Dr. Christos Kakarougkas holds a PhD from the School of Business Administration of the University of the Aegean under the title: The effect of remuneration systems on the stages and processes of organizational culture change in Greek five-star hotels. His career in the tourism industry began in 1999 in London where he worked in central hotels in various positions and departments. At the same time, he completed his postgraduate studies at Thames Valley University (now University of West London) specializing in Hospitality Management. In Greece he has worked in luxury hotels such as Grande Bretagne and King George Palace in positions of responsibility and management positions in various departments.
From 2006 and for a number of years without interrupting his professional career in the tourism sector, he turned to tourism education where he worked as a deputy and hourly teacher of Tourism Business Management in a number of private and public tourism schools such as the Anavyssos School of Tourism Professions of the Ministry of Tourism. In recent years, he has been teaching in the postgraduate program "Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Tourism" of the University of Western Attica and has conducted a significant number of lectures via teleconference in the postgraduate program "Strategic Management of Tourist Destinations and Hospitality Enterprises" of the University of the Aegean. In addition, he teaches the courses: International Reservation Systems, Entrepreneurship and Administration and Management of Hospitality Enterprises at the undergraduate level at the Department of Tourism Economics and Management of the University of the Aegean. At the same time, he makes presentations in a multitude of professional tourism seminars and participates as a speaker in professional tourism exhibitions.
His research interests are in the areas of Human Resource Management and Tourism and Hotel Management. He has published articles in international peer-reviewed scientific journals and has made numerous presentations at international and national post-crisis conferences. In addition, he has developed professional manuals and guides for the Labor Institute of the General Confederation of Greek Workers and the Institute of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises. In 2008, he successfully completed the annual pedagogical training program (EPPAIK) of ASPAITE, while he is certified "Adult Trainer of Non-Formal Education" by EOPPEP. In addition, from 2008 until 2022, TouristikiEkpaideysi.gr maintained the unique Greek web portal with rich free educational tourist content. He is married and has two children.