The document describes the Tourism and Entrepreneurship Laboratory (TenLab) at the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Crete. It provides information about TenLab's website and social media pages. It then lists the members of TenLab's staff and external associates. The document outlines TenLab's areas of expertise in tourism and entrepreneurship. It also describes some of TenLab's international research projects and internally funded research. Finally, it provides details on TenLab's academic and research output.

1. Tourism and Entrepreneurship
Laboratory (TenLab) – TEI
Crete
Εργαστήριο Τουρισμού και Επιχειρηματικότητας
Τμήμα Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων
Σχολή Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων (ΣΔΟ)
ΤΕΙ Κρήτης

2. Information about TenLab
TenLab’s facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/tenLaboratory
TenLab’s web site
http://tenlab.gr/index.php
TenLab at TEI Crete’s web – site
https://www.teicrete.gr/el/tei/14464

3. Team Members
Members of Staff
 Alexandros Apostolakis (Lab Co-ordinator) - (aapostolakis.alexandros@staff.teicrete.gr)
 Mihalilidis Dimitrios, (dmcrete@staff.teicrete.gr)
 Xanthos Georgios, (xanthosg@staff.teicrete.gr)
 Dimou Irini, (irdimou@staff.teicrete.gr)
 Apladas Georgios, (apladas@staff.teicrete.gr)
 Owens Gareth, (ogareth@staff.teicrete.gr)
 Moudatsou Argiri, (moudatsou@staff.teicrete.gr)
External Associate Members
 Kourgiantakis Markos, (mkourg@staff.teicrete.gr)
 Papastefanaki Sofia, (spapastefanaki@staff.teicrete.gr)
 Koudoumas Manolis (koudoumas@staff.teicrete.gr)

4. Areas of Expertise
Tourism Related
 Destination Branding (Creation
and Management)
 Tourism Management
 Hospitality Marketing
 Evaluation of individual
preferences for tourists resources
 Tourism Market Research
 Destination Management
Entrepreneurship Related
 Logistics
 Marketing for Small and Medium
Enterprises (SMEs)
 Designing Marketing Plans for
SMES
 Application of practical tools for
business decision – making
 Business Consultancy

5. International Research Projects:
VIREG
 http://vireg.webs.ull.es/
 European Islands Continue Education on Resources Efficiency Virtual
Gateway – VIREG, Coordinated by Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), Spain,
Funded by Life Long Learning Programme - Erasmus Multilateral Projects.
Reference number: 539230-LLP-1-2013-1-ES-ERASMUS-EQR
 The project aims to promote and support at European level a virtual
gateway/platform for skills and knowledge in green technology in partner countries
by implementing a strategic approach through a one stop offer that support training
courses for postgraduate students at the regional and global level that supply
valuable skills to the postgraduate market and enables industry to have access to
research based solutions. To jointly develop and deliver training programme
technology enhanced in Green Technology in non-hazard settings.

6. International Research Projects:
Holy Grail
 Holy Grail: Mystic Routes and Activities to Improve Local Tourism – Holy
Grail, Coordinated by the University of Zaragoza, Spain.
 The objective of the project is to analyse, diagnose, identify and propose
alternative cultural heritage tourism products. The project aims to offer a strategic
vision for local places, describing in depth, cases of good practices that can serve
as a model to develop a manual of good practices in sustainable tourism. The
project envisages that the proposed Holy Grail route will strengthen local
economies and provide added value to the local tourism product. Reference
Number: SI2.682292

8. Internally Funded Research
 Tourists’ Preferences for “Smart Hotels” in Crete
 The proposal’s research objectives are set twofold. On the one hand, the objective is to
evaluate consumers’/tourists’ preferences for innovative actions and products in
the hospitality sector (focusing on “smart hotels).On the other hand, the research
proposal aims to make a valid contribution to the research field through the
development of a holistic framework to evaluate individual consumer
preferences in the hospitality sector.
 The proposed research programme intends to utilise the discrete choice
methodology to examine individual preferences. This is because a) the
methodology can identify possible sources of heterogeneity among the population (and
thus, depict in a more realistic way their preferences) and b) translate
consumers’/tourists’ preferences into monetary equivalent (measured in Euros).

9. Academic/Research Output
 About 120 publications on international peer reviewed academic journals
 15 publications on national journal and professional publications
 More than 100 paper presentations at international conferences
 More than 30 paper presentations at national conferences
 6 monographs – books
 More than 450 citations

10. Lab Activities