• Tourism Management, mobility research, business models and Regional economics
• Marketing Management and Management of Personal Services
• Practical Activity and publications in University Management and Board Management

• Management of Personal Services
• Tourism and mobility Management with focus on marketing and destination management
• Business Models and Network Management
• General Management, Management Models
• Learning Analystics

• Regional Economics and Location Management
• Management of Higher Education Institutions, Board Managementanagement
• Aviation Management

President of the university of St. Gallen 2011 - 2020

Various board memberships in tourism, transport and services companies including chairman positions

Integration Project, Assessment level

Chairman of CEMS (Global Alliance in Management Education) 2010 - 2014
Secretary General of AIEST (Association d' experts scientifiques du tourisme), 1998 - 2010
Honorary Member AIEST, TTRA (Travel and Tourism Research Association)and CEMS
President (from 20.06.13) of the Swiss Society for Hotel Credit (SGH)
Former Member of the Board of Trustees of the Swiss Air Transport Foundation
Chairman Jungfraubahnen Holding (listed comany, 2006 - 2022)
Member EQUIS Accreditation Board (2013 - 2019)
Member Board EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development) since 2017
President of the Chamber of University Presidents in Swissuniversities (from 2016 - 2020)

Former member of various boards of private companies (Roland Berger Switzerland, Migros Ostschweiz etc.) as well as governmental committees (f.e. Rat für Raumordnung).

Co-editor Thexis
former Co-editor Tourism Journal
Co-editor Schweizer Jahrbuch der Tourismuswirtschaft
and Schweizer Jahrbuch für Verkehrswirtschaft 

President of Tourism council of canton of Grisons

President of SBB research funds

Member advisory group tourism politics of the federal government