Membership to International Organisations

1. Fellow, International Academy for the Study of Tourism (2015 - ).
2. President, International Academy of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research (2012 - 2014).
3. Selected Member, Tourism and Hospitality Educators Association of Asia (May 2014 - )
4. Selected Member, Association of International Experts in Tourism (AIEST), St. Galen, Switzerland (September 2007-2019).
5. Selected Member, Tourist Research Centre, Brugge, Belgium (March 2007 - )
6. Affiliate Professor, Division of Industrial Marketing & e-Commerce, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden (June 2006 - )
7. Research Fellow, Center for Research on Consumption and Leisure
   University of Namur (FUNDP), Namur, Belgium (September 2005 - )
8. Founding Member, International Academy of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research (July 2005)
9. Research Associate, Centre for Hospitality Management, Sheffield Hallam University, UK (November 2000 - )

Editorial Board Membership

1. 2022-, Editorial Board, Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research (USA) 
2. 2021, Guest Editor, Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science (USA)
3. 2020, Guest Editor, Tourism Analysis (USA)
4. 2020-, Editorial Board, Tourism Management (UK)
5. 2020-, Editorial Board, Tourism Recreation Research (UK)
6. 2020-, Editorial Board, Asia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality & Tourism (Malaysia)
7. 2019-, Associate Editor, Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science (USA)
8. 2017-, Associate Editor, European J. of Management & Business Economics (UK)
9. 2013-, Editorial Board, Regional Statistics, Hungary
10. 2013-, Editorial Board, Service Industries Journal (UK)
11. 2013-, Editorial Board, Journal of Business Research (USA)
12. 2016-, Editorial Board, Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Management (UK)
13. 2013, Guest Editor, Tourism Review (UK)
14. 2012-, Editorial Board, Journal of Travel Research (USA)
15. 2012-, Editorial Board, Journal of Destination Marketing & Management (UK)
16. 2012-, Editorial Board, Journal of Tourism & Management Studies (Portugal)
17. 2011-2017, Regional Editor for Middle East, e-Review of Tourism Research (USA)
18. 2011, Guest Editor, International Journal of Tourism Research (UK)
19. 2011-, Editorial Board, Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing (UK)
20. 2011 - 2014, Editorial Board, Tourism Recreation Research (UK)
21. 2011-, Editorial Board, Estudios y Perspectivas en Turismo (Argentina)
22. 2011-, Editorial Board, International Student Tourism Journal (Switzerland)
23. 2011-, Editorial Board, Enlightening Tourism. A Pathmaking Journal (Spain)
24. 2011-, Editorial Board, International Journal of Tourism Sciences (USA)
25. 2011-, Editorial Board, Int. J. of Business, Management & Social Sciences (Nigeria)
26. 2010-, Editorial Board, Journal of Tourism, Hospitality & Culinary Arts (Malaysia)
27. 2010-, Editorial Board, Tourism and Hospitality Management (Croatia)
28. 2010-, Editorial Board, UTMS Journal of Economics (Republic of Macedonia)
29. 2008, Guest Editor, Tourism Review (Switzerland)
30. 2008, Guest Editor, International Journal of Culture, Society and Leisure (USA)
31. 2008, Guest Editor, Journal of Hospitality Management and Marketing (USA)
32. 2008, Guest Editor, International Journal of Tourism Policy (Greece)
33. 2008-, Editorial Board, European Journal of Tourism Research (Bulgaria)
34. 2008-, Editorial Board, Caribbean J. of Business, Hospitality & Tourism (Jamaica)
35. 2008-, Editorial Board, World Journal of Ecotourism (Kenya)
36. 2007-, Editorial Board, Asian J. of Tourism & Hospitality Research (Philipinnes)
37. 2007-, Editorial Board, Tourism Review (Switzerland)
38. 2007-, Editorial Board, Int. J. of Culture, Tourism & Hospitality Research (USA)
39. 2007-, Editorial Board, Int. J. of Excellence in Tourism, Hospitality & Catering (UAE)
40. 2007-, Editorial Board, Tourism Focus (Cambodia)
41. 2006-, Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Marketing (India)
42. 2006-2010, Editorial Board, International Journal of Tourism Policy (Greece).
43. 2005-2020, Resource Editor, Annals of Tourism Research (UK)
44. 2005-, Editorial Board, Tourismos: A Multidisciplinary Journal (Greece)
45. 2004-, Co-editor, Anatolia (UK)
46. 2004-, Editorial Board, Advances in Hospitality and Leisure (USA)
47. 2003-2018, Editorial Board, Tourism Analysis (USA)
48. 2022-, Editorial Board, Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research (USA) 

Acting as an Ad-hoc Reviewer for International Journals

1. Annals of Tourism Research
2. Annals of Leisure Research
3. Asian Journal of Marketing
4. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics
5. Cities
6. Cornell Quarterly
7. Criminology & Criminal Justice
8. Current Issues in Tourism
9. Current Medical Imaging
10. Eastern European Economics
11. European Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation Research
12. Facilities
13. Helion
14. International Journal of Hospitality Management
15. International Journal of Intercultural Relations
16. International Journal of Tourism Research
17. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Sciences 
18. Journal of Tourism Studies
19. Journal of Vacation Marketing
20. Journal of Tourism and Travel Marketing
21. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research
22. Journal of Hospitality Management and Marketing
23. Journal of Mountain Science
24. Journal of Sustainable Tourism
25. Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences 
26. Kybernettes
27. Leisure Sciences
28. Managing Service Quality
29. Scientometrics
30. Service Business
31. Sexuality & Culture
32. The Service Industries Journal
33. Tourism: An Interdisciplinary Journal
34. Tourism Management
35. Tourism Geographies
36. Tourism Recreation Research 
37. Visual Studies

Scientific Committee Membership

1. Member, TRINET International Tourism Researchers’ Network 
2. Alumni contact in Turkey for the graduates of Sheffield Hallam University.
3. International Academy for the Study of Tourism
4. Tourist Research Centre
5. International Academy for Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research