Ioannis Fotis
- jfotis at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
Biography
John is a Lecturer at the School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality at Leeds Metropolitan University. He is completing his PhD on a part-time basis in the School of Tourism at Bournemouth University, researching the impact of social media on consumer behaviour in the context of holiday travel. He has nearly 20 years of professional experience in services marketing, both in senior managerial roles, as well as through consulting appointments in a range of sectors, such as tourism and hospitality, retailing, shipping and yachting, real estate, education, media, as well as in local and regional government. Through a variety of roles he has also contributed to the successful completion of various EU and nationally-funded projects, with a total budget in excess of 4.5 million Euros. John holds an MSc (Distinction) in Tourism Marketing from the University of Surrey, and a BSc (Distinction) in Business Administration from the American College of Greece.
Journal Articles
- Fotis, J., Buhalis, D., Rossides, N., 2011. Social Media Impact on Holiday Travel Planning: The Case of the Russian and the FSU Markets. International Journal of Online Marketing, 1, 1-19.
- Fotis, J., Buhalis, D., Rossides, N., 2011. Social media impact on holiday travel: The case of the Russian and the FSU markets. International Journal of Online Marketing, 1(4), 1-19.
Chapters
- Fotis, J., Buhalis, D., Rossides, N., 2012. Social media use and impact during the holiday travel planning process. In: Fuchs, M., Ricci, F., Cantoni, L., eds. Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2012. Vienna, Austria: Springer-Verlag, 13-24.
- Fotis, J., Rossides, N., Buhalis, D., 2010. Social Media Impact on Leisure Travel: The Case of the Russian Market and the Challenges for the Cyprus Tourism Industry. In: Vrontis, D., Weber, Y., Kaufmann, R., Tarba, S., eds. 3rd Annual EuroMed Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business: Business Developments Across Countries And Cultures. EuroMed Press, 1365-1367.
Theses
- Fotis, J., 2015. The Use of social media and its impacts on consumer behaviour: the context of holiday travel. Bournemouth University, School of Tourism.