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Dr Razaq Raj is Principal Lecturer for Research and Enterprise in Leeds Business School. Dr Razaq Raj is an internationally renowned academic with extensive experience in teaching, research, leadership and Managements in the UK, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, China, Japan and South Korea. He is Associate Professor in Business Strategy and Financial Management and is a Visiting Professor at the Kedge Business School, France and Honorary Professor University of Vitez, Bosnia. He has substantial external examining and curriculum development experience of both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in business management, events and tourism. He is Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Reviewer assigned with monitoring and advising on standards and quality in UK higher education. He has published work on strategic management, economic and financial impacts, cultural festivals and sustainable tourism and religious tourism. He has both organised international conferences and delivered keynote speeches. He has published in a number of peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He has published books on Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Management (Cabi), Events Management: An integrated and practical approach (Sage) and Event Management and Sustainability (Cabi). He has recently published text on Principles of Islamic Ethics for Contemporary Workplaces and 3rd edition of Events Management. He has substantial experience of developing international partnership in Germany and the Middle East and sits on voluntary sector management boards. He is often sought out by news media for his views on international Terrorism and has been a guest on BBC and Sky News. He is founding co-editor of the Journal Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage and Series Editor, CABI Religious Tourism & Pilgrimage Book Series (with Dr Kevin Griffin) and on the editorial board of the Journal of Tourism Today, Asian Journal of Development Studies, Revista De Turism (Journal of Tourism) and reviewer on the Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management and Sustainable Tourism.

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Dr. Irina-Adriana Chiurciu currently works at the Department of Economics, Accounting and Agritourism, Faculty of Management and Rural Development, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Bucharest. She graduated from the USAMV Bucharest, Faculty of Horticulture, and also obtained a bachelor's degree in Economic Engineering in Agriculture. She worked for over 15 years as a horticultural engineer. Since 2014, she has been teaching Rural Development and Common Agricultural Policy courses.

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Prof. Dr. Atila Yüksel is an experienced academic specializing in tourism marketing, tourism planning and hotel management. He completed his undergraduate education at Dokuz Eylül University, his graduate degree at the University of Wales and his doctorate at Sheffield Hallam University. He has held various administrative positions at Aydın Adnan Menderes University and has advised many thesis at the masters and doctorate levels. He has made significant contributions to the academy and the sector with his studies published in internationally refereed journals.