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)

Erve J. Chambers
Professor of Anthropology; University of Maryland, College Park (USA)

Charles R. Goeldner
Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Tourism; Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder (USA)

Matthew W. Lonam
Executive Director, Florida Campus; Mountain State University (USA)

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

Michael D. Olsen
Professor of Hospitality Strategy; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (USA)

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

Hayagreeva Rao
Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources; Graduate School of Business, Stanford University (USA)

Roland Robertson
Professor of Sociology and Director, Centre for the Study of Globalization; University of Aberdeen (Great Britain)
Distinguished Professor of Sociology Emeritus; University of Pittsburgh (USA)
Honorary Professor of Cultural Studies; Tsinghua University, Beijing (China)

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

John Urry
Professor of Sociology; Lancaster University (Great Britain)

Jerome J. Vallen
Emeritus Professor, Dean Emeritus of the Harrah College of Hotel Administration; University of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA)