The EuroCHRIE Presidents Award– sponsored by REDGlobal

The EuroCHRIE Presidents Award is the highest individual recognition a member of EuroCHRIE may receive. It is presented to a EuroCHRIE member in recognition of the individual's lifetime contributions and outstanding service both to hospitality and tourism education and the EuroCHRIE Federation.

This year is awarded to Professor Marianna Sigala

Dr. Mariana Sigala is now Professor in Tourism at the University of South Australia Business School.Prior to her current position she was at the Universities of Strathclyde andWestminsterin theUK, and most recently University of the Aegean (Greece), She has also been a visiting professor in many universities worldwide including Italy, Spain, Spain, France,Russia, Australia,

Marianna has a PhD from the University of Surrey as well as a Certificate of Advanced Academic Studies from the University of Strathclyde and an MSc in Tourism Management from the University of Surrey. She is a widely published authority in the area of Service Operations Management and Information & Communication Technology (ICT) applications in Tourism and Hospitality. She also has an interest in e-learning models and pedagogies, having published several research studies in these areas. Professor Sigala’s research is multi-award winning featuring several best paper awards in international conferences and academic journals, such as papers published in theInternational Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management and International Journal of Hospitality Management. She has also published 5 books in the area of Information Technologies and tourism, and she has been an invited keynote speakers of more than 30 international conferences.

Marianna is the current Chair of the ICHRIE Johnson & Wales Case Study Competition & Publication Series; the co-editor of the international Journal of Service Theory & Practice; the editor of theInternational Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Cases and the co-editor of the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Management.Her past and current service to EuroCHRIE and ICHRIE includes:

  • Immediate Past President of the European Council of Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Education (EuroCHRIE) (2005 - 2006).
  • President of the European Council of Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Education (EuroCHRIE) (2004 - 2005).
  • Vice President of the European Council of Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Education (EuroCHRIE) (2003 - 2004).
  • Secretary of the European Council of Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Education (EuroCHRIE) (2002 - 2003).
  • Chair of the EuroCHRIE, Special Interest Group (SIG) in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Hospitality, (2002 - 2005).
  • International CHRIE - International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Publications and member of the Board of Directors, 2008 – 2010)
  • I-CHRIEDirector of Research 2008 - 2010);
  • Founder, Chair and Editor of the I-CHRIE Johnson & Wales Hospitality & Tourism Case Study Competition & Publication Series (2011 – now)
  • Member of the editorial board of
  • ICHRIE research reports (since 2014)
  • Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education (since 2010)
  • Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research (Since 2016)