Professor Dimitrios Buhalis is a Strategic Management and Marketing expert with specialisation in Information Communication Technology, Smart Environments and Interactive Marketing, He is an expert in technology applications in the Tourism, Travel, Hospitality and Leisure industries. He is also Editor in Chief of the most established Journal in Tourism: Tourism Review, now and SSCI Journal in its 75th volume. Professor Buhalis’ research is referenced widely, being the 3rd most cited for tourism and 1st most cited for hospitality 18th on strategy and 30th in Marketing on Google Scholar with more than 43000 citations and h-index 87. He has taught in more than 50 Universities around the world and delivers more than 30 keynotes per year.
For the period January 2016- September 2019, Buhalis was the Head of Department of Tourism and Hospitality, at Bournemouth University. During this period the Department was ranked #8 (2018) and #10 (2019) in QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019: Hospitality & Leisure Management as well as #9 (2017) #12 (2018) #10 (2019 & 2020) in the ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – Hospitality & Tourism and #3 in the Guardian University guide 2019. Dimitrios is a Founding Member and past President (2010-2014) of the International Federation for Information Technologies in Travel and Tourism (IFITT). He served as the First Vice President of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism (2017-2019) and as Executive Board Member of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Affiliate Members (2013-2015 and 2017-2019).
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 (Alergens) Tourism. Professor Buhalis is well known international speaker on trends, technology, marketing, tourism and Hospitality. Professor Buhalis is an inspirational forward thinker that undertakes cutting edge research, develops innovations and makes a major impact to global society. For more information, books, articles and presentations see www.buhalis.com.
Professor Buhalis’ Academic and Research Interests
Professor Buhalis specialises in strategic management and marketing with the use of disruptive technologies. For the last 30 years he has been at the forefront of technological innovation for strategic competitive advantage. He specialises on the tourism, leisure and hospitality industries. His research has a global relevance and impacts both government policy and industrial competitiveness.
What People Say
Prof Buhalis brings a immense depth of academic experience to joint industry / govt / academic relationships and projects and his creative approach to communications and audience engagement is refreshing and effective.
His practical and calm approach to delivering on projects and managing challenging stakeholder groups means that the client does not need to worry about the logistics or sensitivities in the audience and can focus on the desired outcome and content.
He has contributed to the design of the technological platform of the online travel agency medhotels.com which was developed as the first innovative online B2B platform connecting leisure travel products and hotels to travel agencies, consequently sold to Lastminute.com. His contribution was valuable as well at the backed up by Barclays Ventures Youtravel.com later acquired by FTI.
Professor Buhalis was also instrumental in the marketing strategy and the development of the systems for Aquis Hotels and resorts which until recently operated 14 hotel properties in Greece. In particular he designed a very innovative experiential interface to support customer experience.
Meet Dimitrios
Due to COVID-19 Dimitrios contribute to on line conferences around the world
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https://www.youtube.com/ProfessorDimitriosBuhalis
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- Gamification for Tourism Edited by: Feifei Xu, Dimitrios Buhalis May 10, 2021NEW BOOK JUST OUT : Gamification for TourismEdited by: Feifei Xu, Dimitrios BuhalisSummary This book examines the cutting-edge concept of gamification in tourism. It provides a theoretical foundation for tourism gamification and discusses the concepts of gaming and gamification and their application in the tourism and hospitality industry. The chapters offer valuable insights by showcasing examples of best […]
- Δημήτρης Μπούχαλης εφ’ όλης της τουριστικής ύλης…Omorfa Taxidia 7 May 2021 May 8, 2021Δημήτρης Μπούχαλης εφ’ όλης της τουριστικής ύλης…Omorfa Taxidia 7 May 2021 Μια εφ’ όλης συζήτηση με τον Δημήτρη Μπούχαλη, καθηγητή του τουριστικού μάνατζμεντ και μάρκετινγκ στο πανεπιστήμιο του Μπόρνμουθ στην Αγγλία, έχει πάντα εξαιρετικό ενδιαφέρον. Και αυτό γιατί πάντα έχει ξεκάθαρες και εμπεριστατωμένες απόψεις. Ξεκινάμε με το αν οι Βρετανοί θα ταξιδέψουν φέτος στο εξωτερικό για διακοπές, […]
- INVTUR 2021 Conference University of Aveiro Portugal May 5, 2021INVTUR 2021 University of Aveiro Portugal 6-7 MAY 2021 INVTUR 2021 Programme https://www.ua.pt/file/65920 INVTUR 2021 plenary sessions @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4JDWfqgJJr3Euz7I4mbmJQorganizing committee Chairmen Carlos Costa Dimitrios Buhalis Coordinating Committee Filipa Brandão Rui Costa Zélia Breda Executive Committee Dina Ramos Ivana Stévic Margarida Silva Mariana Martins Marília Durão Medéia Veríssimo Rogelio Flores Chris Cooper is Professor in the School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality at Leeds Beckett University in the United Kingdom. He currently works with […]
- 50000 citations and h index 99 on Google Scholar May 1, 2021Nice Easter present for me and honored and humbled to see that my work is useful to so many people. This is also a huge responsibility to support research develop solutions for global society. THANK YOU.
- Professor Dimitrios Buhalis interview on SKY NEWS 27th April 2021 on restart tourism in Greece April 27, 2021Professor Dimitrios Buhalis interview on SKY NEWS 27th April 2021 on restart tourism in Greece https://youtu.be/xhXo3USTfBk