Harald Pechlaner is Professor of Tourism and Head of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany and Head of the Center for Advanced Studies at the European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC), Italy. Since 2014 Harald Pechlaner is Adjunct Research Professor at the School of Marketing/Curtin Business School in Perth/Western Australia. His research is focused on destination governance and leadership, entrepreneurship and global challenges for regions and destinations. He is author and (co‐)editor of more than 60 books and about 150 research articles.

Prof. Pechlaner is President of the AIEST (Association Internationale d’Experts Scientifiques du Tourisme) and was President (2002 - 2012) of the German Association of Tourism Research (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Tourismuswissenschaft). Since 2016 Harald Pechlaner is a full member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

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Prof. Dr. Harald Pechlaner
President
AIEST (International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism)
Chair of Tourism, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

harald.pechlaner@ku.de
http://www.ku.de/tourismus