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Institution
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Brief Bio
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Prof. D. Gursoy
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Washington State University, USA
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Dogan is the Taco Bell Distinguished Professor in Hospitality Business Management at Washington State University in the School of Hospitality Business Management and the editor of the Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management. He is the designer of the Hotel Business Management Training Simulation (http://www.hotelsimulation.com) (ANNEX 1).
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Prof. M. Hall
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University of Canterbury, NZ
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Michael is Professor in Marketing at University of Canterbury, NZ which he joined in 2007. He is the editor of Current Issues in Tourism and is the author or editor of over 70 books as well as author of over 185 journal articles and 310 book chapters He is the most cited researcher in tourism and hospitality (ANNEX 2) and is current an External Examiner at the University of Mauritius.
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Prof. C. Rogerson
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University of Johannesburg, SA
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Chris is Research Professor at the School of Hospitality and Tourism, University of Johannesburg. He is the editor of Urban Forum, a leading urban policy journal. His research interests are focussed around three key themes: local and regional economic development, small business development and tourism enterprises (ANNEX 3).
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Prof. D. Reiser
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Colonge Business School, Germany
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Dirk is Professorship Sustainable Tourism Management at the Cologne Business School, Cologne, Germany. He has research interests in sustainable tourism and is a reviewer for several tourism and hospitality journals (ANNEX 4).
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Dr M. Gren
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Linnaeus University, Sweden
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Martin is Associate Professor in Tourism Studies at the School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University, Sweden, and guest researcher at the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre in Akureyri, Iceland. Martin holds a PhD in Human Geography and has "geo-graphiology" as an overall interest. His current research is focused on scientific, political and ethical aspects posed by the Anthropocene (ANNEX 5).
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Prof. G. Lipman
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Director, Greenearth.travel, Belgium
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Geoffrey is President of International Coalition of Tourism Partners and Director of Greeneath.travel. He was the first president of WTTC and is currently Advisor to the Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO); Advisor to the World Economic Forum and a member of its Global Agenda Council (Aviation, Travel & Tourism). He is Adjunct Professor at Victoria University Australia, Visiting Professor at Oxford Brookes University UK (ANNEX 6).
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Prof. B. Bramwell
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Sheffield Hallam University, UK
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Bill is Emeritus Professor of International Tourism Studies at Sheffield Hallam University and the co-editor of Journal of Sustainable Tourism. He is Co-Editor of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, and he has edited books on tourism’s relationships with partnerships, sustainability in Europe, rural development, governance and policymaking, and coastal areas in Southern Europe. His research interests include tourism policy and planning, tourism and environmental politics, governance in tourism, tourism development and society in China, and political economy and tourism development (ANNEX 7)
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Prof. J. Saarianen
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University of Oulu, Finland
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Jarkko is Professor of Human Geography (Tourism Studies) at the University of Oulu, Finland, and Adjunct Professor (Docent) (Human Geography and Tourism) in the Finnish University Network for Tourism Studies. His research interests include tourism development and its socio-cultural and economic impacts and sustainable and community-based tourism, global environmental change, wilderness studies and the construction of the ideas of nature, culture and indigeneity in tourism (ANNEX 8)
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Dr. Amos Ron
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Ashkelon Academic College, Israel
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Amos is the Head, Department of Tourism and Leisure Studies, Ashkelon Academic College, Israel. He has published widely in the field of sustainable tourism and religious tourism (ANNEX 9).
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Prof. Christina Chi
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Washington State University, USA
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Christina is Associate Professor in Hospitality at Washington State University. She has research interests in customer satisfaction, destination image and marketing, and hospitality workforce generational issues. She has published widely in tourism and hospitality journals as is a member of International Council of Hotel, Restaurant, & Institutional Education (I-CHRIE).
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Dr T. D. Juwaheer
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University of Mauritius
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T. D. Juwaheer is an Associate Professor and Pro-VC (Planning and Resources). She has published widely in the field of service quality in tourism and hospitality.
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Mr V. Teeroovengadum
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University of Mauritius
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