainable Development Research

                

Academic Publication

Journal Paper

  • Lin, B., Lee, W., Choi, H.S., & Kathleen, A. (2026). Developing and validating an ethical risk scale for service robots in hospitality. International Journal of Hospitality and Management, 132, 104383. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104383. (SSCI, top)
  • Lin, B., Wang, Y., Xu, M., & Wang, Q. (2025). From conventionscape to attendee loyalty: the mediating role of experiential value and SEM-ANN. Journal of Chinese Ecotourism. (CSCD
  • Yang, R., Lin, B.,* & Lee, W. (2025). An explanatory mixed-method study of outdoor food delivery robots: technology affordance approach. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics. DOI: 10.1108/APJML-03-2025-0457 (SSCI) 
  • Fan, Y., Lin, B.,* & Lin, Y. (2025). Web3-enabled Technologies in Tourism Businesses: A Multi-method Study of User Trust, Loyalty, and Tangible Economic Outcomes. Tourism Review. DOI: 10.1108/TR-03-2025-0293 (SSCI)
  • Lin, B. Fan. Y. & Yang, R. (2025). The Future of Urban Travel and Tourism: A Text Mining Analysis of Robotaxi Sentiment and Adoption. Journal of Tourism and Travel Marketing. DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2025.2469118 (SSCI)
  • Lin, B.* & Lee, W. (2025). Service Robots and Initial Trust Dynamics: Consumers’ Ethical Challenges in Tourism and Hospitality. Journal of Tourism and Travel Marketing. DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2025.2468460 (SSCI)
  • Lin, B., Lee, W., & Yang, R. (2025). Examining the Effect of Perceived Values and Risks on Food Delivery Robot Adoption Using Mixed Methods: Different Stakeholders’ Perspective. Information Technology & Tourism, 1-32. DOI: 10.1007/s40558-025-00313-7 (SSCI)
  • Yuan, C., Lin, B.* & Wang, Q. (2025). Post-Pandemic Resilience of MICE Enterprises: An Exploratory Mixed Method Study from a Chinese Organizational Perspective. Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism, 1-27. DOI:10.1080/1528008X.2025.2464944 (ESCI)
  • Lin, B., Zhang, Y. C.*, & Lee, J. (2025). Tourists' perceptions of proximity tourism: Insights from sentiment analysis and fsQCA. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 49, Article 100848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2024.100848 (SSCI)
  • Choe, Y., Lee, W.& Lin, B.* (2024). Exploring relationships among cultural ecosystem service values, spiritual well-being, and life satisfaction after covid-19: a mixed-methods study. Tourism Analysis. DOI:10.3727/108354224X17059673670361. (ESCI)
  • Lin, B., Lee, W., & Wang, Q. (2023). Residents' perceptions of tourism gentrification in traditional industrial areas using Q methodology. Sustainability, 15(22), 15694. DOI:10.3390/su152215694. (SSCI)
  • Lin, B., Lee, W.& Choe, Y. (2024). Social media engagement of hashtag users in the context of local events: mixed method approach. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology, 15(2), 254-270. DOI: 10.1108/JHTT-03-2023-0074. (SSCI)
  • Lin, B., Lee, W., Wise, N. & Choi, H.S. (2024). Consumers' ethical perceptions of autonomous service robots in hotels. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 48(6), 964-974. DOI:10.1177/10963480231194693. (SSCI)
  • Lin, B. (2017). Research on tourists' ethical behavior. Xi Jiang Wen Yi, 24, 250.
  • Lin, B. (2015). The leadership of the management works in universities, Management of Observation, 4, 113-114.

*Corresponding author   __Graduate Student

 

Book

  • Peng, S., Wang, Q., Dong, S., Chang, J., Liu, Y. & Lin, B. (2020). Abandoned mine--research on strategy of industrial heritage tourism. Science Publication.
 
Book Chapter
  • Lin, B. (2025). Sustainable values of national parks in the post-pandemic for life satisfaction. New Trends in Tourism, IntechOpen. (Book chapter). DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.1007138
  • Lin, B. Lee, W. & Choe, Y. (2025). Hashtags: #SocialMediaEngagement in the context of #LocalEvents. Contemporary Issues in Events, Event Production Show/International Confex. (Book chapter). DOI: 10.2307/jj.28799942.15
  • Lin, B. & Lee, W. (2024). Consumers' ethical perceptions of autonomous service robots in tourism and hospitality. Book chapter, Handbook of Tourism and Consumer Behavior, Edward Elgar Press.
 
Conference Paper
  • Lin, B. Lee, W., Wise, N., Hwan-Suk, C. & Andereck, K. (2023). Consumers' intention to use autonomous service robots: ethical perspective. 2023 Annual International CHRIE Summer Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Lin, B., Lee, W., Wise, N. & Hwan-Suk, C. (2023). Comprehensive understanding of robot delivery service: case study of starship. Tourism, hospitality, event & conference for researchers, educations, practitioners & students (THEREPS) international conference, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Lin, B., Lee, W. & Choe, Y. (2023). Mixed methods study of social media engagement of hashtag users in the context of local events. 28th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Lin, B., Lee, W., Wise, N. & Hwan-Suk, C. (2022). Exploring consumers' ethical perceptions of autonomous service robots in hospitality. Tourism, hospitality, event & conference for researchers, educations, practitioners & students (THEREPS) international conference, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Lin, B. & Lee, W. (2021). Trust building for autonomous service robot in the hotel. 51st Tourism and Travel Research Association (TTRA) international conference, Virtual.
  • Lin, B., Lee, W. & Choe, Y. (2020). A mixed study of social media engagement in the context of hashtag users. 25th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Lin, B. & Lee, W. (2019) An exploratory study on tourists' posting with various numbers of hashtags on Instagram. Greater Western Chapter of Tourism and Travel Research Association (TTRA), Sacramento, CA.
 
Research Project
  • Navajo tourism economy impact, USA, 2023
  • Sun City (Phoenix) recreational center development, USA, 2022
  • Arizona Highway Magazine (AHM) - Facebook Analysis, USA, 2019          
  • Ecological development and industrial tourism strategy of obsolete mine, Chinese Academy of Engineering, Nation-level, 2017
  • Improvement of the vocational skills training system and alleviation of structural employment problems, National Development and Reform Commission, 2017
  • Instructor for student team in top talent student project of the national tourism bureau, 2016
  • Incentive mechanism of volunteer of tourism in Beijing, Tourism Administration, 2015