Director of the BU eTourism Lab

• Prof. Dimitrios Buhalis
  
  Professor Dimitrios Buhalis is a Strategic Management and Marketing expert with specialisation in Technology and Tourism.

Academic Members

• Professor Adele Ladkin
  
  Professor Adele Ladkin is a specialist in tourism human resources in the Faculty of Management, Bournemouth University, UK.
• Dr Alessandro Inversini
  
  Dr Alessandro Inversini is a Lecturer in Marketing and Media Communication for Events and Leisure  in the Faculty of Management of Bournemouth University, UK.
• Dr Barbara Neuhofer
  
  Dr Barbara Neuhofer is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Management, with a research focus on tourist experiences, co-creation and technology.
• Dr Philip Alford
  
  Dr Philip Alford is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Hospitality Marketing in the Faculty of Management, Bournemouth University, UK.

• Dr Miguel Moital
  
  Dr. Miguel Moital is a Senior Lecturer in Events Management in the Faculty of Management, Bournemouth University, UK.
• Dr Christos Gatzidis
  
  Dr. Christos Gatzidis is Senior Lecturer in Creative Technology at Bournemouth University (School Of Design, Engineering And Computing).
• Professor Janet Dickinson
  
  Professor Janet Dickinson is a Professor in Tourism with a specialist interest in travel and transport at the Faculty of Management, Bournemouth University, UK.
• Dr Feifei Xu
  
  Dr Feifei Xu is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management with a specialist interest in nature tourism and sustainable tourism at the Faculty of Management, Bournemouth University, UK.

PhD Researchers and MSc Students

• Kim Boes
  
  Kim is a PhD researcher at the eTourismLab at Bournemouth University, UK, researching Smart Tourism Destinations.
• Devora Fileva
  
  Devora is a MSc student in Tourism Management and Marketing at Bournemouth University, UK, writing her dissertation about “Theming the Experience – Tourism Routes”.
• Carmen Martins
  
  Carmen is a PhD researcher at the eTourismLab at Bournemouth University, UK, researching Innovation in Alternative Tourism.
• Ekaterina Volchek
  
  Ekaterina Volchek is MSc student at the Faculty of Management at Bournemouth University, UK, researching Marketing Attribution.

• Dr Rodolfo Baggio
  
  Dr Rodolfo Baggio is a Visiting Professor from Bocconi University, Milan, Italy lecturing at Bournemouth University, UK.
• Dr Nao Li
  
  Dr Nao Li is a Visiting Researcher from the Institute of Tourism, Beijing Union University, China, researching agent-based simulation modeling of visitor recreational behaviours in attractions.

Affiliate Members

• Dr John Fotis
  
  Dr John Fotis is a former PhD Researcher at the eTourismLab, researching social media and consumer behaviour and works now as Director at NovusMind Ltd a business consulting company.
• Nicolas Gregori
  
  Nicolas is a former Researcher at the eTourismLab, researching Social Media and the Service of Now and now works in e-marketing in the tourism industry.
• Dr. Andrew Spencer
  
  Dr. Andrew Spencer is a former PhD Researcher at the eTourismLab researching technology adoption and is now Director, Centre for Hotel and Tourism Management, Bahamas.
• Dr. Ivana Rihova
  
  Dr. Ivana Rihova is a former PhD Researcher at the eTourismLab, researching co-creation in the event experience and is now Lecturer at the School of Marketing at Edinburgh Napier University, UK.
• Soultana Symeonidou
  
  Soultana is a former Researcher in eTourism at Bournemouth University, UK, working on the FP7 Project.
• Georgina Sekadakis
  
  Georgina is a former member of the eTourismlab and finished her MSc at Bournemouth University, UK. She is now working in the hospitality industry where she manages online marketing and customer relationships.
• Dr Zornitza Yovcheva
  
  Dr Zornitza Yovcheva is a former PhD Researcher at the eTourismLab at Bournemouth University, UK, researching Augmented Reality and smartphones. She is now working as a User Experience Insight Analyst at we are experience.
• Luca Smiroldo
  
  Luca is a former Researcher in eTourism at Bournemouth University, UK, and is now  ‎Associate Director of Recruiting MBA at Hult International Business School.
• Kristin Scheibel
  
  Kristin is a former MSc Student in Tourism Management and Marketing at Bournemouth University, UK, writing her dissertation about ‘The role of travel review websites in Tourists’ Trip Planning Behaviour’.
• Ramona Wagner
  
  Ramona is a former MSc Student in Tourism Management and Marketing at Bournemouth University, UK, writing her dissertation about the benchmark of e-destinations. She now works as Programmes Director at SE1 Media.
• Marie-Kristin Foerste
  
  Marie is a former MSc Student in Tourism Management and Marketing at Bournemouth University, researching SoCoMo marketing. She was also doing a placement as a marketing officer at IFITT.
• Liz Bouten
  
  Liz Bouten is a former Bachelor student at the NHTV University of Applied Sciences in Breda and member of the eTourismLab conducting a research project on social media for conferences for IFITT. She now works as Sales Support Medewerker at Leisure Port.
• Aditya Amaranggana
  
  Aditya Amaranggana is a former member of the eTourismLab and did a placement with IFITT on social media marketing activities. She conducts research on Smart Tourism Cities and has started an internship at the UNWTO in Madrid.