Elinor Garely

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ABOUT ELINOR GARELY

Dr. Elinor Garely is a distinguished international journalist and seasoned marketing/business consultant with a specialization in the hospitality/travel/tourism/ wine sectors. She has been an Editor in Chief for wines.travel, a Reporter at eturbonews.com, and the WorldTourismNetwork.travel.Dr. Garely has been an expert witness for TASA Technical Advisory Services for Attorneys, and wine ambassador for House of Barton & Guestier and Chateau Magnol in 2018 and a marketing consultant for GlobalGlam (Sample Sales)In academia, Dr. Garely was a Marketing/ Management Professor and Coordinator of the Hotel, Travel, and Tourism program at the City University of New York (BMCC). She has been a faculty member at Long Island University, NYU Stern School of Business, and the University of Shanghai, PRC.Her professional background encompasses significant roles as: international marketing/management executive for Playboy Clubs/Hotels, the Copacabana and affiliated restaurants/clubs, Helmsley Spear (Hospitality Consultant Division), and Babcock and Wilcox in public relations/ speech writing on atomic energy.Dr. Garely has a proven track record in developing and implementing hotel management training programs across the USA, China (PRC), Malaysia, and the Caribbean. She was instrumental in designing/ implementing the first hotel joint venture in Russia and the inaugural hotel/restaurant management program at the University of Shanghai, PRC. Additionally, she received a Ford Foundation grant to investigate the role of community colleges in the PRC and served as a consultant to the Kenyan government on exploring economic development opportunities.Her research interests include guest safety and security at luxury hotels in Bangkok, Cape Town, and Miami, child trafficking, handicap accessibility, senior travel, eMarketing, and the preferences of female hotel guests. Dr. Garely has worked in real estate sales and brokerage for the hotel industry with Helmsley-Spear, Inc. and Wilder Group.Dr. Garely earned her Doctorate in International Business/Marketing from the University of Sarasota, Florida, with a focus on hotel, travel, and tourism marketing, as well as guest safety and security. She holds an MBA in International Marketing/Business Management from NYU Stern School of Business, where she was honored by the American Marketing Association and was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society. She also holds a BS in Art and Education from Lesley College, directing the art education programs in Bayonne, New Jersey.