STRATEGY & RESEARCH

Theofilos is a seasoned and highly motivated tourism and hospitality professional with a wide range of focus from strategy and planning to sustainability, product development, due diligence and project management. He has worked extensively with private equity, UHNWIs, consultancy, government and industry associations both at the destination and project levels.

As a Senior Research Analyst with a PhD and an MSc in Tourism Development, Pantazis is committed to identifying sources of valuable information, tracing the links of seemingly disconnected data and providing coherent interpretations for the clients and purposes of Toposophy.

Semina’s career path as a Journalist helped her build excellent communication and writing skills. As an associate of Toposophy she specializes in pitching imaginative ideas, presenting catchy texts, incorporating online tools and in-person networking to create valuable relationships with the clients as well as managing the company’ s presence through social media channels.

Manolis is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Toposophy. He holds an MSc in Tourism Planning & Development & a Bachelor in Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Management. His experience is focused on DMOs strategic planning & management support, city tourism planning and development, destination marketing research projects and digital tourism strategies.

Peter has emerged as one of tourism’s leading specialists in millennial traveller trends and is a respected speaker and author on next gen tourism. A classic footloose Millennial himself, Peter travels the globe constantly and speaks French and Spanish. Within Toposophy, Peter provides his expertise knowledge in major research projects and strategic networking at international level.

Kash Bhattacharya is a professional travel blogger, award winning digital marketeer and travel blogger outreach expert. He has been blogging for 5 years at the BudgetTraveller, showing people how to travel in style on a budget. He has been featured in the NY Times, Lonely Planet, Guardian & CNN and is the creator of the Luxury Hostels in Europe, winner of the most innovative travel blogging project at World Travel Market 2012.

Steve studied Hospitality and Tourism management & has gone onto run restaurants, hostels and hotels. Since launching Umi Hotels in 2007, Steve also launched Umi Digital in 2010 & now sits on a number of industry boards in the UK. He loves nothing more than travelling, eating local food and supporting his beloved Liverpool FC. Steve will be working with Toposophy in the UK enhancing it profile in the travel industry, as well as supporting Toposophy with Hotel and Restaurant clients requiring strategic marketing and branding support.

Martin is the managing director of tourismusdesign, a partner agency of the Toposophy network, responsible for the network’s business development & strategic networking. He has worked for the Austrian Tourism Board for 12 years and has an extensive consulting experience. Martin is a frequent public speaker & instructor.

Katerina is Business Unit Director at UXlab, an ATCOM business unit focusing exclusively on Usability & User Experience. She is also a frequent public speaker on all things UX and performance. She holds a BA in Communication and an MA in Advertising & Marketing.

Giorgos is the Business Development Director of Mindworks (ATCOM Business Unit) and Toposophy’s Chief Strategist in Digital Marketing & Communications. He has been involved in multi-awarded digital strategies and online campaigns. George conceptualises, strategises and delivers on all the digital marketing campaigns for Toposophy’s clients.