Roy C. Wood is a Visiting Professor in the Hertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire, and in the Academy of Hotel and Facility Management at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. He previously held professorships at Strathclyde University, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences and the University of Macau. In the private sector he was Principal and Managing Director of IMI University Centre (Switzerland), Dean of the Oberoi Hotel Group Centre for Learning and Development (India), and Chief Operating Officer of the Gulf Hospitality and Tourism Education Company (Bahrain). Wood is the author, co-author and editor/co-editor of some 15 books and more than 50 refereed research papers.