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 a businessman and scientific consultant.
He is a post-doctorate of the Faculty of Management Sciences of the University of the Aegean with the subject of “development of clusters and networks in tourism”, holder of a PhD with the subject of applied economics in tourism, postgraduate diplomas (MSc, Master) in tourism business management and regional tourism development and graduate of the business management and organization department of an economic university.
He has participated as a speaker in several international and national conferences about the economy and tourism and several of his presentations have been published in well-known international magazines.
Today he is an Associate Professor at the Department of Tourism of the School of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences of the University of West Attica and an Adjunct Professor 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, the University of Lugano Switzerland etc. with the main teaching subject tourism development, tourism economy, financial management and spatial development of tourism.
At the same time, he is the elected President of the Peloponnese Tourist Organization (P.T.O), the Arcadia Hotel Association, Vice-President of the Hellenic Hotel Association (H.H.F), Vice-President of the Regional Council for Research and Innovation of the Peloponnese Region, co-founder and scientific partner of the consulting company Professional Hotel Development (P.H.D.).