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Marianna Sigala

Marianna Sigala Marianna Sigala is Professor of Marketing at the University of Piraeus, Greece. She previously hold the position of the Professor of Tourism and the Director of the Centre for Tourism & Leisure Management at the University of South Australia (2015 – 2021). She has also been an academic staff at the University of …

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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt is the founder and CEO of the Hamburg-based COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute and one of the leading experts on the biggest global outbound tourism source market – China. He is also the founder of the Meaningful Tourism Center https://meaningful-tourism.com/, which is based on …

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Andrea Gómez Oliva

Andrea Gómez Oliva CMO at HOPU. She has a strong experience in creativity, marketing and communication. She holds a Master in the research & dissemination of the Cultural Heritage and a PhD in Communication / Marketing about Smart Tourism Destinations, which verses about the use of ICTs for the dissemination and protection of the heritage …

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Richard Adam

Richard Adam Brief Bio Richard Adam Seasoned international C-level executive and board member in asset management and investment, destination-, resort-, leisure venue-, commercial real estate development and place-making from a 360-degree perspective, from greenfield strategy to delivering viable visitor experience and retention, with working experience on 4 continents and a series of accomplishments in distressed …

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Professor Dimitrios Buhalis Bournemouth University

Professor Dimitrios Buhalis Bournemouth University Professor Dimitrios Buhalis is a Strategic Management and Marketing expert with specialisation in Information Communication Technology applications in the Tourism, Travel, Hospitality and Leisure industries. He is Director of the eTourism Lab and Deputy Director of the International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research, at Bournemouth University in England. He is also Editor in Chief of the most established …

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Dr. Ulrike Gretzel

Dr. Ulrike Gretzel Dr. Ulrike Gretzel is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center of Public Relations, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California and also serves as the Director of Research at Netnografica, a market research company that extracts insights from online conversations. She received her Ph.D. in Communications from the University of …

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Dr. Hayley Stainton

Dr. Hayley Stainton Dr Hayley Stainton is a tourism researcher and academic based in the United Kingdom. Specialisms include: TEFL tourism, tourism sustainability, digital marketing, netnography and aviation. Hayley has been teaching for more than ten years and now shares her knowledge via her website www.tourismteacher.com. All experts are here. HOME NEWS Trends Expert Opinion Tourism Technology …

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Dr. Jun Wen

Dr. Jun Wen Dr. Jun Wen is a lecturer in tourism and hospitality management at the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Australia. Jun was born in China and studied abroad in New Zealand until Completed his Ph.D in August 2018. As an early career researcher, Jun published more than 30 research articles …

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Dmitriy Tin

Dmitriy Tin Founder of Center Smart Tourism. In 1988 graduated with a degree in Robotics and Control Systems Since 2015, has been working on the problems of digitalization of tourism. Founded the world’s first Center Smart Tourism in 2016 Since 2016, took various educational courses and trainings for tourism workers, such as: “Цифровые волонтеры” “Digital …

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Yerkin Ospanov

Yerkin Ospanov B2B administrator at CenterSmartTourism. Writes, edits and translates articles at the portal. In 2014 graduated with a degree in Translation Studies. Speaks English, Russian, Kazakh and basic Spanish. After graduating university worked as a teacher in an education center. In 2017 completed a tourist guide training programme and started his work in CenterSmartTourism …

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