Biographical note

Vipin Nadda is working as Lecturer and Programme Manager (Postgraduate-Tourism & Hospitality) with University of Sunderland in London. Some of his previous responsibilities involved Lecturer in tourism and hospitality management at Oxford House College, London and Kurukshetra University in India. He also freelance as 'consultant' for Confederation of tourism and Hospitality, Anglia Ruskin University, BPP University and Cardiff Metropolitan University. He has more than twenty years of experience in education, Industry and research and besides PhD in tourism, also written book Chapters, published four books, attended, presented papers in various international conferences/seminars and organised International academic conferences. He is Editor-in Chief for International Journal of Entrepreneurship Management Development and Innovation. As an experienced academician, he has been Lecturing/teaching a variety of subjects ranging from, Strategic tourism development, Destination branding, global tourism, sustainable tourism development, hospitality management studies, Tourism Marketing and International Hospitality Marketing, Marketing strategy, International business environment, Applied Research Methods, supervising MBA, MSc, and PhD Dissertation projects in UK as well as overseas. Dr. Nadda has been also actively involved in development of Programme at different awarding bodies. He has been working with confederation of tourism and hospitality awarding body based at London as an exam board member, external examiner and assessor for last seven years and has helped to develop level-5/6 qualifications for them, which are Ofqual, recognised and delivered globally. He has international exposure, having taught students from various nationalities, which evidences his adaptability, diversity and multi-levelled skills.

Latif Oztosun is an experienced educator in the field of Tourism and Hospitality Lecturer and Programme Manager with a demonstrated history of both working within industry and in Higher Education. He holds a degree in Education and Training from Canterbury Christ Church University, and a Masters in International Tourism and Hospitality Management from the University of Greenwich. Latif has a passion for Digital Learning Technology and is a Microsoft Certified Educator.

Giuseppe Cantafio was a lecturer and researcher on the impacts and scenarios of evaluating autonomous and connected transport at the University of Greenwich before his role at the University of Sunderland in London. He held posts at Northeastern University in Boston, San Diego State University, and the Universita Mediterranea of Reggio in Calabria, Italy, where he was a researcher for the MAPS-LED Project, exploring multi-disciplinary approaches to plan smart specialization strategies for local Economic Development.