Sandra Loureiro belongs to the ranking of 2% of the best scientists in the world published by the Stanford University, together with the publishing house Elsevier and SciTech Strategies. Current research interests include relationships marketing and technologies related issues, such as VR, AR and AI. Her papers have been published in a variety of peer reviewed journals that include Journal of Marketing, Journal of Retailing, Tourism Management, Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Tourism Management Perspectives, International Journal of Tourism Research, EuroMed Journal of Business, or Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services. Her work has also been presented at respected international conferences such as EMAC, ANZMAC, and KAMS-GMC. She has more than 200 articles published in scientific journals and conference proceedings. Sandra serves as a reviewer for several international journals and conferences and has participated in several research projects funded by the EU and FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology). She recently won several awards, such as: the 2012 Best Paper Premier Award presented by the Global Marketing Conference (comprised of EMAC, ANZMAC, KSMS, and the Japanese Association of Marketing), Highly Commended paper Award 2014 – 7th EuroMed Conference and EuroMed Research Business Institute (EMRBI), Highly Commended paper Award 2016 – 9th EuroMed Conference and EuroMed Research Business Institute (EMRBI), Best Paper Award 2016- ICCMI 2016, Highly Commended paper in the 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence, Best Paper Award TomiWorld 2017 for Marketing, Promotion & Consumer Behaviour, Highly Commended paper in the 2017 and 2018 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence, Best paper award at 2019 Fashion Management Conference GAMMA. She also has several awards as outstanding reviewer, such as the best reviewer for psychology and marketing for 2021.

Savvas Perdios was born in 1981 in Nicosia. He is the Deputy Minister of Tourism of the Republic of Cyprus as of the 2 January 2019. He studied Accounting and Finance at Warwick University (2002-2004) and International Hospitality Management (BA, 2004-2008) at the École Hôteliere de Lausanne. Mr S. Perdios considers himself very lucky that he can practice his hobby for a living. His career in hospitality began at the very young age of 15, undertaking various summer jobs in hotel departments like kitchen, maintenance, service, banqueting, housekeeping and guest relations. Between 2008 and 2010 after completing his studies, Mr Perdios worked for internationally known companies like Design Hotels in Mykonos and Kempinski Hotels in Switzerland. From January 2010 until January 2018 he worked at Louis Hotels from the position of Quality and Brand Manager. This entailed being in charge of creating, implementing and maintaining operating standards across the whole portfolio (25 hotels and several restaurants), and also being in charge of branding and reputation management. After 8 years in this position. Mr Perdios was promoted to Chief Operating Officer, a position which he held until his appointment at the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Tourism. He is fluent in English, French and German.

Matthew Zorpas is a Cypriot London-based creative consultant and an entrepreneur. He graduated with a BA in Public Relations from London College of Communications and with a MSc in Global Media and Communication from London School of Economics. Matthew teach the subjects of luxury management and digital marketing at the international Instituto Marangoni, London College of Fashion, Regents College, Kings College, Winchester School of Arts, UCAEpsom and PUC-rio in Brazil.

In 2012 he founded TheGentlemanBlogger and has since collaborated with a vast selection of respected brands such as Bentley, Harrods, Tods, Johnnie Walker, Massimo Dutti and Fendi to name a few, developing audiovisual material for brands such as IWC Schaffhausen, Dsquared, and Mini Cooper. He has teamed up with Canary Islands Tourist Board, Geneva Tourist Board, Maldives Tourist Board, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Jumeirah Hotel & Resorts as part of travel partnerships exploring destinations and earthly paradises. 2017 was a seminal year with expanding his scope by becoming Nespresso Global Ambassador for 2018, a Breitling Global Ambassador, whilst also collaborating with furniture brand none other than Kartell as well as consulting the refurbishment of The Trafalgar St. James Hotel, whilst also promoting the expansion of Heathrow Duty-Free shopping in Terminal 5 with the introduction of Personal Shopping.

In 2019 he released his first documentary Make/ Believe, a nuanced personal portrait of Matthew Zorpas, a devoted influencer and one of the world’s most fashionable gentlemen. The film has been showcased in London, Paris and ASVFF Film Festival, Milan, Rome, Thessaloniki’s Film Festival, Istanbul’s Film Festival and Cyprus. In 2020 he launched #CouchSessions, a series of online discussions taking place through Instagram Live while we #StayHome.  He also presented RoundTable at Kourion Ancient Theater in Cyprus a project in collaboration with Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Tourism introducing Digital Marketing Strategies to the hospitality industry. In 2021, Matthew released his second project with Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Tourism, 7AM campaign showcasing 39 innovators and artisans from Cyprus.