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Business Enterprise and Management - Alisha Ali
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Name: Alisha Ali
Position: PhD Student
Phone: 0131 474 0000
Email: aali@qmu.ac.uk
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Qualifications:
BSc Tourism Management (Honours)
MSc Management Studies
Currently reading for a PhD with expected completion in 2011
Memberships:
The Tourism Society
International Federation of IT in Travel and Tourism
Personal Profile:
Alisha Ali has been actively involved in the hospitality and tourism industry for the past ten years. She has completed a Bachelors of Science Degree in Tourism Management and a Masters Degree in Management Studies. Currently, she is a full-time Ph.D. Student in eTourism in the School of Business and Enterprise at Queen Margaret University, UK where she is researching Tourism, Sustainability and New Technology. She has lectured in the travel and tourism field in several disciplines such as Front Office Operations, Accommodation Management, Rooms Division Management, Sustainable Tourism, Caribbean Travel and Tourism, Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism and Human Resources Management.
In addition to academic activities, Alisha has worked both locally, regionally and internationally in the hospitality and tourism field. Some of her career highlights includes developing marketing communication material for the travel and tourism industry, conducting market research and analysis of world-wide trends in the hospitality industry, developing feasibility studies for industry stakeholders and working on “live” tourism plans and projects and participating in their implementation in the Caribbean. Current research interests include sustainable tourism, computer-mediated sustainability and tourism in developing countries.
Recent Publications:
Ali, A. and Frew, J.A. (2008). Innovation, ICT and Sustainable Tourism Development. Paper presented at the ISTTE Conference, September 29th -Oct 2nd 2008.Dublin: Ireland.
Ali, A. and Frew, J.A. (2008). ICT for Sustainable Tourism Development – An Emergent Framework. In M.Sigala (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Scientific Conference of the e-Business Forum: E-Business in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality 2008. Athens: University of Aegean.
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