Viana Hassan

About 

                             Dr. Viana Hassan,
           Tourism management and Cultural, PhD.

Dr. Viana Hassan is actively involved in academic and research work in Tourism & Cultural Management in Lebanon and Malta.

She is the Founder and CEO of European Tourism and Events training Academy, She got her Ph.D. in Tourism Management and Cultural from Saint Joseph University, Beirut. Her Thesis was entitled “Medical Tourism in Lebanon”. She has more than 22 years of tourism experience in many related Travel and Tourism Fields, varying from airline sales experience (MEA), to Co-management several Lebanese Travel agencies. She is an Experienced Lecturer with more than 19 years’ experience at several universities in Lebanon (Lebanese University, A.U. L, Lebanese International University, Islamic University), the Institute of Tourism Studies, STC higher education partner of Wolverhmapton University UK , GBS Malta partner of Bath Spa University UK, Scholars School system (UK) with a demonstrated history of working in the Higher education industry, Skilled in Tourism Management, Customer service, Branding, Event Management, Airline Business Management, Niche Tourism, Business operations management, Customer acquisition and Medical Tourism.

Dr. Viana has participated in international conferences (Expo Dubai 2020, 7th Medical Tourism World Summit, Halal Tourism in Izmir and Zanzibar as keynote speakers etc......) including Athens, Paris, Vienna, Dubai, Valencia, India, Turkey, etc.

I- UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Tourism & Cultural Management: " Medical Tourism in Lebanon", Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.

Ms.c. in Tourism & Cultural Management, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon.

B. A. in Travel & Tourism services, I.U.L, Beirut, Lebanon.

Academic Associations


• Member of Technical committee at the international conference “ IRTTHI 2024” at University Chandigarh University, Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 14-16 March 2024.

• Guest speaker at the Third International Halal Muslim Friendly Tourism congress , Izmir , 10-12 May 2024.

• Guest Speaker at Future and Technology with Sustainable development , 24-25 February 2024

• Distinguished Advisory committee Member at 3rd CT international Hospitality and Tourism Conference , 16-18 Feb 2024, CT university , Punjab , India

• Chair and guest speaker at the third International conference Modern World Challenges : Regulating Human rights , Social Security, and welfare in contemporary Multicultural World, 28 December 2023.

• Guest speaker about : Reshaping Medical Tourism Through AI and Robotics, at David Agmashenebeli University , Georgia . 4 December 2023

• Guest Speaker at the international Professional talk 002 event, organized by Management and Science University in Malaysia, 25th November 2023

• Distinguished speaker at 4th international conference on sustainable Development and practices, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar India. 3-4 Feb 2023

• Speaker at. 21-22 Oct 2023 , Fenerbahce University , İstanbul, Türkiye

• Keynote speaker at the 3rd USBED / IJSES International Conference on Social and Educational Sciences 19-21 October 2023 Fenerbahçe University,

• Committee Member at the 2nd USBED/ IJSES international conference about Social Science, humanities and Education. Page 8 of 15

• Committee Member at the 3nd USBED/ IJSES international conference about Social Science, humanities and Education.

• Reviewer at Athens Journal Of Tourism , e-ISSN : 2241-8148 DO: 10.30958/ajt published by the Tourism, Leisure & Recreation Unit of ATINER ( Listed in the National Library of Greece).

• Reviewer at Common Ground Research Network, CG Journal Publishing Team, University of Illinois Research Park2001 South First Street, Suite 202

• Speaker at at the Annual Conference of the IGU Commission on Urban Geography, held online on August 24-28, 2021 and organized by the University of Beirut.

• Guest speaker at the 7th Medical Tourism summit conference and Expo . Amman Jordan, 23-24 July at Ritz Carlton

• Guest speaker at the heritage week organized by University of Sharjah- 28/2-2/3 2022

• Guest Speaker at antwork Business and innovation Space at Expo 2020 – Dubai- Lebanese Pavillion- Dubai

• Keynote Speaker at World conference on Economic, Business and Agricultural Development- Ukraine.

• Key note speaker at 17th online Amity international tourism & Hospitality conference 2012 about :” tourism for inclusive growth: Promoting Equality and sustainable Economic Development- Amity University India

• Speaker at 8th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism 2018, organized by Wessex institute – Vienna 2-4 May 2018 Page 9 of 15

• Speaker at the 13th World Congress on Industrial Healthcare and Medical Tourism held October 15-16, 2018 , Dubai , UAE

• Speaker at the 13th Annual International Conference on Tourism, 29-31 May 2017, Athens, Greece. Organized by Athens institute for Education Research

• Speaker at the 11th Annual International Conference on Tourism, 8-11 June 2015, Athens, Greece. Organized by Athens institute for Education Research

• Speaker at the International Business and Tourism Research organized by ICBTS institute conference center , 13-16 April 2016- Paris France.

Award Award of Honor by Ct Group Punjab India as keynote speaker in International conclave on “ Contemporary Dimensions of Hospitality “ held on 9th july 2021, hosted by department of Hotel Management.