Sustainable Tourism Development in the Danube Region: New Perspectives

Mr. Florian Aubke, Assistant Professor/Senior Lecturer, Dean, MODUL University Vienna Department of Tourism and Service Management

Florian Aubke is an Assistant Professor/Senior Lecturer for Hotel Management at the Department of Tourism and Service Management at MODUL University Vienna.

He has substantial operational experience in the hospitality industry as well as national and international event management.

Florian received his Bachelor of Business in Marketing and Hospitality Management as well as a Master of Business by Research from Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.

Since his doctoral studies (completed in 2012 with distinction at the Vienna University of Economics and Business), his research focuses on the analysis of social networks, both within and between organizations – with a particular application to the hospitality and tourism industry.
Florian is an active member of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) as well as the European Chapter of the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (EuroCHRIE).

At MODUL University Vienna, Florian teaches Strategic Hotel Management and Operations, Food & Beverage Systems and Revenue Management.

Dr. Georgi Genov, Director, HORES

Georgi Genov, PhD, was born in Bosilegrad in 1960. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade where he also obtained his MA degree (MA thesis title – ’Investment Financing in the Emerging Tourist Destinations’). He obtained his PhD degree at the Faculty of Economics in Banjaluka (PhD dissertation title – ‘Tourist Destination Development Management’).

He has been a member of numerous non-government organisations/agencies and business associations in the field of tourism and hospitality industry. He has taken part in organising a number of congresses, travel fairs and tourism events in Serbia and abroad.

Nowadays he is the director of HORES – Business Association of Hotel and Restaurant Industry of Serbia – and a professor at the College of Tourism (vocational college) in Belgrade. He is a member of the National Tourism Council of the Republic of Serbia. At the same time, he is a consultant and an advisor to numerous hotel enterprises in Serbia and Montenegro.

Mr. Oliver Fodor, Chief Advisor, Hungarian Tourism Agency

Oliver is managing international affairs at the Hungarian Tourism Agency. The newly established Agency is responsible for the public administration of tourism and for the promotion of Hungary on international and domestic markets. The Government executes tourism related tasks through the 100% state owned Hungarian Tourism Agency which is also the sole entity for the management of tourism related funding.

Besides regional and bilateral cooperations, Oliver is representing Hungary in various international bodies, such as the Program and Budget Committee of UNWTO or the OECD Tourism Committee. He is also appointed as national expert in the field of tourism to Priority Area 3 (culture & tourism) of the EU Strategy of the Danube Region.

Previously he was working at the Ministry for National Economy of Hungary. Before his service in public administration he worked in the private sector.
Oliver holds a degree in tourism and hotel management from the Budapest Business School and he also studied Business Administration in the University of Canberra, Australia.

Mr. Ljubiša Nešovanović, Director, Robinson Travel, Serbia

Ljubiša has been involved with tourism for more than 30 years. He graduated at the Tourism Department of Faculty of Mathematics and Nature science at Belgrade University and started his career as Represent and Supervisor for Yugotours Frankfurt in Montenegro straight away. Afterwards, he was working as Hotel manager in GENEX HOTELS in Bečići, hotel Alet (Montenegro) and Kopaonik hotel Grand (Serbia).

Since 1995 he has been an owner and Manager of Robinson Travel, Belgrade, Serbia.

Véronique Dauge, Head of Culture Unit UNESCO, Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy)

Trained as a historian of art and archaeologist, Véronique Dauge specialized in Oriental studies and worked in various cultural institutions before joining UNESCO in 1989 to prepare UNESCO’s action for the safeguarding of the site of Angkor in Cambodia. She participated in the establishment of the UNESCO Office in that country where she spent 3 years as Culture officer, contributing to the reinforcement of the national cultural bodies.

From 1994 to 1998, she worked at the Division of Cultural Heritage at UNESCO Headquarters, in charge notably of the Middle Eastern files. In 1998, she established the UNESCO Office in the Palestinian territories and concentrated, among others, to build up the new institutions in the field of culture. Between 2001 and 2004, Véronique Dauge moved first to the UNESCO Jordan Office and then to the Cluster Beirut Office, in charge of the culture files in Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. At the end of 2004, she returned to Headquarters as Chief of the Arab States Unit at the World Heritage Centre, contributing to the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the region.

She then joined the Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice, Italy, in October 2013 as Head of the Culture Unit, responsible for the overall management and coordination of the Culture programme and activities within the framework of the Bureau’s mandate, notably the preservation of cultural heritage in South-East Europe.

Ms. Niki Dollis, Director, President’s Office, Acropolis Museum, Greece

Niki Dollis was born in Australia and migrated to Greece in 1999. She has a Degree in Social Work from the University of Melbourne and post graduate qualifications in Public Relations. Prior to migrating to Greece she had over 20 years experience in the fields of health, education, immigration and welfare working in local government, state and federal government positions as well as in the non-Government sector and as a statutory appointee. In 2000 she commenced work with the Organization for the Construction of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens playing a key role in the coordination of communications for the construction project.

Since June 2009 when the Museum opened to the public, she advises on operational policies and supports the implementation of planning and development of services in the Museum from the position of Director of the Museum President’s Office, including the management of the Museum stores. She has authored two children’s books.