The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Management: Theories, Concepts and Disciplinary Approaches to Tourism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526461124)

Chris Cooper holds a bachelors and PhD degree from University College London. He is Professor in the School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He was Chair of the UN World Tourism Organization Education Council (2005 - 2007) and was awarded the United Nations Ulysses Prize for contributions to tourism education and policy in 2009. He co-edits Current Issues in Tourism and sits on editorial boards for leading tourism, hospitality and leisure journals. He has authored a number of leading textbooks and is the co-series editor of Channelview's influential book series 'Aspects of Tourism'.

Serena Volo is Associate Professor of Tourism Marketing and currently director of the Tourism, Sport and Event Management Bachelor Program at the Faculty of Economics and Management of Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research. She has chaired several editions of the Consumer Behavior in Tourism Symposium, which is held annually at the Bruneck Campus of the Free University of Bozen, where she is also vice-director of TOMTE, the Competence Center in Tourism Economics and Tourism Management. Her research interests include consumer behaviour, tourism innovation, tourism statistics and destination competitiveness.

William C. Gartner, Ph.D., is professor in the Applied Economics Department at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Email: wcg@umn.edu). His research interests include branding, image, economic impact, and tourism development. He has worked extensively in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa and holds visiting professor positions at four different international universities. He has conducted economic impact, baseline monitoring, policy analysis and branding studies for the grape and wine industry in twelve states as part of the Northern Grapes project. He is the past President of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism.

Noel Scott is Professor and Deputy Director, Griffith Institute for Tourism at Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia. His research interests include the study of tourism experiences, destination management and marketing, and stakeholder organization. He is a frequent speaker at international academic and industry conferences. He has over 210 academic articles published including 13 books. He has supervised 19 doctoral students to successful completion of their theses. He is on the Editorial Board of 10 journals, a member of the International Association of China Tourism Scholars and a Fellow of the Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education. Prior to starting his academic career in 2001, Noel worked as a senior manager in a variety of businesses including as Manager Research and Strategic Services at Tourism and Events Queensland.