Seyhmus Baloglu

Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Marketing
Associate Dean of Research, International Programs and Graduate Affairs
Expertise: Hospitality and tourism marketing, Consumer behavior, Branding, Consumer loyalty, Customer experience, Sustainability, Automation

Biography

Seyhmus Baloglu is an expert on hospitality and tourism marketing and consumer behavior. He has diverse experience in the industry, including restaurants, hotels, resorts, and travel agencies. His published research and scholarly activities revolve around branding, customer loyalty, customer sentiment and behavior analysis via data mining and text mining, automation and service robots, and green and sustainable practices in the lodging and restaurant industries and tourist destinations.

Baloglu, a professor with UNLV's world-renowned William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, has presented marketing courses and seminars in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Caribbean. He is the co-author of the best-selling Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism textbook. Other books he has co-authored are Managing and Marketing Tourist Destinations: Strategies to Gain a Competitive Edge and Handbook of Scales in Tourism and Hospitality Research.

His research has been published extensively in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Business Research, Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management, Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, and Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research.

An internationally recognized scholar, Baloglu has consistently been named one of the significant contributors to hospitality and tourism and he is the recipient of numerous prestigious research and teaching awards. Notably, he was honored with the John Wiley & Sons Lifetime Research Achievement Award from the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (ICHRIE) in 2014. He also received UNLV's Barrick Distinguished Scholar Award (2017) and the UNLV Alumni's Distinguished Faculty Award (2014). His most recent accolade is the 2022 Harry Reid Silver State Research Award, UNLV's most prestigious research award.

Education

  • Ph.D., Hospitality Marketing, Virginia Tech
  • MBA, Travel Industry Management, Hawaii Pacific University
  • B.S., Tourism and Hotel Management, Mersin University

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Seyhmus Baloglu In The News

Yogonet
The rebranding of Stratosphere comes as Golden seeks to create buzz around the resort’s new amenities and drive more traffic.
Northern Nevada Business Weekly
Can Reno hotels hold onto last year’s gains in room rates? In 2013, the average daily room rate rose 9.6 percent to $83.66, the largest jump since 2007, according to the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority. Occupancy jumped, too, from 63.7 percent in 2012 to 66.6 percent last year.
Vegas Inc
Las Vegas has more hotel rooms than any other U.S. city, but unlike many other tourist destinations, it generally isn’t known for trendy boutique hotels.
Las Vegas Sun
Downtown Las Vegas is trying to shake the city's reputation as a place that likes to blow up old buildings.

Articles Featuring Seyhmus Baloglu

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Research | June 7, 2011

UNLV study shows Las Vegas needs to promote different aspects of its personality instead of just gaming and nightlife.