About us

The Council for Hospitality Management Education is a non-profit making organisation representing UK, European and International universities and colleges offering higher education programmes in the fields of  hospitality studies, hospitality management, and related fields. It is CHME’s stated purpose to contribute to the professional development and status of UK, European and International hospitality management education, through the sharing of best practice in scholarship and pedagogy.

Who is the CHME?

Exec at QMU

The CHME Executive consists of members of staff from a number of universities across the UK.
Back and middle rows - Dr Una McMahon-Beattie, Ulster University; Trevor Laffin, Queen Margaret University; Andy Roberts, Cardiff Metropolitan University; Dr Emma Martin, Sheffield Hallam University;  Dr Paul Lynch, Strathclyde University; Sofia Rebelo, Leeds Metropolitan University;  Dr Ioannis Pantelidis, University of Brighton; Stephanie Jameson, Leeds Metropolitan University; Dr Majella Sweeney, Queen Margaret University; Dr Peter Lugosi, Oxford Brookes University.
Front Row - Dr Paul Barron, Edinburgh Napier University; Isabell Hodgson, CHME Coordinator; Crispin Farbrother, Bournemouth University; Dr Maureen Brookes, Oxford Brookes University; Dr Andrew Jenkins, University of Huddersfield.

Missing executive members include- Dr Angela Roper, University of West London; David Jenkins, University College Birmingham; Tim West, Lexington Catering; Edward Gallier. Jurys Hotels; Geoff Booth, Westminster Kingsway College.  

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