Defenses, publications, conferences, new lab members, collaborations. The lab is constantly in motion.
After years of operating under the broader Kyungsung HTM umbrella, BAR LAB launches its dedicated website at barlab.xyz. Members can now save publications, track scores, and showcase their work on personal profile pages — all backed by Cloudflare's edge infrastructure.
New site at barlab.xyz goes live with member profiles, score calculator, and live publication leaderboard.
Visiting Scholar appointment at Department of Nutrition & Hospitality Management, University of Mississippi (Spring–Fall 2026).
"Revenue management efficiency through price sensitivity in the hotel industry" — accepted with minor revisions. Now Asst. Prof. at Eastern International University, Vietnam.
Two new doctoral students from the Korean food-service track (조리경영, 2026312501-502): 손혜연 and 한지원. International student Sulav Shrivastav (Nepal) joins for financial well-being research.
"Entity-Referent Correspondence framework of authenticity in cruise tourism" defended successfully. Now Asst. Prof. at Kyungsung Global Hospitality.
Doctoral student from Nepal begins research on South Asian student mobility decisions to study in South Korea.
Nararya Dita Handani's halal-friendly hotel service quality measurement scale published in International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management.
Shiny Simon (K-Culture, K-Pop research) and Sadaf Akhtar (Korea country image, brand equity) begin doctoral programs.
Kim Hye-In (KNHANES analysis), Cho Yeon-Joo (educational service quality), Jin Lili (cafeteria IPA), and Yahaira Moreno Brito (green hotels) all defend successfully.
Nararya Dita Handani (HALALQUAL) and Shin Ji-Hae (UTAUT2 mobile grocery) defend doctoral dissertations. Both take faculty positions in Korean universities.
Kyungsung University's new Global College launches. Several BAR LAB PhD graduates take faculty positions to build the Hospitality and Business curricula.
Aura Riswanto, Seieun Kim, Angellie Williady, Yinai Zhong (continuing), Neila Aisha, Ummi Aliyah all start PhDs. Many of them are now ABD and lead the lab's most active research.
Earlier years: see the lab timeline.