Conference Chairs

• Cobanoglu, Cihan, Ph.D, CHTL, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, USA
• Ongan, Serdar, Ph.D, CHTL, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, USA

Scientific Committee:

• Agarwal, Anurag, Ph.D,College of Business,University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, USA
• Arlt, Wolfgang G., Ph.D, Faculty of Economics, Westküste University, Germany
• Clark, Ephraim, Ph.D, School of Business, Middlesex University, UK
• Cláudia Custódio, Ph.D., W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, USA
• Cockshott, William, Ph.D, School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, UK
• Celik, Adnan, Ph.D., Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences,Selcuk University,Turkey
• Christodoulidou, Natasa, PhD, College of Business Administration and Public Policy, California State University Dominguez Hills
• Dallari, Fiorella, Ph.D, Department of Political  and Economic Geography, University of Bologna, Italy
• Dwyer, Larry, Ph.D, Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales, Australia
• Ekiz Erdogan, Ph.D, King Abdulaziz University,Saudi Arabia
• Ersoz, Yunus Halis, Ph.D. Department of Economics, Istanbul University, Turkey
• Fawson, Christopher,Ph.D., Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University, USA
• Gill, Grandon, Ph.D, College of Business, University of South Florida-Tampa,USA
• Halıcıoglu, Ferda, Ph.D, Department of Economics, Yeditepe University, Turkey
• Harrolle, Michelle, Ph.D, College of Business, University of South Florida, USA
• Hji-Avgoustis, Sotiris, Ph.D, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Ball State University, USA
• Holecek, Don, Ph.D, Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, USA
• Inci A.Can, Ph.D, Department of Finance, Bryant University, USA 
• Incekara, Ahmet, Ph.D. Department of Economics, Istanbul University, Turkey
• Kaplanidou, Kyriaki, Ph.D, College of Health and Human Performance, University  of Florida, USA
• Kizildag, Murat, PhD, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida, USA
• Li, Robert, Ph.D, School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Man., University of South Carolina, USA
• Lianos, Theodoros, Ph.D, College of Economics and Business, Athens, University, Greece
• Mahony, Daniel, Ph.D, College of Education, Health and Human Services, Kent State University, USA
• Martin, Rand D., Ph.D,  Department of Finance, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Nedelea, Alexandru, Ph.D, Faculty of Economics and Public Administration, Romania
• O’Halloran, Robert M.,  Ph.D, College of Human Ecology, East Carolina University, USA
• Okumus, Fevzi, Ph.D, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida, USA
• Ozdemir, Suleyman, PhD, Department of Economics, Istanbul University, Turkey
• Pennington-Gray, Lori, Ph.D, College of Health and Human Performance, University of Florida, USA
• Rascher, Daniel A., Ph.D, Department of Sport Management, University of San Francisco, USA
• Riordan, James, Ph.D, College of Business, Florida Atlantic University, USA
• Serra, Francisco, Ph.D, School of Management, University of the Algarve, Portugal
• Shu, Tao, Ph.D, Department of Banking and Finance, University of Georgia, USA
• Song, Haiyan, Ph.D, SHTM, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
• Tingle, Jacob, Ph.D, Department of Business Administration, Trinity University, USA
• Tuna, Muharrem, PhD, Faculty of Tourism, Gazi University, Turkey

Scientific Relations Coordinator:

• Cavusoglu, Muhittin, CHTL, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, USA