Nicole W. Biggart
Dean, Jerome J. and Elsie Suran Chair in Technology Management, Professor of Management and Sociology; Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis (USA)

John T. Bowen
Dean of the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management; University of Houston, Texas (USA)

Charles R. Goeldner
Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Tourism; Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder (USA)

Jafar Jafari
Professor of Tourism, Department of Hospitality and Tourism; University of Wisconsin-Stout (USA)

Matthew W. Lonam
Executive Director, Florida Campus; Mountain State University (USA)

Armando Machado
Professor of Psychology; Universidade do Minho (Portugal)

Alastair Morrison
Distinguished Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Associate Dean for Learning, Director of Purdue Tourism & Hospitality Research Center; Purdue University (USA)

Gianna Moscardo
Lecturer in the Tourism Program · James Cook University (Australia)

Michael D. Olsen
Professor of Hospitality Strategy; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (USA)

Philip L. Pearce
Professor of Tourism, Head of the Tourism Program; James Cook University (Australia)

Richard H. Penner
Professor of Hotel Planning, Development, and Interior Design; School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University (USA)

George Ritzer
Distinguished University Professor of Sociology; University of Maryland (USA)

Roland Robertson
Professor of Sociology and Director, Centre for the Study of Globalization; University of Aberdeen (Great Britain)
Distinguished Professor of Sociology Emeritus; University of Pittsburgh (USA)
Honorary Professor of Cultural Studies; Tsinghua University, Beijing (China)

Dominick Salvatore
Distinguished Professor of Economics, Dean of the Faculty of Economics; Fordham University (USA)

Muzaffer Uysal
Professor of Tourism, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (USA)

Gary K. Vallen
Professor of Hotel Operations and Guest Services Management and Casino Gaming Management, Northern Arizona University (USA)

Bihu Wu
Professor and Director of the Center for Recreation and Tourism Research; Peking University (China)