Dr Gary Daniels is a Senior Lecturer working across hospitality, tourism, entrepreneurship and management at Sunway University. His academic career spans the United Kingdom and Malaysia and is complemented by ten years as founder and managing director of hospitality businesses in Chengdu, China. His research examines entrepreneurship, small business, work and labour, technology, mobility and industry change in hospitality and tourism, with particular interest in ASEAN and other emerging-economy contexts. Recent research includes work on female solo travel, robot integration in hospitality, migrant inclusion, platform-mediated food delivery, employee ergonomics and emerging foodservice business models. Dr Gary has extensive experience in curriculum development, experiential and work-integrated learning, executive education and industry engagement. He previously served as Head of the Centre for Hospitality Innovation and Leadership at Sunway University, where he led industry-facing education, professional development and external partnership initiatives. He has supervised three PhDs to completion as Main Supervisor and continues to supervise doctoral research across tourism, hospitality and foodservice entrepreneurship. His earlier academic work in employment relations and organisational studies continues to inform his interest in work, organisations and people within contemporary service industries.