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THE BOOK
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Scientific
Committee & Keynotes
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Tourism, Progress and Peace -
Keynote Speakers |
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Michael
Hall,
PhD
Department of
Management University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, New Zealand |
Born in the United Kingdom but
Australian by passport, Michael
is Professor in Marketing,
joining the department at the
end of 2006. Prior to this
Michael has had positions
including Professor in Tourism
at the University of Otago,
Professor of Tourism and Service
Management at Victoria
University of Wellington, and
Honorary Professor in the
Department of Marketing,
Stirling University, Scotland.
Michael has longstanding
teaching, publication and
research interests in tourism,
regional development and
social/green marketing with
particular emphasis on issues of
place branding and marketing as
well as conservation and
environmental change, event
management and marketing, and
the use of tourism as an
economic development and
conservation mechanism. More
recently he has been undertaking
research on wine and food
marketing and gastronomy, which
has required strenuous research
in the field. He is the author
and editor of over 40 books as
well as over 250 journal
articles and book chapters and
has been active in a number of
international research and
business associations. He is the
editor of the journal Current
Issues in Tourism.
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Abraham Pizam,
PhD
Rosen College of Hospitality
Management
University of Central Florida,
Orlando, Florida, USA |
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Vincent
Platenkamp,
PhD
Center
for Cross Cultural Understanding,
NHTV University of Professional
Education,
Breda, The Netherlands |
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Raed Saadeh,
Managing
Director,
Jerusalem Hotel |
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Mr. Saadeh is the
Owner and General Manager of the
Jerusalem Hotel; a boutique
hotel for which he introduced
the concept and did the design.
Mr. Saadeh is an ex-President of
the Arab (Palestinian) Hotel
Association. He is founder and
board member of the Palestinian
Art Court, board Member of the
Mamal foundation for
contemporary art, chairman of
Sunbula Organization for Fair
Trade, founder and chairman of
the Rozana Association for Rural
Tourism development, founder and
former President of Yabous
Productions for Performing Arts
and founder and chairman of the
Jerusalem Tourism Cluster
intended to maximize the
economic returns and benefits of
the local community. |
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Professor John Tribe is head of
tourism at the University of Surrey,
UK. His undergraduate, postgraduate
and doctoral studies were all
undertaken at the University of
London. He is a Fellow of the Higher
Education Academy, Fellow of the
International Academy for the Study
of Tourism and Academician of the
Academy of the Social Sciences. His
research concentrates on
sustainability, epistemology and
education and he has authored books
on strategy, philosophy, economics,
education and environmental
management in tourism.
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Funded
research projects have included
sustainable tourism and forests in
the European Union, curriculum
development in Moldova, quality in
tourism education and the use of
visual images in tourism. He is past
Chair of the UK Association for
Tourism in Higher Education was the
specialist advisor for tourism for
the UK 2008 Research Assessment
Exercise. He is co-chair of the
United Nations World Tourism
Organisation Education and Science
Council and editor of Annals of
Tourism Research and The
Journal of Hospitality, Leisure
Sport and Tourism Education (JOHLSTE). |
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Musaffer Uysal, PhD
Dept. of
Hospitality and Tourism Management
Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
Blacksburg VA USA |
Muzaffer (Muzzo) Uysal,
Professor of Tourism has
extensive experience in the
travel and tourism field,
authoring or co-authoring a
significant number of articles
in tourism, hospitality and
recreation journals,
proceedings, book chapters, and
four monographs and two books
relating to different aspects of
tourism and research. Dr. Uysal
is a member of the International
Academy for the Study of
Tourism, the Academy of Leisure
Sciences, and serves as
co-editor of Tourism
Analysis: An Interdisciplinary
Journal. In addition, he
sits on the editorial boards of
a significant number of
journals, including Journal
of Travel Research, and
Annals of Tourism Research
as resource editor. Dr. Uysal
received many awards including
the Award for Research
Excellence, Alumni Award for
Excellence in International
Education, Teaching Excellence
Award from Pamplin College of
Business, and Outstanding
Research Award from College of
Human Resources.
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Tourism,
Progress and Peace
- The Scientific Committee |
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Dr. Elena Cavagnaro,
Stenden University, the
Netherlands |
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Dr. Senija Causevic,
London Metropolitan
University
London Metropolitan
Business School
Senior Lecturer in
International Tourism
Management
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Dr Senija Causevic is a
senior lecturer in
International Tourism
Management. She holds a
PhD degree in Tourism
and Hospitality from the
University of
Strathclyde Business
School. Senija’s main
research focus is
tourism development in
post-conflict societies
and Balkan countries,
the role of tourism in
the process of
normalisation of social
relationships, social
justice and tourism,
cultural heritage,
contested heritage and
‘dark tourism’. |
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Dr. Tomás J.
Cuevas-Contreras
Universidad Autonoma
de Ciudad Juarez
ICSA-UACJ, Mexico |
Tomas J.
Cuevas-Contreras
holds a PhD in
Management Sciences
from Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico (UNAM) and
post doctorate at
Universitat de
Girona, Spain. He is
a lecturer in
Tourism Management
and Methodology
Tourism Research
course at Management
Sciences Department,
Tourism Studies of
the Universidad
Autonoma de Ciudad
Juarez. He is a
Research Professor
and Academic Board
Leader of Tourism
CA-31 at UACJ. He is
member of the
Scientific
Committee and
Editorial Board of:
Journal of Tourism
and Peace Research,
Teoria y Praxis
Journal and Academic
Journal Nova Rua
His research
interests: cross
borders tourism,
cultural heritage,
tourism development
and management
urban/rural tourism.
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Sjoerd
Gehrels,
Stenden University
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Sjoerd A. Gehrels (1959) started
in Dutch higher education after
ten years working in the
hospitality industry in 1989.
Sjoerd A. Genrels is a course
leader for the MA in
International Service
Management, Consultant
International Affairs,
Senior Lecturer and licensed
Covey Trainer.
In
Stenden University of Applied
Sciences (formerly CHN),
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands he
worked as senior lecturer,
deputy director for the BBA in
International Hospitality
Management and programme
director for the MA in IHM.
Currently, he serves as course
leader for the MA in
International Service
Management, consultant
International Affairs, senior
lecturer and licensed Covey
trainer. Sjoerd achieved his MSc
from the University of Surrey,
Guildford in 1999 and a MBA from
Oxford Brookes University,
Oxford in 2004. Sjoerd is
currently progressing towards
his Doctorate at the University
of Stirling. His research
expands into the role good
entrepreneurship can have for
promoting peace and balance in
societies. |
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Dr. Alon Gelbman
Department of Tourism and
Hospitality Studies
Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, Mobile Post Emek Hayarden,
Israel |
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Dr. Alon
Gelbman
(PhD, MA, and BA) is a
senior
lecturer in the
Department of Tourism
and Hospitality Studies
at Kinneret College on
the Sea of Galilee,
Israel (Mobile Post Emek
Mayarden, 15132, Israel.
He is a human
geographer and his main
research focuses on
borders and tourism,
urban/rural tourism and
wellness tourism. |
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Dr. Rami K. Isaac
NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, Breda, the Netherlands |
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Rami K. Isaac holds a
PhD in Spatial Sciences
from University of
Groningen, The
Netherlands. He is a
lecturer in Tourism
Planning & Development
and a co-ordinator of
the MA Master in
European Tourism
Management course at the
NHTV Breda University of
Applied Sciences. He was
the external assessor of
Bethlehem TEMPUS
(2004-2006) curriculum
development project in
Palestine in the field
of pilgrimage, tourism
and cultural industries
and he is a research
fellow of the Centre for
Cross-Cultural
Understanding (CCCU) at
the NHTV. His research
interests include
tourism development and
management, cultural
heritage, political
aspects of tourism,
conflict and tourism. |
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Hanny Kadijk, Stenden
University, Leeuwarden, the
Netherlands |
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Dr. Noga Collins-Kreiner,
Department of Geography and
Environmental Studies University
of Haifa, Israel. |
Noga Collins-Kreiner
is a Senior
lecturer (PhD),
in the
Department of
Geography and
Environmental
Studies at the
University of
Haifa, Israel (http://geo.haifa.ac.il/~nogack/).
She is also a
member of the
Center for
Tourism,
Pilgrimage &
Recreation
Research at the
University of
Haifa, Israel (http://ctprr.haifa.ac.il). Her
main research
interests are:
Tourism
Development,
Tourism
Management,
Religious
Tourism,
Pilgrimage,
Social and
Cultural
Geography and
Ecotourism.
Address:
University of
Haifa, Israel
31905 (nogack@geo.haifa.ac.il).
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Nigel
Morgan
PhD
is Professor of
Tourism Studies at
Cardiff School of
Management’s Welsh
Centre for Tourism
Research at the
University of Wales
Institute, Cardiff. |
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Professor
Nigel Morgan
is a
strong proponent of
advocacy scholarship, he
was one of originators
of the notion of hopeful
tourism scholarship and
is co-chair of the
biennial Critical
Tourism Studies
Conference Series. Nigel
has a background in
leisure policy and
public sector tourism
and public relations
management and has held
a number of senior
academic posts at the
University of Wales
Institute, Cardiff since
1994. He is passionately
interested in the
connections between
tourism, social justice,
identity and place and
has written or edited 15
books in these areas.
Nigel is an editorial
board member of several
leading international
journals including
Place Branding & Public
Diplomacy, Hospitality &
Society and
Vacation Marketing
and is an Associate
Editor of the Annals
of Tourism Research.
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Dr. Alex Nkabahona,
Makerere University, Faculty
of Arts, MA Peace and
Conflict Studies Program,
Kampala, Uganda. |
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Alex
Nkabahona (PhD).
He holds a PhD in
Religious Studies and
Philosophy from Leuven
Catholic University,
Belgium. He is a senior
lecturer and research
consultant at Makerere
University, Faculty of
Arts, Department of
Peace and Conflict
Studies where he has
taught since 1997. He is
also co-founder member
of African Institute for
Strategic Research,
Governance and
Development where he
holds the portfolio of
Executive Director but
also doubles as Director
of Research and
consultant in Defense
and Security studies at
the Institute. He is
member of the Editorial
Board for the Journal of
Tourism and Peace
Research by
International Center for
Peace through Tourism
Research (ICPTR), Den
Hague. |
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Dr. Marina Novelli,
Centre for Tourism Policy
Studies
School of Service Management,
University of Brighton
Darley Road, Eastbourne, UK
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Dr Marina
Novelli
(PhD, BSc, PgDipEd,
PgDipPlanning) has a
background in economics
and human geography and
research interests in
development and
management studies
applied to tourism. Her
most recent research and
consultancy assignments
are in the field of
international tourism
planning, tourism and
regional development,
rural diversification,
sustainable business
development and
management,
tourism product
development,
community based and
pro-poor tourism
approaches, niche
tourism trends and
tourism and hospitality
capacity building in the
developing world.
She has conducted a
variety of projects in
Sub-Saharan Africa,
Europe and Asia, with
her most recent
research and consultancy
engagements including
work for the World Bank,
UNIDO, UNESCO, the EU,
National Ministries,
Regional Development
Agencies and NGOs. She
is known amongst
academics and
practitioners for her
research on tourism and
international
development and amongst
others for her volume
Niche tourism:
contemporary issues,
trends and cases
(Oxford: Elsevier 2005).
She is currently
involved in research on
tourism and poverty
alleviation, tourism in
post-conflict
destinations,
travellers’ philanthropy
and strategic giving,
capacity building and
sustainable development
in various sub-Sahara
Africa locations.
She
sees her mission as
generating new knowledge
on ways in which tourism
can play a key role in
stimulating local
economies, conserving
the environment,
developing peoples and
changing lives.
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Albert Postma
Stenden University, the
Netherlands |
Albert Postma, a
social geographer
has a teaching and
research experience
of over 20 years.
Besides his new
position as a
professor with a
research focus on
scenario planning in
tourism, he is
completing his Ph.D.
in a comparative
study about
residents’ attitudes
toward tourism on
two Dutch and two
Caribbean islands.
At Stenden
University, Albert
served for over 10
years as course
leader of the MA
programme
International
Leisure and Tourism
Studies. He is
senior lecturer at
the School of
Graduate Studies
and the
International School
of Leisure
Management, and
member of the
research group
Service Studies. He
is currently head of
the research group
on scenario planning
at Stenden
University, and
teaches research
methods at the
university’s
graduate courses.
Previously, he
worked as a
researcher and
consultant at the
Institute Service
Management in the
Netherlands. One of
his achievements is
the establishment of
Toerdata Noord in
1996, the monitoring
system for tourism
supply and demand in
the Northern part of
the Netherlands.
Most recently, he is
serving as head of
the newly
established European
Tourism Institute at
Stenden University.
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Hans Revier,
Stenden University, the
Netherlands |
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Drs. Hans Revier (1954)
studied biology
(University of
Amsterdam) and
specialised in marine
and freshwater ecology.
In 1985 he joined the
Dutch Society for the
Preservation of the
Wadden Sea (Wadden
Society). At first he
worked as campaigner and
policy officer, later on
as director and director
of external affairs. He
was also a member of the
Dutch governmental
Wadden Sea Advisory
Board and a member of
the international Wadden
Sea Forum. For almost a
decade he was president
of a federation of
environmental
organisations in
countries bordering the
North Sea. In 2007
Revier was inaugurated
as Professor of Marine
Wetlands Studies at
Stenden University and
the Hanze University in
Groningen. His main
field of research is the
sustainable development
of the international
Wadden Sea area,
focussing on tourism
developments at Stenden
and rural development at
the Hanze University.
Besides his research he
is still affiliated with
the Wadden Sea Society
as chief editor of the
WADDENmagazine. |
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Pranil Upadhayaya,
Katmandu University, Nepal |
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Mr. Pranil Upadhayaya is a PhD researcher in the field of
'Tourism, Conflict and
Peace’ at Human and
Natural Resources
Studies Centre,
Kathmandu University (http://www.hnrsc.edu.np/)
being conducted in
collaboration with the
Swiss National Centre of
Competence in Research (NCCR)
North - South. He is
being involved in giving
empirical basis to a
segment of this research
result in the real
situation through
‘Partnership Actions for
Mitigating Syndromes (PAMS)’,a
small scale local
development project.
PAMS, which has
contributed for the
development of an
alternative model
tourism trekking route
with conflict sensitive
tourism code of conducts
in Western Nepal
Mountain under the
notion of ‘peace through
tourism’, is a basis for
evaluating the potential
of transdisciplinary
research in triggering
social learning process.
Mr. Upadhayaya's academic and professional involvements in
past consist of teaching
travel and tourism
studies, and
formulating, managing
and operating tourists’
package tours. His major
research interests
include tourism and
peace, sustainable
tourism, eco tourism and
alternative tourism.
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