Maya Ivanova is an Assistant Professor in Tourism at Varna University of Management, Bulgaria, and a certified IATA instructor. Her publications have appeared in journals like Tourism Management Perspectives, Anatolia, International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management, and Tourismos. She serves as Editorial Assistant for the European Journal of Tourism Research. Dr. Ivanova's research interests include tour operators, airlines and hotel chains.

Stanislav Ivanov is a Professor in Tourism Economics and Vice Rector for Academic Affairs and Research at Varna University of Management, Bulgaria. He is the Editor-in-chief of the European Journal of Tourism Research and serves on the editorial boards of 25 other journals. His research interests include hotel chains, destination marketing, tourism and economic growth, political issues in tourism, special interest tourism. His publications have appeared in different academic journals - Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Tourism Management Perspectives, Tourism Economics, Journal of Heritage Tourism, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Tourism Today, Tourism, Tourism Planning and Development, Anatolia, International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management, Tourismos, Journal of Economic Studies, Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans and South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics.

Vincent P. Magnini is a tenured faculty member at Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business and he is currently ranked as one of the top 12 most prolific hospitality researchers worldwide. Vince holds Editorial Board appointments on ten of the leading research journals in his field and is a US Fulbright Scholar. Vince's most recent book titled Performance Enhancers: Twenty Essential Habits for Service Businesses appeared on the top 1% of [...]'s Best Seller Ranking throughout 2014. He has been featured three times on National Public Radio's (NPR's) With Good Reason, once on NPR's All Things Considered and cited in The New York Times.

Introduction to the Handbook of Hotel Chain Management Section I: Theoretical issues of hotel chains Section II: Expansion of hotel chains Section III: Strategic and operational management of hotel chains Section IV: Individual hotel's perspective 3Section V: Contemporary and Future Issues in Hotel Chain Management