Professor Dimitrios Buhalis

Professor Dimitrios Buhalis is a Strategic Management and Marketing expert with specialisation in Information Communication Technology applications in the Tourism, Travel, Hospitality and Leisure industries. Dimitrios is researching, lecturing, advising and facilitating progress in organisations globally, whilst his books and publications are studied widely by both students and professionals around the world. Dimitrios current research focus includes: Real-Time and Nowness, Smart Tourism and Smart Hospitality, Social Media Context and Mobile Marketing (SoCoMo), Augmented Reality, Technology-enhanced Experience Management and Personalisation, Reputation and Social Media Strategies, Accessibility and Special Diet (Allergens) Tourism.

Professor Buhalis has written and co-edited more than 20 books and 250 scientific articles. He has written or co-edited a total of about 20 books, including Tourism Business Frontiers and Tourism Management Dynamics published by Elsevier, eTourism: Strategic Information Technology for Tourism published by Pearson (Prentice Hall/Financial Times) and Tourism Distribution Channels (Thomson), Managing alliances in the global hospitality and tourism industry, Accessible Tourism, European Tourism Planning as well as a series of three books on IT and Tourism. He is currently working on four new books. He is the Editor in Chief of Tourism Review https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/tr the most established Journal in Tourism: Tourism Review, now and SSCI Journal in its 75th volume. He is also the Editor in Chief of the Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing https://eep.manuscriptmanager.net/.

His research is referenced widely, being the 2nd most cited for tourism and 1st most cited for hospitality 18th on strategy and 30th in Marketing on Google Scholar with more than 46500 citations and h-index 91.
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis was recognised as a Highly Cited Researcher 2020 by Clarivate™. Dimitrios was also ranked #1976 (for 2019) [Table 7] and #14403 (through his career) [Table 6] in the world, out of 161442 researchers in all disciplines; and #5 (for 2019) #8 (through his career) out of 132 amongst researchers with Sport, Leisure & Tourism as their first discipline in the Baas, et al (2020) http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/btchxktzyw.2

Professor Buhalis is an inspirational forward thinker that undertakes cutting edge research, develops innovations and makes a major impact on global society. He works closely with the international tourism industry and is supporting tourism and hospitality organisations around the world with strategic marketing innovations using cutting edge technologies. His close collaborations with industry, governments and international organisations ensure that his conclusions have the utmost relevance and impact on the real world whilst constantly pushing the boundaries of knowledge and academic excellence. Professor Dimitrios Buhalis is a renown international speaker and conference facilitator. He frequently delivers keynote presentations, speeches, seminars and workshops in both academic and professional conferences globally.

Dimitrios' current research focus includes: Real-Time and Nowness, Smart Tourism and Smart Hospitality, Social Media Context and Mobile Marketing (SoCoMo), Augmented Reality, Technology-enhanced Experience Management and Personalisation, Reputation and Social Media Strategies, Accessibility and Special Diet (Allergens) Tourism.