“Meet the Editors” panel.

This session is important for all those researchers (junior and senior) interested in submitting to Tourism Review, Journal of Information Technology & Tourism, Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Management, and Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Technology. Journal editors are going to give us hints about how to prepare the manuscripts, or what are the main topics journals are interested in.

Take advantage of meeting them!!

Marianna Sigala is a Professor at the University of Piraeus, Greece.

She previously held the position of the Professor of Tourism and the Director of the Centre for Tourism & Leisure Management at the University of South Australia (2015 – 2021). She has also been an academic staff at the University of Strathclyde and Westminster University (UK), and the University of the Aegean (Greece).

Her academic credentials are combined with her professional experience in the tourism industry. Her interests include services and experience management, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in tourism and hospitality, as well as wine tourism. She is a widely published and multi-awarded authority: nine books, numerous papers in academic journals, and (keynote) presentations at international conferences.

She has a long record of leadership and participation in international research projects funded by various entities such as the E.U., the Council of Europe and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia. She is a past President of EuroCHRIE and a past member of the executive board of ICHRIE and IFITT.

She currently serves at the executive board of CAUTHE. She is the co-editor of the Journal of Service Theory & Practice, and the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Management. In 2016, she was awarded the prestigious EuroCHRIE Presidents’ Award for her lifetime contributions and achievements to tourism and hospitality education. Since 2020, Professor Sigala is also appointed as a Research Fellow of CAUTHE.