Nicole W. Biggart
Dean, Jerome J. and Elsie Suran Chair in Technology Management, Professor of Management and Sociology; Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis (USA)

John T. Bowen
Dean of the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management; University of Houston, Texas (USA)

Donald E. Hawkins
Eisenhower Professor of Tourism Policy, Professor of Tourism Studies, Chair of Tourism and Hospitality Management Department; The George Washington University (USA)

Armando Machado
Professor of Psychology; Universidade do Minho (Portugal)

Alastair Morrison
Distinguished Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Associate Dean for Learning, Director of Purdue Tourism & Hospitality Research Center; Purdue University (USA)

Richard H. Penner
Professor of Hotel Planning, Development, and Interior Design; School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University (USA)

George Ritzer
Distinguished University Professor of Sociology; University of Maryland (USA)

Dominick Salvatore
Distinguished Professor of Economics, Dean of the Faculty of Economics; Fordham University (USA)