The professors of the University of La Laguna Carlos Fernández Hernández y Moses Simancas Cruz They have once again been included in the selection of the 150 most influential people in tourism in Spain, according to the consultancy firm. Sergestur. This sixth edition, which has just been announced and will be presented next week in Fitur, It incorporates new profiles, while increasing the percentage of women in positions of responsibility, which points to a greater gender balance in this sector.
The list includes 34 hotel professionals, 25 linked to associations, 10 to universities, 12 from travel agencies, 14 consultants, 9 people from destinations, 6 in the non-hotel offer category, 9 in communication and media, 15 in technology, 5 in training, 4 in hospitality, 3 in business tourism and 4 in the other subcategory.
This classification highlights that Carlos Fernández is a specialist in innovation and development of tourism products and public tourism management. A PhD in Economics and a tenured lecturer, he is co-director of the Canary Islands Chair of Tourism Sustainability and Data Intelligence.
Fernández was a pioneer in rural tourism, founder and honorary member of the Spanish Association of Rural Tourism (ASETUR), and has presided over the Isla Bonita Rural Tourism Association since its founding on the island of La Palma in 1992. A forerunner of astrotourism, the astrotourism entrepreneurs group, and the inter-institutional working group, he is a member of the Tourism Sector Council in La Palma. Former director of the Canary Islands Chair of Agritourism and Wine Tourism at the academic center, he is a promoter and member of the research group "Tourism, Competitiveness, and Sustainability." Carlos Fernández received the Canary Islands Tourism Excellence Award in 2017.
Moisés Simancas, Professor of Human Geography, coordinates the ReinvenTUR research group: Observatory of Tourism Renewal at the University of La Laguna (ULL). He is also the Deputy Director of the CajaCanarias-Ashotel Chair of Tourism at the University of La Laguna and a recipient of the Viera y Clavijo Research Prize from the Island Council of Gran Canaria.
Simancas has been the academic director of the Master's Degree in Tourism Management and Planning at this academic center and has written more than 200 articles on tourism planning and territorial management. Author of the book 'The Tourism Moratorium in the Canary Islands', he is the coordinator of the Canary Islands Strategy for Island Tourism Infrastructure.
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