Journal of Global Tourism and Technology Research

Alparslan Güvenç graduated with high honors from the Department of Travel Management and Tourism Guiding at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University. He then completed his master's degree at Isparta University of Applied Sciences with a thesis on "cycling tourism." His academic interests include qualitative research methods, sustainable development, bicycle tourism, and tourist guiding. Güvenç has presented papers at various national and international symposiums and conferences, aiming to develop interdisciplinary collaboration by contributing to publications and projects in his field. He is currently continuing his research at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University.

He completed his undergraduate education in Tourism Management and Hotel Management at Bilkent University in 2007. He completed his master's degree in 2013 at Balıkesir University, Department of Tourism and Hotel Management, and his doctorate in 2017 at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Department of Tourism Management.

He currently serves as a faculty member at the Tourism Faculty of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University. His main areas of research focus on tourism marketing, tourism/tourist guiding, sustainable tourism, and cultural heritage. He has published numerous articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals.

Sinan GOKDEMIR was born in 1982 at Kayseri Türkiye. He achieved bachelor degree in Adnan Menderes March University at Tourism and Hospitality Management School/ Travel Management and Tourist Guidance. After having a couple of different experience at the travel guidance position with different international travel agencies such as Peregrine Adventures and Boronia Travel Center, he achieved Master’s degree at Tourism Management at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University in year 2011. Right after he got his master diploma from University he applied and accepted for Phd at Balıkesir University in year 2011. He got his Phd diploma at year 2017. He is a Professor Assist. in Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University Tourism Faculty since 2013. His main research interests are Tourism Guidance, Cultural Heritage, Travel Management and Social Media Usage in Tourism.

Kadro Bilgileri
Görev Birimi
Turizm Fakültesi / Yiyecek Ve İçecek İşletmeciliği Bölümü / Yiyecek Ve İçecek İşletmeciliği Abd
Kadro Birimi
Turizm Fakültesi / Yiyecek Ve İçecek İşletmeciliği Bölümü / Yiyecek Ve İçecek İşletmeciliği Abd
Öğrenim Bilgileri
Lisans
Gazi Üniversitesi Ticaret ve Turizm Eğitim Fakültesi Turizm İşletmeciliği Eğitimi 1996
Yüksek Lisans
Gazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Turizm İşletmeciliği Anabilim Dalı 1998
Doktora
Gazi Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü Turizm İşletmeciliği Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı 2004

Tören, 2000 yılında Şahinbey Anadolu Otelcilik ve Turizm Meslek Lisesi ile giriş yaptığı turizm alanına; teorik, yurt içi ve yurt dışı pratik tecrübelerinin yanı sıra, yüksek lisans ve doktora çalışmalarını tamamladıktan sonra, öğretim üyesi olarak katkı sağlamaya çalışmaktadır. Çalışma konuları arasında, "Diaspora Turizmi", "Uluslararası Göçler", "Kültür Turizmi", "Kültürel Miras Yönetimi" ve "Seyahat Motivasyonları" bulunmaktadır. 

He graduated from Erciyes University, School of Tourism and Hotel Management in Nevşehir 1996. He started his academic life at Selcuk University in 1997. He completed master's and doctorate education at Selcuk University Social Sciences Institute. He had officiated as Asst. Assoc. Dr. at Beysehir Ali Akkanat Tourism Faculty between 2010 and 2017. Akgöz, who was awarded the title of Associate Professor in 2019, worked as a faculty member at Manas University in Kyrgyzstan-Turkey between 2017 and 2020. He has many books and articles on topics of tourism, gastronomy and reputation management. He participated in many national and international congresses and conferences. He works at Selcuk University, Faculty of Tourism, Department of Tourism Management.

Michael Hall is currently a Professor in the Department of Management, Marketing and Tourism, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He also holds visiting professor positions at Oulu University in Finland, Linnaeus University in Sweden, the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and Taylor's University in Malaysia. Coeditor of Current Issues in Tourism and Field Editor of Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism his research encompassed tourism, regional development, global environmental change, sustainability and resilience.

Research interests: stakeholder management, corporate social responsibility, business ethics, sustainable development, quality management
Over 80 refereed publications since 2001. The researches have been published in the peer-reviewed scientific journals Indexed in the Web of Science or Scopus with Impact Factor or SNIP including Journal of Business Economics and Management, Engineering Economics, Transport, Administrative Sciences, Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development, Mathematics, Journal of Vocational Behavior, European Journal of Studies in Management and Business, Economic research = Ekonomska istraživanja, Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, Journal of Promotion Management, etc. Co-author of the research study “Corporate social responsibility initiatives integrating stakeholder approach: implications for Lithuania”. A member of the Academy of International Business (USA)and Lithuanian Association of Quality Management and Innovations (LKVIA). Editorial board member and Referee for scientific and scholarly journals. A Scientific Committee Member and Reviewer of the International Scientific Conferences ACPI, UK; EURAM; EuroMed; IBIMA, etc. 

An enthusiastic academician with more than 18 years of teaching experience in the hospitality and tourism fields. His main research interest is in hospitality and tourism areas related to hospitality technology, human-technology interaction, educational innovation, innovative marketing, and sustainable tourism. He is passionate about building international academic collaborations toward scholarly, practical, and social advancement.

Dr. Soultana Tania Kapiki is currently a Supervisor of PhD students at the International Hellenic University (IHU). She was a Visiting Professor at the Kokand University, Uzbekistan (2022/2023), Faculty Member at the Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (1980-2017) and Professor (2017-2022) at the Department of Organization Management, Marketing & Tourism, IHU, Greece (teaching at both Undergraduate and Master's level) the following courses: Management, Hospitality Management, Lodging Operations Management, Introduction to Tourism, Hospitality & Travel, Management of Operations & Hospitality in Healthcare Units, Management of Educational Units and Quality Management in Tourism Accommodations. Moreover, she has been International Projects Coordinator and Project Manager of numerous EU funded projects. Her research interests include: Sustainability; Education & other organization management; Project/knowledge management; Qualitative development of the Greek & global tourism/hospitality; Smart tourism and hospitality.