Dr Lucia Aquilino

• Small-scale wacky events and festivals
• Tourism and event management
• Research methods
• Tourism marketing
• Tourism destination competitiveness
• Community and place development

• PhD in Business Management (Event and Tourism)

• MSc in International Hospitality and Tourism Management

• PgC in Research Methods

• MA in Foreign Languages for Intercultural Communication

• BA in Languages and Cultures for Tourism

• BA (Hons) Event, Venue and Experience Management
• BSc Global Hospitality Management
• BA (Hons) Business Management
• BA (Hons) Marketing

Lucia is very interested in exploring and understanding motivations behind the engagement and participation of different stakeholders in tourism and event activities. She is looking at how tourism and event activities contribute to develop small communities and reshape the image of rural areas. Lucia is exploring how wacky activities (tourism and event) can revolutionise the standardised processes shaping the sanitised context within which tourism and event industries operate. 

Publications

• Aquilino L, Wise N. 2016. Evaluating the Competitiveness of the Northern and Southern Macro-Regions of Italy AlmaTourism: Journal of Tourism, Culture and Territorial Development, 7.
• Aquilino, L., Armenski, T., and Wise, N., 2018. Assessing the competitiveness of Matera and the Basilicata Region (Italy) ahead of the 2019 European Capital of Culture. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 0(0), 1-15.
• Aquilino, L., Harris, J. and Wise, N., 2018. Wackiness and Event Management: The case of the World Alternative Games. Event Management. In Press.

Book Chapters

• Aquilino L., Armenski T., Wise N., 2018. Preparing for Matera 2019: Local Resident Participation in Research, Perceptions of Destination Competitiveness. In: Clark J. and Wise N., ed. Urban Renewal, Community and Participation: Theory, Policy and Practice. Gewerbestrasse: Springer, pp.161-180.
• Aquilino, L. and Harris, J., 2018. Reinventing and reimagining rural Wales: The case of the World Alternative Games. In: Harris, J. and Wise, N., ed. Places, Events and Societies. Oxon: Routledge, pp. 170-182.

Lucia has mainly worked for HE institutions and secondary schools in different countries (Italy, France, Scotland) as a researcher, tutor and as a teacher. She has also worked as a researcher for the Moffat Centre (Scotland), as a translator for the E4E company (Glasgow). Lucia was involved in many activities (promotion, customer service, tutoring) in charities and tourism agencies in Italy.