Location: Bronte Hall Room 202, Headingley Campus, Leeds, LS6 3QW

Marianna Kornilaki is a Lecturer in Events Management. Originally from a tourism background, she is currently writing up her PhD thesis. Marianna’s current research interests are in the areas of sustainable management; evaluation of the impacts of events to the local environment and community; small and medium firms’ behaviour and business ethics. Before moving to education Marianna had a successful career in the hospitality and tourism industry working for national companies in Crete, Greece and in Leeds.

Publications

Font, X; Tapper, R; Schwartz, K. & Kornilaki, M. (2008) Sustainable supply chain management in tourism, Business Strategy and the Environment. 17, pp. 260-271.

Bell, S., Kornilaki, M. and Richardson A. (2008) Students tackle event sustainability. The Main Event Magazine. Issue 15, February, p.8.

Conference presentations

Kornilaki, M., Thomas, R., Font, X. (2006) “Factors that influence small family tourism firms in Crete”, International Conference of Trends, Impacts and Policies on Tourism Development, 15-18 June, Greek Open University, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

Kornilaki, M., Thomas, R., Font, X.(2006) “Understanding the behaviour of a small family tourism firm in Crete, a Grounded Theory approach”, Progressing Tourism Research, Postgraduate Research Conference, 30-31 March, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.

Kornilaki, M., Thomas, R., Font, X. (2004) “Understanding the behaviour of a small family tourism firm in Crete”, Cutting Edge Research in Tourism, 6-9 June 2004, Surrey University, Guildford, UK.

Font, X., Tapper, R., Kornilaki, M. (2004) “Green Purchasers: Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Tourism” Tourism State of the Art II, 27-30 June, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.