Vahid Ghasemi

Vahid Ghasemi is an Assistant Professor at Universidade Europeia in Lisbon, specializing in Marketing Strategy, Consumer Behavior, and Destination Management within Tourism. He holds a European Ph.D. (Doctor Europaeus) in Economics and Business from the University of Cagliari, Italy. His research focuses on hospitality revival via crowdfunding, customer satisfaction in hotels, destination image analysis via social media, and sustainable tourism planning.

Dr. Ghasemi serves as an Associate Editor for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Management Studies (IJMS), and is on the editorial boards of Journal of Promotion Management and Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism. He is affiliated with CEFAGE in Portugal and the Tourism & Sustainability (TURS) research group.

His awards include the Valene Smith Prize (tourism research excellence), two best paper awards at international conferences, and the Emerald Literati Outstanding Author Award (2018). His work bridges theory and practice, addressing post-pandemic tourism impacts and CSR in hospitality through projects like Crowdfunding and CSR in Hospitality (2023) and Unhappy Hosts? (2022).