Professor Dimitrios Buhalis

Current

Board Member and Non Executive Director Strategy at Aquis Hotels & Resorts
Established Chair in Tourism and Deputy Director of ICTHR at Bournemouth University

Past

Reader, Leader eTourism Research, Member of Senate at University of Surrey
Senior Lecturer at University of Westminster
Researcher at University of Aegean

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Education

University of Surrey

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Industry

Leisure, Travel & Tourism

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Professor Dimitrios Buhalis’s Summary

As from September 2007 Dr Dimitrios Buhalis joined the School of Services Management at the Bournemouth University as Established Chair in Tourism and Deputy Director of the International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research. Professor Buhalis will be responsible for eTourism research and for incorporating eTourism in all aspects of tourism teaching and research.

Dr Dimitrios Buhalis was previously Programme Leader MSc in Tourism Marketing, Leader of eTourism Research, Reader in Business Information Management at the School of Management, University of Surrey and elected member of the University Senate (2003-2007). Until September he was also Course Leader, MSc in eTourism and Director of the Centre for eTourism Research (CeTR). Dimitrios is also Adjunct Professor at the MBA in Hospitality Management at the IMHI (Cornell University-Ecole Superieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales ESSEC) in Paris and Professor Associado at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has been teaching tourism related subjects in more than 30 Universities around the world. He is regarded as an expert in the impacts of ICTs in the tourism industry and eTourism, the management of tourism distribution channels as well as strategic tourism marketing and management. 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 information technology and tourism. Dimitrios is still an active tourism practitioner, listing the positions of Marketing Manager and web master for his family Hotel Segas and non-Executive Director of yourholidays.com online travel agency in his activities.

Professor Dimitrios Buhalis’s Specialties:

eTourism and ICTs
Tourism and Travel
Strategic Management and Marketing

Professor Dimitrios Buhalis’s Experience

Board Member and Non Executive Director Strategy

Aquis Hotels & Resorts

(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

2008 — Present (1 year )
Established Chair in Tourism and Deputy Director of ICTHR

Bournemouth University

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Hospitality industry)

September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

From September 2007 Dr Dimitrios Buhalis joined the School of Services Management at the Bournemouth University as Established Chair in Tourism and a Deputy Director of the International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research. Professor Buhalis is responsible for eTourism research and for incorporating eTourism in all aspects of tourism teaching and research.
Reader, Leader eTourism Research, Member of Senate

University of Surrey

(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

September 2000 — September 2007 (7 years 1 month)
Senior Lecturer

University of Westminster

(Higher Education industry)

June 1995 — September 2000 (5 years 4 months)
Researcher

University of Aegean

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Research industry)

September 1986 — September 1990 (4 years 1 month)