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Speaker Profile
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis
Job Title: Deputy Director
Company Name: International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research (ICTHR), School of Services Management, Bournemouth University
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis is an innovative tourism and hospitality researcher, teacher and adviser that conceptualises technology-enabled strategic management and marketing solutions for tourism and hospitality organisations on a global scale. He is currently Established Chair in Tourism, Deputy Director of the International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research at Bournemouth University and Professorial Observer at the Bournemouth University Senate. Professor Buhalis is leading eTourism research and is working with the Bournemouth team for introducing technology in all aspects of tourism research and teaching. He is regarded as an expert in the impacts of ICTs in the tourism industry, the management of tourism distribution channels as well as in strategic tourism marketing and management. He has also been involved in teaching, advising, developing distance learning material, external examining or examining research degrees for Universities and other organisations around the world. Dimitrios has been involved with a number of European Commission FP5 and FP6 projects and regularly advises the World Tourism Organisation, the World Tourism and Travel Council and the European Commission in the field of eTourism. Dimitrios is still an active tourism practitioner, listing the positions of Marketing Manager and web master for his family Hotel Segas in Loutraki, Board of Director of Aquis Hotels and Resorts SA and non-Executive Director of yourholidays.com travel agency in his activities.
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