Professor Hong being served Tourism Management department of Jeju National University’s Economics & Commerce College and served as a director of the MICE sector projects in the LINC(Leaders in Industry University Cooperation). Jeju is his hometown and he obtained a doctoral degree from Hanyang University in tourism department. MICE sector is his major specialization and he do the lectures in the College and Graduate school‘s courses which related to MICE. He has consecutively filled in Economics & Commerce College of Jeju National University as Vice Dean.