APacCHRIE, Asia Pacific Council on Hotels Restaurants and Institutional Education, is an arm of the I-CHRIE. Formed in 2003 by Professor Kaye Chon of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, to date, the Association has approximately 91 members who are hospitality educators, researchers, industry practitioners, and post-graduate students in the Asia Pacific Region. The Association seeks to provide a marketplace for facilitating exchanges of information. Ideas, research, products and services related to education, training and resource development for the hospitality and tourism industry.