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Peter Varga

Assistant Professor at Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL)

Peter Varga, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, University of Applied Sciences, in Switzerland.

His research interests lay on: sustainable sociocultural dynamics of current tourism practices in host societies; cultural intelligence in intercultural service encounters, and symbolism in food and eating habits from a cultural perspective. He lives in the Geneva area with his wife and his two children.

More about Peter Varga

Sustainability: Responding To Adversity Through Cultural Intelligence And Sustainable Marketing (Peter Varga)

While there have been growing numbers of sustainable initiatives in the tourism industry, economic interests and environmental initiatives have prevailed over social and cultural perspectives. The post-pandemic period offers an opportunity to correct this discrepancy, so both hosts and guests will feel comfortable with and also responsible for future tourism dynamics.

The solutions nature provides: how can hotels contribute and benefit?

1. Hotels located in natural settings (e.g. forest, coastline): what actions can be undertaken to maintain or restore the ecosystems?Hotels located in remote and natural settings often disremember the previously prevailing coexistence between native communities and their surrounding natural environment.

Sustainability In Tourism: The Socio-Cultural Lens

In October 2020, EHL hosted its annual Sustainability Week with a vast array of online seminars, activities and discussion panels. Considering the current impact on the hospitality industry of ongoing COVID-19, the theme of sustainable tourism is more than ever a relevant and urgent topic.

Opinion27 Nov 2020

Running out of energy: An underestimated threat to a "people's business"?

Among others, the pandemic generated restrictions not only have increased the 'official' time we spend online, alongside with an increased administrative charge, but also intruded our private life, particularly when we consider the increasing emails and tasks received during the weekends.