Nikolaos PappasNikolaos Pappas is currently an associate professor in aviation and tourism at the University of West London. He holds a doctorate (PhD) in tourism development and planning, and a post-doctorate (PDoc) in risk and crisis management, both from the Uniersity of Aegean, Greece. His professional engagement with tourism and hospitality industry has started in 1990. Since 2001 he works as an academic in Greece and United Kingdom. From 1998 and on he has been involved in a series of internationally funded research projects, and he has more than 40 publications in internationally recognised scientific journals and conferences. He is also a reviewer in several esteemed journals of the field such as Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, and Current Issues in Tourism . His research interests and publication activity mainly include tourism development and planning, crisis management, hospitality management, and destination marketing. Read More Read Less