IFITT Member Cobanoglu is appointed as the Dean at University of South Florida
The University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Cihan Cobanoglu as the Dean of the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management (SHRM). Dr. Cobanoglu is an internationally recognized researcher in hospitality information technology, the holder of twelve (12) research awards, and the author of 36 refereed papers and six (6) books. He will assume his new post at USF Sarasota-Manatee on August 7th. Dr. Cobanoglu is a member of IFITT since 2001 has been a co-chair for PhD workshop in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. Dr. Cobanoglu is a Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP) commissioned by the Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals (HFTP) and the Educational Institute of American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA). Dr. Cobanoglu is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology and Internet Editor of the International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration. He was Chair of AHLA’s Technology and E-Business Committee. He served as a member of the HFTP’s Board of Directors, the CHTP Advisory Council, the Editorial Advisory Board of HFTP, and the Hospitality Technology Magazine Board. He also served as an editorial board member of the following publications: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management, and Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education. In addition, Dr. Cobanoglu serves the industry as a consultant. Dr. Cobanoglu’s research involves the use and impact of technology in the hospitality industry. He writes the “Last Words” column for Hospitality Technology Magazine. National and international media outlets, such as the BBC, NBC, ABC, CN8, Futurist Magazine, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and Lodging Magazine, have featured his work. Dr. Cobanoglu has published in other scholarly journals within the field, such as the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, Tourism Management, the International Journal of Hospitality Management, and the International Journal of Market Research. Other researchers have cited his work in over 400 refereed journal articles. He has also made more than 200 presentations at national and international conferences.
Cihan Cobanoglu, PhD, CHTP, Dean-Designate
School of Hotel and Restaurant Management
University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
8350 N. Tamiami Trail SMC B221 Sarasota, FL 34243 USA
Web: http://www.cihan.org
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IFITT President Dimitrios Buhalis keynoted at the MondayMorning Tourism Growth Conference - The New Way to Grow Conference Copenhagen Denmark
Economy and tourism in Denmark has huge growth potential. The conference took place on 30. May 2011 pm. 10-17 in Tivoli Congress Center and focused on how tourism can become one of tomorrow's key drivers for new growth. With a varied and exciting program, you will among other things could experience:
Rickard Gustafson, CEO, SAS
Dimitrios Buhalis, professor of tourism at Bournemouth University, UK and IFITT President
Robin Lokerman, CEO, MCI Group Asia
Jan Olsen, Managing Director of VisitDenmark
Frederik Wiedemann, Partner, Red Associates
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IFITT Board Member Lorenzo Cantoni is undertaking research on Travel Agents and Destination Management Organizations: does eLearning matter?
In the last years technology has had a significant impact on the travel experience and the evolution of professional travel agencies. Trav-el agents nowadays feel to be managed by technology, same time they are frightened by it. They are terrified by the idea of how they can make their business survive while struggling from a strong competition of online booking sites, which have decreased significantly the popularity of travel agencies. As a result travel agent industry continue to feel a strong challenge with low level of annual incomes and very few young people joining the industry segment.
IFITT currently supports a scientific research run by webatelier.net to understand the impact of online trainings offered by Destination Management Organizations onto travel agents: Are travel agents aware of those offers? Do they feel destination eLearning courses use-ful for them? How much useful? To reach which goals? What is the actual impact on their business?
Travel agents can participate in this research by filling in a 5 minutes questionnaire or find more info here: www.elearning4tourism.com
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