Pavlos Arvanitis has worked in the airline industry and has been a lecturer at Bedford College UK, teaching transport and tourism. He holds a BA in Tourism Business Administration and completed his thesis in Sustainable Tourism Development, at Hogeschool Delft, Netherlands as an Erasmus Student Exchange Programme Scholar. He obtained his MSc in Tourism Management and Planning from Bournemouth University, UK. His thesis discussed air transport deregulation in Greece.
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Lisa Davies began her international career working in the press office of the Deutsche Bank and Polydor International in Hamburg, Germany. She later returned to the UK to work for the Wales Tourist Board, first in the press office, then in overseas marketing. In 1990 she moved to Brussels to work as a national expert for the ‘European Year of Tourism’ in the European Commission (Tourism Unit), then as tourism and sustainability expert for the AIT & FIA (automobile clubs), lobbying the European institutions on tourism and environmental issues.
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Kyriaki Glyptou holds a PhD in Destination Management and Branding, Strategic Tourism Planning and Policy Support in the context of Sustainable Regional Development. Through her collaboration with institutions of national and international exposure Kyriaki built, over the years, extensive and systemic insights in her field of specialization. As Environmental Scientist (MSc) she has prior gained international work experience from projects in Italy and The Netherlands.
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Dimitrios G. Lagos holds a PhD in Tourism Regional Development from the Panteion University of Athens. He is a Professor of Tourism Economics and Tourist Business Management in the Department of Business Administration and ex-Dean (2010-2014) in Business school at the University of the Aegean, Greece and ex-President of Hellenic Regionalist Association. He is also Director of the Interdepartmental Program of Post-Graduate Studies in Tourism Planning, Management and Policy, University of the Aegean and an Advisor Professor in the Post-Graduate Program of Tourist Business Management, Department of Social Sciences of the Hellenic Open University.
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Alessio Poluzzi, Tourism Development and Marketing Consultant, is an economist with more than 15 years of international experience. Acquired his professional experiences working in more than 20 Countries and in 5 Continents, for some of the most renowned international Institutions, such as UNWTO, UNIDO, EU, IDB, USAID, etc. Defined the tourism development and branding strategies at national level in 9 leading and emerging tourism destinations: among others, Greece, Portugal, Uruguay, Panama, etc.
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