| dc.description.abstract | About the Special Issue Editors
Eduard Cristobal-Fransi holds a PhD in economics and a degree in business administration.
He is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Tourism at the University of Lleida
(Spain). His research focuses on e-commerce, social economy, and marketing management, mainly
in tourism and quality and services companies. His work has been presented at national and
international research conferences and has been published in several prestigious journals.
Natalia Daries-Ram ́on holds a PhD in business administration, an MSc in information and
knowledge society, a BA in business administration; a BA in market research and techniques, and
a BA in tourism. Currently, she is the Degree Coordinator for Tourism at the University of Lleida,
Spain, and Assistant Professor of Hospitality and Gastronomy at the Open University of Catalonia.
Her research focuses on the impact of new technologies in tourism. She has published several papers
in prestigious journals and presented, at international research conferences, the contribution and
impact of new technologies and social networking in tourism.
Berta Ferrer-Rosell holds an international PhD in tourism, an MSc in tourism management and
planning and a BA in tourism. She is currently a Serra Hunter Fellow and an Academic Coordinator ́
of the joint degree Business Management and Tourism at the University of Lleida. Her research
interest is in e-marketing, social economy, gastronomy and air transportation. She has published
in Tourism Management, the Journal of Destination Marketing & Management and the International
Journal of Hospitality Management, among others. She is an Associate Editor of the European Journal of
Tourism Research.
Estela Marine-Roig is a Senior Lecturer in tourism marketing at the University of Lleida (UdL),
Catalonia, an Assistant Professor of Social Media and Smart Tourism (MSc) at the Open University
of Catalonia (UOC), a post-doctoral researcher in the research group (UdL) on Tourism and Social
Knowledge Economy (TURESCO), and an Associate Editor of the European Journal of Tourism Research.
She holds a European PhD in tourism and leisure, an MSc in tourism management and planning, a
BA in humanities, and a BA in tourism. The Catalan Government awarded her the 2018 Medal of
Tourism for the best knowledge and research project. Her research interests include the analysis of
tourist destination images through online sources, especially traveler-generated content.
Eva Martin-Fuentes holds an international PhD in engineering and information technologies,
along with the Thesis Excellence Award for a Doctoral Thesis awarded by the International Federation
of IT & Tourism (IFITT). She is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Business Management
at the University of Lleida (Spain), where she has been recognized with the Teaching Excellence
Award for the areas of tourism management and social media. She was the Coordinator of Social
Media Marketing (MSc) and, currently, is the Vice-Dean of Institutional Relations and Employability
of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Tourism. Her research interests focus on e-tourism, especially
in the hospitality industry, and she has published articles in the International Journal of Hospitality
Management, Tourism Review, and the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management. | |
