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Ms. Christodoulidou

Natasa Christodoulidou

Assistant Professor, California State University

Dr. Christodoulidou is the Director of the Hospitality Technology Research Institute at California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). She is an Associate Professor in the Management and Marketing Department at CSUDH where she teaches for the undergraduate and the MBA programs. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), and a Master's of Accounting and a B.Sc. from Arizona State University (ASU). Her research interests are in the areas of Hospitality Technology, Electronic Commerce, Electronic Distribution, and E-Marketing. Her research has appeared in numerous academic and professional journals. Dr. Christodoulidou presents regularly at academic and professional industry conferences around the world. She has recently served as Program Co-chair for the 2015 Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting in Seattle. She is currently serving as President Elect for the 2016 Program Chair for the Western Decision Sciences Institute (WDSI). Dr. Christodoulidou has published over 50 articles in the hospitality area, has been cited 100s of times in publications around the world, and has received a number of research awards. She has visited for research and/or speaking engagements all five continents and this has influenced her approach and writing style in the publishing work she has produced over the last 13 years. Currently Dr. Christodoulidou is investigating the impact of mobile technologies and social media for airlines, hotels, and online Travel Agencies (OTAs) through the various distribution channels. Her speaking engagements recently have included Cyprus, Dubai, France, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Long Beach, Las Vegas, Boston, Dallas, and others.

Ms. Christodoulidou can be contacted at 310-243-3502 or Nchristodoulidou@yahoo.com

Coming up in April 2021...

Guest Service: Health and Safety First

Though expectations are that hotels will return to some semblance of normalcy in 2021, their highest priority must continue to be the health and safety of guests and employees. To that end, hotels are training their guest service personnel in enhanced cleaning routines, which include the following practices - bathrooms, elevator buttons, remote controls and other high-touch items, are disinfected and cleaned with a higher frequency; all tables, chairs and menus in restaurants are cleaned at a much higher frequency, and after each seating; floor markers in public areas to remind guests and team members to maintain physical distance; hand alcohol stations and disposable gloves in lobbies and restaurants; loose items such as pens, note pads and information material removed from rooms and meeting rooms; limiting the number of seats in restaurants and public areas; and revised food & beverage offerings. The April issue of the Hotel Business Review will review how guest service personnel are being trained to maintain health and safety protocols in their operations.


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