Asst. Professor Georgia Zouni

Senior Tourism Policy Expert, Dr. Georgia Zouni, University of Piraeus, has more than 15 years of academic and professional experience in Tourism Policy and research, as

Tourism Expert (10+ years of experience) in the marketing and communication strategies and in the creation of sustainable tourism products working in international/national/regional tourism projects (research, strategy, marketing, ect.), including ENI CBC MED, Council of Europe as an Expert for Branding Strategy and Product Development for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, and DG Regio Regio_Gnosis European Program, where she participated as an Expert in developing communication strategies,

Senior advisor: Council of Europe, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Ministry of Health, ect. for tourism markets consultation, and

Tourism Education (15+ years): design and of over 5500 tourism professionals and 1000+ tourism students by building tourism education programs & teaching at Universities, and Tourism professional organisations (INSETE, EEDE).

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Senior Tourism Policy Expert, Dr. Georgia Zouni, University of Piraeus, has more than 15 years of academic and professional experience in Tourism Policy and research, as:

Tourism Expert (10+ years of experience) working in international/national/regional tourism projects (research, strategy, marketing, ect.) including

Council of Europe, Routes4U Program where she served as an Expert for Branding Strategy and Product Development for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (the report here),

DG REGIO Regio_Gnosis European Program, where she participated as an Expert in developing communication strategies around tourism products

Scientific Support and Documentation for the Strategic Programming of the Greek Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy,

WINTER MED Interreg Counsellor and contributor and e-paithros network expert for the cooperation-networking of rural tourism companies.

Senior Policy advisor: Council of Europe, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Health, ect.

Tourism Education programs development and training institutes, workforce development strategies, capacity building workshops and university programs (15+ years): design and facilitation including establishing and providing technical assistance to developing a competent workforce facilitation of over 5500 tourism professionals and 1000+ tourism students by building tourism education programs (Vocational Institute Tourism Training and Operational Planning, Programming and Design, and Delivery). Teaching positions (part-time) with University of Piraeus, Economic University of Athens, University of Kent, Greek Open University (academic tourism education), and INSETE - Greek Tourism Confederation Institute and EEDE- Hellenic Management Association for (Tourism professional education).

Academic Excellence: To date she has contributed to the Tourism academia with peep reviewed papers in international journals, publications, book chapters after review and has also a solid participation in international conferences of Marketing, such as the European Marketing Academy Annual Conference (EMAC), which is also a member. She is a Member of the European Marketing Academy (EMAC), Greek Marketing Academy (ELAM), and a member of the Economic Chamber of Greece (E.C.G.).

Tourism Networking: Founding member of the OpenTourism Tourist Network with over 16,000 tourism professionals, Greece.