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    • MA International Hospitality and Tourism Management

    MA International Hospitality and Tourism Management

    Commencement:
    1st semester (October entry) – 2nd semester (February entry)
    Duration:
    1 Year (Full Time ) / 2 Years (Part Time)
    Schedule:
    Monday - Friday evenings
    Language:
    Greek or English
    MA International Hospitality and Tourism Management - Κεντρική Εικόνα

    TOURISM ENRICHES

     

    Extroversion, context diversity and people-intensive nature in Hospitality & Tourism urge for talent development in a pioneering hub with key thinkers

     

    • Are you still wondering where do you stand yourself in the industry?
    • Do you want to follow or expand your pathway to successful Hospitality and Tourism management?
    • The time is now for you to re-think your career progress in the travel and tourism sector!

     

     

     

     

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    Advantages of the programme:

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    Career opportunities for senior management positions and innovative entrepreneurial activity
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    Programme designed to provide world-class knowledge and insights
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    Expertise in modern hospitality, tourism practices and management strategies, incorporating the latest technological advancements
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    Great emphasis on entrepreneurship and employability with strong support of the student alumni network
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    Teaching staff with rich portfolio of scientific publications, significant experience and excellent industry links
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    > 20 years of experience in hospitality and tourism education
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    Recognition of the Department’s commitment to excellence in the Hospitality and Tourism industry: partnership with the IHG Academy, 1st distinction at Tourism Awards 2015.
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    Development of strong analytical skills to critically investigate the role of Hospitality and Tourism in its global context, based on a coherent body of knowledge
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    Opportunity to participate in organised guest speaker’s sessions, seminars delivered by acknowledged professionals, industrial exhibitions, meetings and general assemblies
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    Enrichment of the learning experience with real business practices – industry case studies and examples

    Autumn Semester

    • Title
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    • Global Hospitality and Tourism Industry
      10 credits
      Global Hospitality and Tourism Industry
      This module will focus on understanding the frame of the Global Hospitality and Tourism Industry, while attention will be given to the ways in which hospitality and tourism are affected by macroeconomic policies and global issues affect the market in services. This module will also address other co-dependent factors that structure the Hospitality and Tourism product economic, socio-cultural and political environments.
    • International Hospitality and Tourism Management and Marketing
      20 credits
      International Hospitality and Tourism Management and Marketing
      The module incorporates management and marketing principles applied to the international hospitality and tourism industry. In an attempt to manage supply and demand in order to successfully market tourism destinations as well as hospitality services, students scrutinise theoretical concepts of management and marketing and analyse practical examples from the public and private sector in the global market.
    • International Financial and Revenue Management
      20 credits
      International Financial and Revenue Management
      This module is designed to provide students with an in-depth understanding of important finance concepts and methods involved in the area of hospitality finance along with a high level of critical examination within a global hospitality business context.
    • People Management in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
      10 credits
      People Management in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
      This module demonstrates a concrete understanding in both knowledge and skills of Human Resource Management required by managers in the hospitality industry. It introduces the foundations of strategic analysis and choices that tie into an organisation’s business decisions. Finally, it recognises the management of human resources at all levels that can critically affect the efficiency and effectiveness of an organisation.

    Spring Semester

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    • Strategic Management for Hospitality and Tourism
      20 credits
      Strategic Management for Hospitality and Tourism
      This module integrates previous modules, including marketing, finance, accounting, operations, and introduces them to strategic management concepts focusing on corporate strategy formulation and implementation in the Hospitality and Tourism sectors. The goal is to develop a mastery of the analytical tools to perform analyses of the industry and competitors and take educated decisions regarding competitive strategy.
    • Research Methods for Hospitality and Tourism Industry
      20 credits
      Research Methods for Hospitality and Tourism Industry
      This module focuses on the systematic study and comprehension of research methods as a necessary procedure to for the designing, researching and writing of a dissertation. The module has been designed specifically to meet the needs of postgraduate students who will undertake research to the field of Hospitality and Tourism. The module prepares the students for writing and completing the Master’s dissertation.
    • Digital Tourism Marketing
      10 credits
      Digital Tourism Marketing
      This module introduces students to the digital travel landscape and current practices relating to digital tourism marketing, helping them to identify and embrace current and future opportunities to reach, and engage with the visitors. It also presents theoretical frameworks and models and digital business strategies, techniques, tools, social media platforms, and KPI’s that are driving the digital travel revolution.
    • Crisis and Disaster Management and Planning in Hospitality and Tourism
      10 credits
      Crisis and Disaster Management and Planning in Hospitality and Tourism
      This module explores the concepts of crisis and disaster management in the tourism and hospitality industry. It enables students to develop a critical understanding of the risks and threats that can affect tourism as well as the importance of planning and business continuity in the aftermath of a crisis and/or a disaster.

    Summer Semester

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    • International Hospitality and Tourism Dissertation
      60 credits
      International Hospitality and Tourism Dissertation
      The Postgraduate dissertation focuses on the design, development and completion of a research project in the field of Hospitality & Tourism. Upon completion, students will have developed a comprehensive academic research outcome.

    Applicants can be admitted to the course as long as they possess:

    • a 2nd class honours degree from a UK University, or
    • a Ptychion of 6.0 and above from  an AEI University or
    • a Ptychion of 7.0 and above from a TEI University, or
    • a Bachelor from an American University with GPA 2.75 and above or equivalent qualification.
       
    • IELTS: a minimum score of 6.5 (with a minimum score of 6.0 in each component of the test)
    • Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): Pass at C1 level
    • Cambridge Advanced Certificate  in English (CAE): Grade C and above
    • Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE): Grade b and above.
    • Examination for the Certificate Proficiency in English (ECPE): P (Pass) and above.
    • Pearson Academic (PTE): 53 (with a minimum score of 51 in each component of the test)
    • BCA IELTS Placement Test : a minimum score of 6.5 (with a minimum score of 6.0 in each component of the test)

     

    • For prospective students who do not meet the standard English Language requirements, we offer intensive English sessions.

    The programme provides competitive business opportunities for passionate individuals and entrepreneurs, who wish to engage in a successful career in the Hospitality and Tourism industry, based on internationally recognised postgraduate studies of world-class academic excellence with strong market orientation.

    Orchestrating the key-benefits of belonging to the Hotel and Tourism Management Department, postgraduate students experience:

    1. An intellectually stimulating and challenging environment based on current thinking and best practice in Hospitality and Tourism education.
    2. A critical evaluation of the appropriateness of concepts within various Hospitality and Tourism management contexts; appropriate application of concepts, models and approaches from different disciplines to address identified problems of Hospitality and Tourism industry.
    3. The skills that will enable them to clearly and coherently present the debates over Hospitality & Tourism and its role in social welfare, both in developed and emerging markets.
    4. An environment that fosters employability through understanding of the nature of managerial issues in international Hospitality and Tourism, of the factors required to manage their own development as managers, and to manage the work of others; a culture that develops personal learning points which might contribute to continuing professional development.
    5. A critique of existing Hospitality and Tourism practices enabling participants to develop the analytical skill and foresight to develop realistic and practical responses in a business context.

    While most students will aim to achieve the full Masters qualification, all Masters courses offer the subsidiary awards of Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma (both available with Merit or with Distinction) for students unable to complete their full programme of study.

    The full list of awards and their requirements is as follows:

    Award Title Notes
    PG Cert.  Postgraduate Certificate in International Hospitality and Tourism Management Awarded for 60 credit modules
    PG Dip. Postgraduate Diploma in International Hospitality and Tourism Management Awarded for 120 credit modules
    ΜΑ

    MA International Hospitality and Tourism Management

    Awarded for 180 credit modules

    Dr. Christina Konstantinidou holds a DBA degree in Business Administration from Nottingham Trent University. She received an MBA degree in Business Administration from Kingston University and a BA degree from the same university.

    She has long working experience in the hospitality industry. For 23 years she has worked as the General Manager of Porto Hydra Hotel (4stars, 300 rooms) and for 3 years as the General Manager of “Time Share Hellas S.A.”.  For 21 consecutive years she was a member of the Board of Directors of Akti Plepi S.A. and for 8 years the Managing Director of the company “Diachiristiki S.A.”.

    She has lecturing experience in the private sector and she had a lecturing collaboration with «Univeristy Degli Studio Guglielmo Marconi».

    She has published several articles in newspapers and magazines focusing on issues of the hospitality sector.

    Konidis Sotiris

    Sotirios I. Konidis, Head of Business Department at BCA Business College of Athens. He teaches Economics and Strategy both at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level modules. He began teaching at York University, and Guelph University, Canada in 1986. He is graduate of York University with an M.A., B.A. in Economics and with doctoral studies in Industrial Economics and Game Theory. Upon his return in Greece he did consulting for GRECOTEL S.A. In addition, he has conducted various researches and studies as Chief Researcher in Economic and Industrial Development for organizations in the private and public sector. He has been the Chief Academic Researcher in a number of studies regarding Managing Sustainable Development for the Prefectures of East Macedonia and Thrace and Sterea Hellas. Currently, he is the Chief Economist and Management Consultant for ERGOPLAN S.A., a Development and Management firm and Scientific Advisor to ERGON KEK, a Vocational Training Institute in Athens.     

    Degrees:

    • MA in Economics, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • BSc in Economics, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Academic Research:

    Books

    “Marketing for Small &Medium Size Enterprises”, Sotirios I. Konidis, ΕΟΜΜΕΧ Publishers, 2001, Athens. Funded by the European Union programme “Mentor” translated in Yugoslavian, Bulgarian and Albanian languages.

    Refereed Book Chapters

    «Customer acceptance of Internet Banking Services in Greece: The Case Study of Alpha Bank» (2008) in  Ravi Vladamani’s (2008) “Advances in Banking Technology and Management: Impacts of ICT and CRM, Information Science Reference” (M. Makris, H. Koumaras, A. Konstantopoulou, S. Konidis, S. Kostakis)

    Refereed Journal Publications

    “Quantifying factors influencing the adoption of internet banking services in Greece”, M. Makris, V. Koumaras, H. Koumaras, A. Konstantopoulou, S. Konidis, S. Kostakis, International Journal of e-Adoption, IGI Global, Vol.1, No.1, January 2009.

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