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Professor Fevzi Okumus is the Central Florida Hotel and Lodging Association (CFHLA) Preeminent Chair Professor within the Hospitality Services Department at the University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management. He was the Founding Chair of the Hospitality Services Department at UCF Rosen College. His main teaching and research areas include strategic management, leadership, hospitality management, services marketing, training, and lodging. He has over 330 academic publications (over 210 refereed journal articles, seven books, 12 book chapters, and 90 conference presentations and reports). As of October 2nd, 2024, his publications have received 28,070 citations, and he has an h-index of 76. He has chaired/co-chaired and served on numerous PhD dissertation and master thesis committees. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IJCHM) (Impact Factor: 9.1) and the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights (JHTI) (Impact Factor: 4.8). |
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Prof. Dr. İbrahim Birkan was born in 1953. He graduated from the Ankara Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences in 1974. He completed his master's degrees in Marketing and Finance at the same institution in 1975 and 1976, respectively. From 1977 to 1979, he pursued a master's degree in Tourism Management at the University of Massachusetts in the U.S. He obtained his doctorate in International Marketing from Marmara University in 1984. Throughout his career, İbrahim Birkan has held managerial positions in the tourism sector while also engaging in academic work. From 1975 to 2015, he served as General Manager and Coordinator in the tourism industry in both the U.S. and Turkey. He has worked part-time at Boğaziçi University, Bilkent University, and Başkent University. Since 2015, he has been the Head of the Department of Tourism Management at Atılım University. |
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Prof. Ebru Gunlu KUCUKALTAN has a Ph.D. in tourism and is currently works at the Faculty of Business, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey. She is currently the Acting Dean of Tourism Faculty. Her primary research areas are in the application of management theories and behavioural sciences to the hospitality field as well as the moral considerations surrounding women's and animals' rights in the travel industry. Among many of her publications, her co-authored papers on crisis management and on workplace friendship in travel agencies were awarded with the best paper awards at international conferences, while her co-authored book chapter with Prof.Fevzi Okumuş, "The Hajj: Experience of Turkish Female Pilgrims" earned her the Outstanding Author Contribution Award from the Emerald Literati Network. She delivers courses in the field of organisation and management at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Email: ebru.gunlu@deu.edu.tr ORCID Id: 0000-0003-2599-0197. |
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Dr. Uysal, Ph.D., is a Provost Professor and Carney Family Endowed Professor in the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He served as department chair from August 2016 to August 2023. Currently, Dr. Uysal is serving as the president of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism and a fellow of the Academy of Leisure Sciences. Dr. Uysal has authored and co-authored numerous scholarly articles, five monographs, and sixteen books. He is widely recognized for his contributions, receiving over thirty awards for research, international education, teaching excellence, and lifetime achievements. From 2021 to 2024, Dr. Uysal was listed among the top 1% of the world's most highly cited researchers by Clarivate Analytics. He has also received the Research.com Business and Management Leader Award for three consecutive years. |
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Musa Pinar (MBA and Ph.D., Mississippi State University, BS, Age University, Izmir, Türkiye) is a Professor of Marketing, and Paul H. Brandt Professor of Business at Valparaiso University. He teaches undergraduate and MBA marketing and branding courses. His research interests include service quality, brand orientation, gender effect in the sales field and tourism, gender-food stereotypes, brand ecosystem, and measuring brand equity in banking, higher education, Turkish sports league, Net Promoter Score (NPS), and its predictors for city mayor, CSR, purchasing foreign (Turkish) products and brands, nation branding and nation brand equity. He has published over 65 referred papers in various academic journals, some of which are Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, Journal of Business Ethics, Services Marketing Quarterly, International Journal of Educational Management, International Journal of Bank Marketing, Journal of Hospitality Management and Marketing, Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, SAM Advanced Management Journal and has published two book chapter. |
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![]() | Ibrahim Birkan Panelist |
![]() | Ebru Gunlu Kucuklatan Panelist |
![]() | Muzaffer Uysal Panelist |
![]() | Musa Pinar Panelist |
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- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: Oct 27 2024
- Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Volume 62
This webinar will explore the Future of Tourism in Türkiye: Challenges and Strategies for Moving Forward. Specifically, it will focus on several key areas, including competition and sustainable tourism, branding and destination marketing, as well as infrastructure, investment, and product development. Additionally, the webinar will cover hospitality and tourism education, along with new market opportunities and emerging trends. Türkiye has established itself as one of the leading tourist destinations globally, attracting millions of visitors each year with its rich cultural heritage, stunning landscapes, and diverse attractions. However, the tourism industry in this country faces significant challenges that could impact its growth and sustainability. This webinar will highlight some of these challenges and offer both short-term and long-term solutions.
Kazem Vafadari
Ebru Gunlu Kucuklatan
Muzzo Uysal
Musa Pinar
Kazem Vafadari
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