Senior Lecturer in Aviation Management

I joined the University of Bedfordshire in 2021 as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Business, Marketing and Tourism.

I have over 20 years’ research experience in the fields of Air Transport and Tourism and over 10 years’ teaching experience in Higher Education, teaching on Tourism and Air Transport related subject areas.

I have taught in Further Education for a number of years prior to moving to Higher Education. I started my career as a country sales executive in Greece, for a small regional Italian carrier based in Venice.

Other References

• PavlosArvanitis.com
• LinkedIn
• ORCID

Qualifications

• PhD in Air Transport and Economic Geography - University of the Aegean, Greece (2014)
• MSc in Tourism Management and Planning - Bournemouth University, UK (2000)
• Degree in Tourism Management - Technological Educational Institute of Larissa, Greece, (1999)

Membership of Professional Bodies

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Certified Management and Business Educator
• Institute of Leadership and Management
• German Aviation Research Society (GARS)
• Hellenic Aviation Society

Teaching Expertise

• Airport Operations and Management
• Destination Management
• Tourism and Transport
• Tourism Development
• Strategic Management

Research Interests

• Air Transport and Tourism
• Air Transport and Cruise
• Airports and Regional Development

Previous Roles

• Senior Lecturer Tourism and Air Travel Management, Solent University, UK
• Visiting Lecturer, University of the Aegean, Greece

Scientific Committees

• 6th Hellenic Aviation Conference. Air Transport of Future. Athens, May 2021.
• 3rd International Research Symposium University of Sunderland, Sunderland, 23 May 2019.
• 5th Hellenic Aviation Conference. Air Transport of Future. Athens, 14-15 May 2018.
• 2nd International Research Symposium University of Sunderland, Sunderland, 24 May 2018.

Validation of Higher Education Programmes

• MSc Aviation Organisational Resilience, New Bucks University, July 2020
• MSc Aviation Ops and Management, New Bucks University, July 2020
• BSc (Hons) Air Transport Management Suite, University of West London, March 2020
• BSc (Hons) International Tourism Management, University of West London, April 2020
• MSc International Aviation Regulation and Law, New Bucks University, June 2018
• BA (Hons) Airline and Airport Management, Teeside University, June 2018
• Airline and Airport Management Top up Degree, Newcastle College, May 2017

Research Publications

• Arvanitis, P. (2020) Making Domestic Destinations Attractive: An Empirical Study from Mountainous Greece. International Journal of Cultural and Digital Tourism, Vol 6, 48-58.
• Alberto Amore, Cecilia de Bernardi & Pavlos Arvanitis (2020) The impacts of Airbnb in Athens, Lisbon and Milan: a rent gap theory perspective, Current Issues in Tourism.
• Koo, N. Halpern, A. Papatheodorou, A. Graham, P. Arvanitis (2016) Air transport liberalisation and airport dependency: developing a composite index. Journal of Transport Geography 50, 83–93.
• P., Papatheodorou, A. (2015) Greek airports in transition: From public ownership to PPP concessions airport management VOL. 9, NO. 3, 284–295.
• Papatheodorou, A. and Arvanitis, P. (2014) Tourism and economic crisis in Greece: an economic geography approach, Region et Developpement, N. 39.
• Papatheodorou, A. and Arvanitis, P. (2009) Spatial evolution of airport traffic and air transport liberalisation: the case of Greece. Journal of Transport Geography, (17) 402-412, Elsevier.

Book Chapters (since 2016)

• Hall, C. M., Amore, A. & Arvanitis, P., (2019). The globalizing force of human mobilities in “Handbook of Globalization and Tourism”. Timothy, D. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
• Efthimiou, M., Arvanitis, P. Papatheodorou, A. (2016) Institutional Changes and Dynamics in the European Aviation Sector: Implications for Tourism, in "Global Dynamics in Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality" IGI Publishing.

Conference Papers (since 2016)

• Amore, A., Arvanitis, P., Golam Md Jamil. (2020) Addressing resilience in tourism education through flipped seminars Tourism Education Future Education (TEFI) 7-10 June 2020, York, United Kingdom.
• Karadimitriou, C., Arvanitis, P. (2020) Event co-creation in street events: Evidence from Athens Pride. “Revisiting value co-creation and co-destruction in tourism, hospitality & events”. THE INC (Tourism, Hospitality & Events International Conference) 9-11 June 2020 Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
• Arvanitis, P. (2020) Dancing to enhance the destination image; Co-Creating a Guinness World Record. “Revisiting value co-creation and co-destruction in tourism, hospitality & events”. THE INC (Tourism, Hospitality & Events International Conference) 9-11 June 2020 Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
• Arvanitis, P. (2020) Domestic tourism in mountain areas; evidence from Greece. “Revisiting value co-creation and co-destruction in tourism, hospitality & events”. THE INC (Tourism, Hospitality & Events International Conference) 9-11 June 2020 Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
• Arvanitis, P., Adie, A., B., Amore, A., (2019) Cruise passenger accommodation preferences in a major home port pre- and post-voyage: Evidence from Southampton, United Kingdom, MARE Conference, 24-28 June, Amsterdam.
• Amore, A., Chambers, K., Jamil, Md, Arvanitis, P. (2019) Putting students at the centre of the learning journey: accounts and practices from tourism and events courses, Solent Learning and Teaching Community Conference, 21 June.
• Arvanitis, P., Amore, A., Jamil, Md (2019) Acknowledging student diversity and inclusion in teaching contemporary tourism in HE. ATINER - Athens Institute for Education and Research. 15th Annual International Conference on Tourism, 10-13 June 2019, Athens Greece.
• Lomicky, M., Arvanitis, P. (2019) Check-in preferences of passengers flying from a regional UK airport. 3rd International Research Symposium, University of Sunderland, 23 Ma.
• Arvanitis P., Adie, B., Amore, A. (2019) To stay or not to stay? Overnight booking intentions of cruise passengers in a mature cruise destination, TTRA Europe, Bournemouth University 8-10 April.
• Barker, N., Arvanitis. P. (2018) Students - “mind the gap”... a collaborative approach to achieving your goals, Solent Learning and Teaching Community Conference Southampton 22 June.
• Arvanitis, P. (2018) Departing from Southampton? What about staying awhile? Making a Difference. Research, Innovation and Enterprise Conference, Southampton 2-3 May.
• Arvanitis, P. (2018) Southampton as a cruise home port tourism destination, 2nd International Research Symposium University of Sunderland, Sunderland, 24 May.
• Arvanitis, P. (2018) Athens International Airport's performance during the fiscal crisis 5th Hellenic Aviation Society Conference, Athens, 14-15 May.
• Arvanitis, P. (2017) Fly Cruise Passengers, or Land Cruise Passengers; the case of Southampton. Bournemouth University, The Visitor Economy: Strategies and Innovations, Bournemouth, 4-6 September.
• Arvanitis, P. (2016) The 14 and the 24, Challenges and Recommendations for the Future of Greek Airports. 4th Hellenic Aviation Society Conference, Athens, 10-11 May.
• Arvanitis, P. (2016) Runway Capacity Expansion in South East England and implications for Regional Airports, 20th World Air Transport Research Society Conference, Rhodes 23-26 June.

Contact Details

E: pavlos.arvanitis@beds.ac.uk