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JOURNAL OF TEACHING IN TRAVEL & TOURISM 2022, VOL. 22, NO. 3, 199–204 https://doi.org/10.1080/15313220.2022.2110550 Advancing hospitality and tourism education and research through global crises a b c Jieyu (Jade) Shi , Liping A. Cai and Kara Wolfe a b Hospitality Business, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore, Singapore; White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA; Department of Hospitality Leadership, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, USA Introduction Hospitality and tourism higher education has experienced fundamental shifts and dra- matic changes for decades across the global landscape. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic further interrupted traditional teaching and learning activities. Both students and educators grappled with the immediate transition from face-to-face to online or hybrid teaching and learning modalities (Park & Jones, 2021). In response, how to trans- form the existing curriculum to ensure student learning experience and outcomes became critical (Seo & Kim, 2021). The pandemic not only promoted the urgency for educators to seek alternative instructional formats in adapting to the changing learning environment and demands, but also afforded the opportunities for scholars to inspire transformative and active learning. Facing characteristic shifts in global mobility and student learning styles, Shi et