Mrs Marinakou, Evangelia holds a PhD in HRM in hospitalityfrom the Business School of the University of Strathclyde. She holds a MSc in International Hospitality Management, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Research Methodology in Business and Management from the same university. She has a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from the University of Hertfordshire and isa Fellow member of the Higher Education Academy in the UK. During her academic career she has designed academic programmes under the requirement of the QAA framework and benchmarks in the UK, as well as for the Organisation of Tourism Education of the Ministry of Tourism, for the Advanced School of Tourism Education in Rhodes. In 2008-9 she was the leader of the project where with a survey questionnaire the training needs of professionals in Cyclades were identified and designed the curriculum for the implementation of programmes forvocational training on Alternative forms of tourism, Commerce, Tourism and Traditional Food and Drinks. Finally, her current research is on learning styles and learning outcomes for tourism students in Greece.