Elina Michopoulou
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Job title: Lecturer in Business Management
Email: e.michopoulou@derby.ac.uk
Personal website: derby.academia.edu/ElinaMichopoulou
Phone No: 01332 594721
Room: LS/G08
Recent publications
Publications
Academic Journals
- Michopoulou, E., Buhalis, D. (2012) Information Provision for Challenging markets: the case of the Accessibility Requiring Market (submitted)
- Buhalis, D., Michopoulou, E. (2011) Information Enabled Tourism Destination Marketing: Addressing the Accessibility Market, Current Issues in Tourism, Vol. 14, (2), pp. 145-168
- Michopoulou, E., Buhalis, D. (2008) Performance Measures of Net-Enabled Hypercompetitive Industries: The Case of Tourism, International Journal of Information and Management, Vol. 28, (3), pp. 168-180
- Eichhorn, V., Miller, G., Michopoulou, E., Buhalis, D (2008) Enabling Access to Tourism Through Information Schemes? Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 35, (1), pp. 189-210
- Michopoulou, E., Benetatos, T., Kanellopoulos, D. (2005). Consumer Perception on On-line Airline Ticket Purchasing: A UK Case Study. Journal of Finance and Informatics, 1 (1): 1-12
Book Chapters
- Michopoulou, E., Buhalis, D. (2011) Stakeholder Analysis of Accessible Tourism. In Buhalis, D., Darcy, S., (eds). Accessible Tourism: Concept and Issues, Bristol: Multichannel Publications
- Michopoulou, E., Buhalis, D. (2011) Technology Platforms and Challenges. In Buhalis, D., Darcy, S., (eds). Accessible Tourism: Concepts and Issue, Bristol: Multichannel Publications
Conference Papers
- Michopoulou, E. & Pappas, N. (2011) "User Acceptance of Social Media for Travel and Tourism". Proceedings of the World Research Summit for Tourism and Hospitality Conference in SAR Hong Kong, China: Elsevier.
- Michopoulou, E., and Buhalis, D., Michailidis, S., Ambrose, I. (2007). "Destination Management systems: Technical Challenges in Developing an e-Tourism Platform for accessible Tourism in Europe". In Frew, A. (ed), Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism. ENTER 2007. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Vienna-New York: Springer.
- Michopoulou, E., Buhalis, D., Michailidis, S., Ambrose, I. (2006). "Incorporating User Requirements of the disabled Traveller Market in Developing an Inclusive e-Marketplace for Accessible Tourism in Europe: Technical Challenges". In Cunningham P. and Cunningham, M (eds.), Innovation and the knowledge Economy, e-Challenges 2006. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference in Barcelona, Spain, Netherlands: IOS Press.
- Michopoulou, E., and Buhalis, D. (2006). "Developing a One-Stop-Shop for Accessible Tourism Europe [OSSATE Portal] for the Disabled Tourism Market: Technical challenges". In Cutting Edge Conference 2006. University of Surrey, June 2006, Guildford, U.K
- Michopoulou, E., and Buhalis, D. (2006). "Developing an eTourism Platform for Accessible tourism in Eurore: Technical challenges". In Hitz, M., Sigala, M., and MurphyJ., (eds), Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism. ENTER 2006. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, Vienna-New York: Springer.
- Buhalis, D., Michopoulou, E., Michailidis, S., Ambrose, I. (2006). "Developing a One-Stop-Shop for the European Disabled Tourism Market: Technical and Business Challenges". In To the city and Beyond, CAUTHE 2006, Proceedings of CAUTHE International Conference in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Buhalis, D., Michopoulou, E., Michailidis, S., Ambrose, I. (2005). "Developing a One-Stop-Shop for the European Disabled Tourism Market: Technical and Business Challenges". In Cunningham P. and Cunningham, M (eds.), Innovation and the knowledge Economy, e-Challenges 2005. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Netherlands: IOS Press.
- Michopoulou, E., Buhalis, D. (2004). "Web Analytics and e-Metrics in Tourism". In A. Frew (ed), Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism. ENTER 2004. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference in Cairo, Egypt, Vienna-New York: Springer.
Reviews
- European Conference of Information Systems 2006 (ECIS)
- ENTER 2011, 18th International Conference on Information Technology and Travel & Tourism
Presentations, Reports, and other publications
- Michopoulou, E. (2010) "Addressing Disabled User Requirements: A Destination Perspective", Invited presentation to Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism. ENTER 2010, 10th - 12th of February, Lugano, Switzerland.
- Buhalis, D., Eichhorn, V., Miller, G., &. Michopoulou, E. (2007), "Strategy for Commercial Exploitation, Branding and Promotion ('e-Service Exploitation Plan)", D-6.5, One-Stop-Shop for Accessible Tourism in Europe (OSSATE) Project Report under the European Commission eContent Programme
- Michopoulou, E., Buhalis, D., & Van der Heijden, H. (2007), "On-line Questionnaire and Associated Results", D-5.3, One-Stop-Shop for Accessible Tourism in Europe (OSSATE) Project Report under the European Commission eContent Programme
- Vos, S., & Michopoulou, E. 2006, "Inventory of accessibility schemes and data sets within the EU-tourism sector", D-2.1, One-Stop-Shop for Accessible Tourism in Europe (OSSATE) Project Report under the European Commission eContent Programme
- Buhalis, D., Eichhorn, V., Michopoulou, E. & Miller, G. (2005), "Accessibility Market and Stakeholder Analysis", One-Stop-Shop for Accessible Tourism in Europe (OSSATE) Project Report under the European Commission eContent Programme
- Buhalis, D., Eichhorn, V., Michopoulou, E. & Van der Heijden, H. (2005), "external Stakeholders' Group: Organisation, Membership, Activities and Review Protocol", D-5.1, One-Stop-Shop for Accessible Tourism in Europe (OSSATE) Project Report under the European Commission eContent Programme
Faculty: Buxton
School: School of Culture and Lifestyle
Subject Area: Business and Management
Teaching responsibilities
- Introduction to Human Resources (UG1)
- Research Methods (UG2)
- Advanced Consumer Behaviour (UG3)
- PR and e-Marketing (UG3)
- Marketing and PR (Masters)
Research interests
- e-Tourism
- e-Marketing
- Online performance measurement
- Web analytics
- Accessible Tourism
- Tourism Management
- Tourism Marketing
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
- Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy, since 2010
- Member of European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT), since 2007
- Member of European Design for all eAccessibility Network (EDeAN), since 2008
- Member of Tourism Research Information Network (TRINet), since 2008
Undergraduate qualifications
- BSc Tourism Management, Technological Educational Institute (Τ.Ε.Ι.) of Patras, Greece
Postgraduate qualifications
- MSc e-Tourism, University of Surrey
Research posts
| Institution | Project | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Research Officer in e-Tourism Application Development and Evaluation | OSSATE, funded by the eContent programme of the European Commission | 2005-2007 |

