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On January 2010, Manolis became an associate of TEAM Tourism Consulting, a specialist international tourism consultancy which focuses exclusively on working for tourism destinations. On September 2010, Manolis founded abouTourism International Destination Consultancy (www.aboutourism.com).

Manolis has a BA (Hons) in Hospitality Management with Tourism &amp;amp; Leisure from the University of Huddersfield and a MSc in Tourism Planning &amp;amp; Development from the Oxford Brookes University.</aboutMe>
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