Staff profiles
Dr Alisha Ali, BSc, MSc, PhD
Phone 0114 225 4593
Email alisha.ali@shu.ac.uk
Main subject area
Hospitality management
Profile
Alisha is part of the hospitality team at where she teaches in the areas of innovation, technology, service excellence, leadership and hospitality operations. She is also the academic support placement officer for the undergraduate students in hospitality. She has been actively involved in the hospitality and tourism industry for over 15 years.
Alisha holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Tourism Management and a Masters Degree in Management and her PhD focused on investigating the applications of ICT for the sustainable tourism development of destinations. She also has international teaching experience having taught in the Caribbean, Switzerland and Dubai. In addition to academic activities, Alisha has worked both locally, regionally and internationally in the hospitality field.
Some of her career highlights includes conducting market research and analysis of world-wide trends in the hospitality industry, developing feasibility studies for industry stakeholders and working on 'live' tourism plans and projects and participating in their implementation. Alisha is an External Examiner at Colchester Institute, past Board Member of the International Federation of IT and Travel and Tourism (IFITT) and member of the Hospitality Information Technology Association (HITA) and The Tourism Society.
Research interests
Computer-mediated sustainability, ICT and its applications and implications for hospitality, innovative strategies for the hospitality industry.
Research outputs and projects (since 2001)
Ali, A. and Frew, J.A. (2010). ICT- An Innovative Approach to Sustainable Tourism Development. Journal of Hospitality Application and Research, 5(2), pp. 28-58.
Ali, A. and Frew, J.A. (2010). ICT and its Role in Sustainable Tourism Development. In: Gretzel, U., Law, R. and Fuchs, M. (Eds.) Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2010. Lugano, February 10-12 2010, New York: Springer, pp. 479-491.
Ali, A. and Carson, D. 2010. Technolgies for Self Drive Tourism. In: B. Prideaux and D. Cardon (Eds.) Drive Tourism: Trends and Emerging Markets. London: Routledge.
Ali, A. and Frew, A. J. (Under Review). Innovation, ICT and Sustainable Tourism Development. Paper submitted to Journal of Hospitality Application and Research.
Ali, A. and Frew, A. J. 2009. ICT and Sustainable Tourism Development: A Literature Review. Paper presented at Hospitality Information Technology Association Conference, June 21-22 2009, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim CA, USA.
Ali, A. and Frew, A. J. 2008. Innovation, ICT and Sustainable Tourism Development. Paper presented at the 2008 International Society for Travel and Tourism Educators Conference (ISTTE), September 30-October 2 2008, Dublin, Ireland.
Ali, A. and Frew, A. J. 2008. ICT for Sustainable Tourism Development - An Emergent Framework. In M. Sigala (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Scientific Conference of the e-Business Forum: E-Business in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality 2008. Athens: University of Aegean.
