Dr. Fevzi Okumus is the CFHLA Preeminent Professor within the Hospitality Services Department at the University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management. He was the founding Chair of the Hospitality Services Department from 2007-2013. He received his Ph.D. in Strategic Hotel Management from Oxford Brookes University, UK. His research areas include strategy implementation, corporate social responsibility, competitive advantage, knowledge management, crisis management, destination marketing, information technology, and developing countries. He has widely published in leading journals. He has over 225 academic publications (over 105 refereed journal articles, three books, 12 book chapters, and 85 conference presentations and reports). His publications have received over 4347 citations and he has an h-index of 33. He chaired/co-chaired and served on numerous Ph.D. dissertation and master thesis committees. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IJCHM). He is also the Co-Founding Editor of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights. He serves on the editorial boards of 24 international journals. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences. He is a Visiting Professor at Sun Yat-sen University’s Business School in Guangzhou, China. He has received numerous research awards and recognitions including “The Michael D. Olsen Research Award” in 2016; “The University of Central Florida Scroll & Quill Society Award” in 2017 and the “CFHLA Preeminent Professor” again in 2017.