Prof. John Bowen
Professor
Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management,
University of Housto

Prof. John Bowen is a co-author of Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism, the leading hospitality-marketing textbook in the world currently published in nine languages; three-time recipient of CHRIE's (Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education) W. Bradford Wiley Memorial Research Award in recognition of a superior research publication. He also received CHRIE’s John Wiley & Sons Lifetime Research Achievement Award. His industry experience was in the food & beverage sector, including owner/operator for 15 years of Theodore Zinck's in downtown Dallas. He has served as a member of the faculty at Bond University in Australia, University of Nevada, Las Vegas as well as Hilton College where he served as an assistant professor from 1980 to 1990 before becoming dean in 2003. He has presented marketing courses and seminars around the world and published more than 100 articles on marketing.