Meet Our Guest Lecturer:
Prof. Urs Wagenseil from Switzerland, an esteemed expert in destination management, sustainable tourism, and entrepreneurship.
As the Head of the Competence Centre Tourism at Lucerne School of Business, he brings decades of experience in global tourism education, sustainability, and research.
Key Credentials & Expertise:
Destination Assessor – Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC)
Chair of Education & Training Work – GSTC
Sustainability Trainer – GSTC
Guest Lecturer – Deggendorf Institute of Technology (Germany), Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (Germany), North Caucasus Federal University (Russia)
Advisory Board Member – Swiss School of Tourism & Hospitality
A Member of
-Destination Assessor GSTC Group Global Sustainable Tourism Council GSTC
-Chair of the Education & Training Work GSTC
-Sustainability Trainer GSTC
-Deggendorf Institute of Technology DIT, Germany, Guest Lecturer Destination Management Simulation
-Member Advisory Board Swiss School of Tourism & Hospitality SSTH, Passugg, Switzerland
-North Caucasus Federal University Stavropol, Russia, Guest-Lecturer Destination Management & Research Coach
-Member Destination Work Group, Global Sustainable Tourism Council GSTC
-Member of the Board, TourCert (CRS/Sustainability in Tourism), Germany
-Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Germany, Guest Lecturer Destination Management Simulation
Professional life
-Consulting, Coaching, Moderations, Trainings, Audits in more than 20 countries with Universities, Developing Agencies, NGOs, Ministries, UN Organisations
-2005 - today: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences & Arts - School of Business, Professor, Lecturer, Head study-program Bachelor of Science in "International Sustainable Tourism"
-1999-2005: Lenzerheide Tourismus, Switzerland, CEO Destination Management Organisation
-1997-1999: Diners Club Switzerland, Sales Manager International Corporate Accounts
-1995-1997: Wettstein Travel, CEO; Switzerland
-1990-1995: Kuoni Head Office Zurich, Switzerland, Outgoing & Incoming Departments, several roles