Esmeralda Crespo Almendros has a Ph.D. in Economic and Business Sciences from the University of Granada. She has been a University Professor in the Department of Marketing and Market Research since 2021, her lines of research are related to integrated marketing communication, online consumer behavior, tourism marketing, and cross-cultural communication. She has been a visiting professor at the Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal) and at the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (Portugal).
Ana Isabel Polo-Peña is an Associate Professor of Marketing and Market Research at the University of Granada (Spain). She has developed a constant trajectory in research focused on tourist behavior, rural and sustainable tourism, marketing and technological strategies orientated to the market. She has published in Tourism Management, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Journal of Travel Research, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Journal Small Business Management, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, The Services Industries Journal, and other scholarly journals. She is collaborating as a coordinating editor with the International Journal of Hospitality Management since 2020. She has participated in several competitive research projects and coordinates research projects at the regional and at EU level. She is Visiting Research Fellow at the Liverpool John Moores University (Liverpool, UK) since 2022. Also, she coordinated six editions of the official Postgraduate Program Master in Marketing and Market Research at the University of Granada.
UNESCO Chair on Inclusive Museums and Sustainable Heritage Development; Professor of Inclusive Cultural Leadership and Director, International Centre for Inclusive Cultural Leadership (ICICL), Anant National University, Ahmedabad, India; Executive Director, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Australia/India /USA; and Member, UNITWIN-UNESCO Network – Tourism, Culture and Development, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.(http://inclusivemuseums.org/index.php/executive-director)
Dr. Christina Cameron, Professor, School of Architecture and Canada Research Chairperson in Built Heritage, Université de Montréal; former DG, Parks Canada; former Chair, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, Paris
Nimit Chowdhary, Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Mahalgaon Gwalior, India
Dr. Chris Cooper, Professor in the School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management Leeds Beckett University, UK; Co-Founder, Progress in Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation Research and the International Journal of Tourism Research and is now the Co-Editor of Current Issues in Tourism.
Raj Chintaram, African Network for Policy, Research & Advocacy for Sustainability, Mauritius
Dr. Amareswar Galla, UNESCO Chair on Inclusive Museums and Sustainable Heritage Development, Professor of Inclusive Cultural Leadership and Director, International Centre for Inclusive Cultural Leadership (ICICL), and Dean of Faculty Development and Leadership, Anant National University, Ahmedabad, India; Executive Director, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Australia/India/USA; UNITWIN-UNESCO Network – Tourism, Culture and Development, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; and Former Vice President, ICOM, Paris, and former President, ICOM of the Asia Pacific, Paris.
Dr. Sergio Moreno Gil, Professor and Director of Institutional Relations of the UNESCO Chair of Tourism Planning and Sustainable Development; and Director of Marketing and Destination Development at TIDES Tourism and Sustainable Development Institute at the Universidad Las Palmas de Gran Cranaria.
Dr. Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar, Associate Professor in Tourism, Anant National University, India; Former Head of Department, Tourism and Hospitality Studies, University of Africa Toru-Orua, Nigeria; & Editorial Advisory Board Member/Liaison Officer - International Journal of Tourism Cities, Emerald Insight.
Dr. Maria Gravari-Barbas, Professor and UNESCO Chair in Culture, Tourism & Development; Convener UNESCO UNITWIN; and Vice President for International Relations, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France.
Dr. Michael Hall, Professor, Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Visiting Professor, Linnaeus University, Sweden; Guest Professor, Lund University, Sweden; and Docent, University of Oulu, Finland.
Dr. Oliver Kesar, Tenured Professor at the Department of Tourism, Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Dr. Carolin Lusby, Associate Professor, Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University; and formerly World Leisure Centre of Excellence at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
Dr. Rafael Robina Ramírez, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain
Dr. Asli D.A. Tasci, Interim Chair, Department of Tourism, Events and Attractions; Associate Professor Tourism and Hospitality Marketing, UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida, Orlando, US.
Dr. Shem Wambugu Maingi, School of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Studies, Kenyatta University, Kenya; IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group; ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee; and Member, Ecotourism Kenya.
Dr. Huang Yong, Researcher, Nature and Culture Heritage Research Center of Nanjing University; and Vice President, Suzhou Wudu National Association of Historical and Cultural Cities, China.
Dr. Mike Robinson, Professor of Cultural Heritage, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Dr. Ana Garcia-Lopez, Professor, Researcher and Director of the Chair for Innovation in Crafts, Design and Contemporary Art (University of Granada). Principal Researcher of Interreg Project “HERIT ADAPT: HERItage and Territory Resilience Through Sustainable Tourism, Climate Change ADAPtation and Citizen Engagement.
The Tourism & Leisure Studies Research Network is grateful for the foundational contributions, ongoing support, and continued service of the following world-class scholars and practitioners