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Background

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Dr. Firas Halawani is a Senior Visiting Lecturer at the Management Development Institute of Singapore in Tashkent. He teaches various tourism and hospitality modules to undergraduate programs in partnership with Bangor University, UK. Before joining ��«ӰҵT, Dr Firas served as a head of department and academic manager at the International Tourism and Hospitality College in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Since 2017. Besides, he has 13 years of professional work experience including lecturing, vocational training, and curriculum development with international colleges/universities such as Laureate International Universities, USA, and Lincoln College Group, UK. Before becoming an educator, he was a tourism and hospitality practitioner with 10 years of work experience in the hospitality and events industries (based in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia).

Dr Firas is a certified hospitality department Trainer (CHDT) from the American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute (USA); a Certified assessor- Level 3 Award in understanding the principles and practices of assessment, City & guilds group (UK); a certified specialist in working adult students from Laureate faculty of development – USA; Certified Internal verifier (IV) from Laureate Vocational Saudi Arabia.��

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Education

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PhD in Management (2019)

Research area: Tourism & Hospitality Management

Multimedia University, Malaysia

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Master of Business Administration (2011)

Arts, Sciences and Technology University in Lebanon

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Bachelor of Hotel and Hospitality Management (2008)

Arts, Sciences and Technology University in Lebanon

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Diploma in Culinary Arts & Foodservice Management (2005)

Tourism and Hospitality School, Batroun, Lebanon

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Areas of Teaching

Food and Beverage Operations, Events Management, Hotel management, Tourism Destination Management, Tourism and Hospitality Marketing, Sustainable Tourism and Eco-Tourism, Entrepreneurship in Tourism and Hospitality, Principles of Business Management, e-Business.

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Areas of Research

Research interests cover food and beverage operations, Hospitality Management and business performance for hotels, technology adoption in hospitality, E-commerce/ Social media Utilization/ Social Commerce/ E- tourism, Social Media Marketing.

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Publications

Journal Papers:

Halawani, Y., P CH. Soh, Halawani, F (2022). Use and Impact of Online Travel Reviews for Planning Free and Easy Holidays. International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector (IJISSS), Volume 14 (3), 1-16.

Halawani, F., P CH. Soh, Halawani, Y (2020). The Effects of Social Commerce Utilization on Business Performance: A Study of Hotels in Lebanon. Information Resources Management Journal, Volume 33 (3), 1-23.

Halawani, F., P CH. Soh, Halawani, Y (2020). Social Media utilisation and Business Performance of hotels in Lebanon: Exploring the moderating effects of hotel classification. Journal of Global Information Management, 28 (3), 58-76.

Halawani, F., P CH. Soh, Muthaiyah, S. (2019). The Effect of Social Media on Hotels’ Business Performance in the Lebanese Hotel Sector. Journal of electronic commerce in organizations, 17(3), 54 -70.

Halawani, Y.; Chin-Hooi Soh, P; Chew, Kok-Wai; Halawani, F, (2015). A Proposed Research Framework for Online Consumer Reviews and Hotel Selection Decision. Advanced Science Letters, Volume 21, Number 6, 1717-1720(4).

Halawani, F.; Abdullah, M.; Rahman, M. & Halawani, Y. (2013). A Proposed Framework for E- Commerce Usage and Competitive Advantage for Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs) in Lebanon. Journal of Social and Development Sciences, 4(6), 258-267. (ISSN 2221 1152).

Conference Papers:

��Halawani, F.; Abdullah, M.; Rahman, M. & Halawani, Y. (2013). A Proposed Framework for E- Commerce Usage and Competitive Advantage for Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs) in Lebanon. Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Education and Information Management. (pp.151-160). Langkawi, Malaysia: International Foundation for Research and Development.

Halawani, F. and Halawani. Y. (2013). A review paper: E-commerce usage and competitive advantage in small and medium tourism enterprises (SMEs). Proceedings of ASCENT International Conference - Accounting and Business Management (pp.234 - 252), ISBN: 978-967-11851-1-7. Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

��Halawani, F.; Mazumder, M. & Rahman, M. (2012). Review of the factors affecting the adoption of e commerce in small and medium-sized tourism enterprises “SMTEs”. Presented at doctoral research colloquium, Putrajaya, Malaysia, July. ISBN 978-983-43160.

Book Chapters:

��Halawani, F. M., Soh, P. C., & Halawani, Y. M. (2021). The Effects of Social Commerce Utilization on Business Performance: A Study of Hotels in Lebanon. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on E-Commerce Adoption, Models, and Applications for Modern Business (pp. 1073-1099). IGI Global.

Halawani, F. M., Soh, P. C., & Halawani, Y. M. (2022). Social Media Utilisation and Business Performance of Hotels in Lebanon: Exploring the Moderating Effects of Hotel Classification. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Social Media Advertising and Building Consumer Relationships (pp. 1265-1284). IGI Global.

��Halawani, F. M., Soh, P. C., & Muthaiyah, S. (2022). The Effect of Social Media on Hotels' Business Performance in the Lebanese Hotel Sector: Effect of Social Media on Hotels' Business Performance. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Social Media Advertising and Building Consumer Relationships (pp. 1482-1500). IGI Global.