UCF Experts Guide

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10 results found for “tourism sustainability”

Alan Fyall

Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, and Visit Orlando Endowed Chair of Tourism Marketing

Area(s) of Expertise

Travel & Tourism

College(s)

Hospitality Management
Research Keywords
destination marketing

hospitality

international tourism

Rosen

tourism

tourism sustainability

travel
Robertico Croes

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Travel & Tourism

College(s)

Hospitality Management
Research Keywords
economics

health

infectious disease

sustainability

sustainable tourism

tourism

travel
Ady Milman

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Travel & Tourism

College(s)

Hospitality Management
Research Keywords
airline

aviation

consumer behavior

event management

hospitality

international travel

theme park

tourism

travel
Stephen Pratt

Professor and Department Chair of Tourism, Events and Attractions

Area(s) of Expertise

Travel & Tourism

College(s)

Hospitality Management
Research Keywords
film

hospitality

hotel

marketing

restaurant

tourism

tourism sustainability
Chait Renduchintala

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Travel & Tourism

College(s)

Hospitality Management
Research Keywords
AI

artificial intelligence

community

cultural tourism

health

modeling

simulation

tourism

travel
Carissa Baker

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Travel & Tourism

College(s)

Hospitality Management
Research Keywords
culture

guest experience

hospitality

literary and media tourism

media studies

sustainable tourism

technology

theme park

travel
WeiWei Zhan

Assistnt Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Environment & Sustainability

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
landslide mitigation and earthquake response

machine learning
Kelly Kibler

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Environment & Sustainability

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
coast

ecology

estuaries

estuary

oyster

reef

river

water
Thomas Wahl

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Environment & Sustainability

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
climate

coastal

engineering

modeling

risk

storm

surge

tide
Christopher Emrich

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Environment & Sustainability , Technology

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
coastal

disaster

emergency management

FEMA

flood

hazard

hurricane

recovery

resilience

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