Dr. Konstantinos Marinakos
Associate Professor, Department of Tourism of the School of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences, University of West Attica, President, Peloponnese Tourist Organization (P.T.O), President, Arcadia Hotel Association, Vice-President, Hellenic Hotel Association (H.H.F), Vice-President, Regional Council for Research and Innovation, Peloponnese Region, Partner Professional Hotel Development (PHD) & Welmed-Welbook
Dr. Konstantinos Marinakos has been serving the tourism sector for a long time, both as an academic and researcher, as well as an entrepreneur and scientific consultant.
He is a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Management Sciences of the University of the Aegean with the subject of “Development of clusters and networks in tourism”, a PhD holder with the subject of “Applied economics in tourism”, and a postgraduate diploma (MSc, Master) in “Tourism Business Administration” and in Regional Tourism Development and a graduate of the Department of Business Administration and Organization of the Athens University of Economics.
He has participated as a speaker in several international and national conferences on economics and tourism and several of his presentations have been published in well-known international journals.
He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Tourism Management of the School of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences of the University of West Attica and has served as a member of the Teaching Staff in Postgraduate Programs of University Institutions in Greece and abroad including the Hellenic Open University, the University of the Aegean, the Neapolis University of Pafos- Cyprus, etc., with the main teaching subject being tourism development, tourism economy, financial administration and the spatial development of tourism.
At the same time, he is elected President of the Peloponnese Tourist Organization (TOP), the Arcadia Hoteliers Association and the Peloponnese Health Tourism Network, Vice President of the Hellenic Hoteliers Federation, Vice President of the Regional Council for Research & Innovation of the Peloponnese Region and co-founder-scientific associate of the consulting company Professional Hotel Development (P.H.D.).