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Dr Gabriela Țigu

Dean of the Faculty of Business and Tourism, ASE
Gabriela TIGU, Professor, Ph.D., is the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Tourism at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies since 2020 and Professor and PhD Coordinator in the Department of Tourism and Geography.

Between 2012 and 2016, she was Vice-Rector for Education and Lifelong Learning at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies.

Her areas of specialization are Tourism Operations Management, Destination Management, Ecotourism and Sustainable Development, Business Ethics and Human Resources Management in Tourism. She is the author of 22 published books, more than 150 articles and scientific papers and 34 national and international research assignments dealing with tourism issues.

She has successfully managed two postgraduate programs, namely Strategic Hospitality Management and Manager of Tourism Destination.

Gabriela Tigu is also a tourism journalist and Vice President of the Tourism Press Club FIJET Romania; member of the Advisory Board of the Romanian Competition Council, Director of the Academic Association for Research in Tourism and Services CACTUS; Member of CNATDCU (National Council for the Accreditation of Titles, Diplomas and Certificates), since 2011; Member of the Transylvanian Thermal Tourism Cluster; Advisor to the Romanian Ministry of Tourism, 2011 and 2019-2020; and Member of the World Committee for Tourism Ethics within UNWTO, between 2019 and 2023.