University of the Aegean, PhD in Tourism Marketing
University of the Aegean , Master of Business Administration

tourism market brand strategy
marketing strategies for tourism destinations and businesses
hotel industry talent training
international tourism management and hotel analysis
and tourism leadership

1. D Koutoulas, A Vagena,The present and future of hotel star ratings through the eyes of star rating operators, Journal of Tourism Futures, 2023
2. R Tzanelli, D Koutoulas, Zorba the Greek’s tourism worldmaking: gendering Cretan place identity and Greek memory through film, Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory, 2021
3. K Tsaousoglou, D Koutoulas, T Stavrinoudis, Personality and commitment as predictors of turnover intentions among Greek employees in the lodging industry, European Journal of Tourism Research, 2022
4. D Koutoulas, Selecting a partner chain by the hotel, The Routledge handbook of hotel chain management, 2016

Assistant Professor of Tourism Management at the University of Patras. -National NANO Technology Committee of Brunei.
Dr. Koutoulas has a long working experience as a business consultant, project manager and producer having implemented tourism- and culture-related projects and events in 35 countries.
Served as a visiting professor of tourism marketing at universities in Greece, Austria, Germany, Cyprus, and South Africa.
Participated in rating projects for hundreds of hotels in ten countries, as well as contributed to the design of star rating systems.