现任北京第二外语学院旅游科学学院教授、院长，中国旅游研究院饭店产业研究基地主任为教育部黄大年式教学团队-旅游管理教学团队成员、北京市高层次创新创业人才支持计划领军人才、入选2014年北京市“长城学者培养计划”、北京市教学名师等。担任北京市女教授协会理事、欧美同学会饭店业专家委员会副主任，亚太旅游协会（APTA）中国代表，国家旅游局（原）专家咨询委员会委员、国家级饭店星评员。中国旅游饭店业协会常务理事，中国旅游协会妇女委员会专家委员、中国旅游协会教育分会常务理事、北京市朝阳区政协委员。
发表《饭店新型业态理论与实践》、Tourism in China、《饭店集团案例库：中国卷》、《饭店集团案例库：国际卷》、《饭店管理理论与应用研究》、《旅游危机管理》、《国外著名饭店集团管理精要》、《旅游市场营销》、《饭店营销学》、《国际饭店管理》等30多部专著和教材。在Journal of Business Ethics, Tourism Management、Cornell Hospitality Quarterly、International Journal of Hospitality management、《南开管理评论》、《管理评论》等国内外学术期刊发表近百篇学术论文，其中SSCI期刊近20篇。同时，获北京市哲学社会科学优秀成果奖、国家旅游局优秀科研成果奖、北京市优秀教学成果奖等省部级奖多项，主持和承担国家级和省部级项目10多项和国家旅游局、北京市旅游委员会、中国旅游饭店业协会、首旅集团、港中旅集团等机构30多项研究课题。
主要教育背景包括中国人民大学产业经济学博士、中国人民大学企业管理硕士、澳大利亚维多利亚大学（前Footscray Institute of Technology）旅游与酒店管理研究生，浙江大学（前杭州大学）旅游经济管理学士。为美国休斯顿大学希尔顿酒店管理学院访问学者，香港理工大学访问教授。
Huimin Gu is Professor and Dean, School of Tourism Sciences at Beijing International Studies University; Director of China Hospitality Industry Research Base, China Tourism Academy, CNTA, National Hotel Rating Committee Member. She is the key member of Huang Danian Teaching Group – Tourism Management Teaching Group by Ministry of China Education. She won the title of Beijing High Level Innovation Talent, Beijing Great Wall Scholar Plan, Beijing Famous Teacher, Excellent Young Teacher of Beijing, 21^st Century Core Middle-age and Young Teacher of Beijing, 21^st Century Member of Innovation Group of Beijing etc. She authored and translated 10 books including Hotel Chains in China, International Hotel Chains, Tourism inChina, Tourism Crisis Management, Hotel Management Theory & Practice, Tourism Marketing etc. She also published more than 70 academic papers in international and domestic journals including Journal of Business Ethics, Tourism Management, Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, International Journal of Hospitality management, Journal of Vacation Marketing, Tourism Analysis, Nankai Management Review (China), Tourism Tribune (China). She is the host of more than 30 research grants and has gained about 10 provincial level of teaching, research and other awards.
She is the National Hotel Star Rating committee member of CNTA, Vice Director of China Tourist hotel Association Vice Director of Expert Committee in China’s Hotel Industry, Western Returned Scholars Association, China, Member of Expert Committee, She is the Coordinating editor of Annals of Tourism Research, consulting editor of Tourism Management (UK), International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (USA), Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, Journal of China Tourism Research, Tourism Management (China), She is the China representative of Asia Pacific Travel Association.
Dr.Gu holds a doctorate in Industrial Economics from Renmin University of China, a master’s degree in Management from Renmin University of China, a Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism & Hospitality Administration from Victoria University, Australia and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Zhejiang University（Former Hangzhou University）, China. She was a visiting professor of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, visiting scholar of Hilton College, University of Houston,USA.