Innovation moves industries ahead. Is there Innovation in Hospitality and Travel? Plenty!!! TravelDailyNews and Professor Stavros Sindakis are looking for success stories of Innovation examples and projects in any sector of Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality.
Travel Media Applications and TravelDailyNews International work in partnership with Professor Stavros Sindakis developing a regular column to present and discuss innovative cases from the travel and hospitality industries. This initiative focuses on identifying and describing methods and means with which high-performing organizations satisfy customers, reduce operating costs, protect the environment, and become sustainable.
“A forward thinking academic/professional with substantial experience in innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives in the knowledge intensive industries, Stavros proves through his work how knowledge-based innovation and technological advancement along with the pursuit and development of strategic alliances boost companies’ innovation performance, leading them to generate competitive advantages and achieve organizational sustainability” stressed Theodore Koumelis, Founder and Managing Editor of TravelDailyNews Media Network.
According to Professor Sindakis, “The increasing consumer demand for better products and services has led to a spectacular upsurge of innovation over the last years. This is particularly accurate in the Hospitality and Travel industries, where competition levels are extremely high; often leading to the failure of companies that are less successful in change adaptation, technology adoption, or market response, failing to identify and pursue innovative opportunities that would allow them to continue and prosper”.
With this new column, titled “Innovation in Hospitality & Travel”, TravelDailyNews begins a new series of articles by Professor Stavros Sindakis dealing with Innovation and Entrepreneurship issues and case examples from the travel market. The column starts publishing on this coming Tuesday, April 1st, 2014, and will be updated on a weekly basis.
“We invite you to enjoy reading this column as a contribution to our effort to define and illustrate innovation as a critical element for tourism organizations and companies. Through this effort we are looking for the suggestions of the travel professionals regarding innovation cases in the travel industry worldwide”, said Theodore Koumelis.
Dr. Stavros Sindakis is Assistant Professor of Innovation Management at Bangkok University, and member of The Institute for Knowledge and Innovation – South East Asia. His principal research interests lie in innovation and development of new technology-driven and customer-oriented products and services as well as in the exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities in the knowledge intensive industries. Dr. Sindakis participates as speaker in many international conferences, and is leading several research projects, funded by Governments and University institutions. He is also the co-author of 4 books on such topics as entrepreneurship, analytics, innovation and excellence-driven sustainability, social-ecological innovation, and customer-driven innovation. His main academic contributions relate to Innovation and Enterprise Excellence, Organizational Sustainability and Growth, Coopetition and Entrepreneurship.
Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDailyNews Media Network where she is the Editor-in Chief. She is also responsible for the daily operation and the financial policy. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Business Administration from the Technical University of Athens and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales.
She has many years of both academic and industrial experience within the travel industry. She has written/edited numerous articles in various tourism magazines.
