Florian Zach's Research
Hospitality Business Management
Departments:
Phone: (360) 546-9105
Fax: (360) 546-9037
Located in Classroom (VCLS) 308S
Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, Noon – 1:00pm or by appointment (please email)
Support Staff: Andrea Julian
Education
- 2005 – 2009 — PhD in Business Administration, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- 1998 – 2003 — Master of Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- 2000 – 2001 — Erasmus Exchange Year, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
Florian Zach Ph.D.
Hospitality Business Management is now also offered in Vancouver, WA to serve the SW Washington and the Greater Portland Metropolian Area. Please contact me for program, research and outreach related questions.
Also check out Iis Tussyadiah’s profile page. She is the second HBM faculty member, teaching HBM 494 & 495 and researching in the areas of consumer co-creation and the use of new technologies.
Most recently Dr. Tussyadiah and I won the Best Paper Award at the internationally most prestigeous tourism & technology conference, ENTER 2013.
Research
Organizational research to assist hospitality & tourism firms to …
- … develop new services.
- … identify influential partners for new service development.
- … understand consumers.
Courses
| Course ID | Title | Meeting Time | Location | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HBM 280 | Hospitality Systems | Tu,Th 1:25 - 2:40pm | VUCB 221 | Spring |
| HBM 320 | Industry Experience | Fridays 12:10 - 3:00pm | VCLS 308J | Spring |
| HBM 381 | Hospitality Leadership & Organization | Tu,Th 12:00 - 1:15pm | VUCB 221 | Spring |
| HBM 182 | Introduction to Hospitality Experience | Tu,Th 1:25 - 2:40pm | VMMC 22 | Fall |
| HBM 280 | Hospitality Systems | Tu,Th 10:35 - 11:50am | VMMC 217 | Fall |
| HBM 491 | Operational Analysis | Tu,Th 2:50 - 4:05pm | VUCB 207 | Fall |