Farhad Tabatabaei
Assistant Professor
Biography
Farhad Tabatabaei holds a Ph.D. in Hospitality Business Analytics from the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics. His research focuses on applying big data and statistical methods to analyze tourism and hospitality development initiatives. He has received several academic honors, including the Case Study Competition Award from ICHRIE, the Best Poster Presentation Award at NETTRA, and the HSBM Graduate Student Academic Award. He has research published in journals such as Tourism Management, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Journal of Service Management, and Tourism Planning and Development.
Farhad has nearly four years of teaching experience as a lecturer and teaching assistant at the University of Delaware. In addition, he brings over four years of industry experience in SEO optimization, marketing analytics, and hospitality operations. He is passionate about collaboration with students and colleagues who share similar enthusiasm for the tourism and hospitality industry.
Awards & Accomplishments
- HSBM Graduate Student Academic Award, May 2025
- Case Study Competition Award, Jul 2023
- Best Poster Presentation Award, Apr 2023
Publications
- Tabatabaei, F., Yoo, J. J. E., Kim, H. S., & Webb, T. (2025). Objective data and geospatial analysis of event impact on community wellbeing: The Masters Golf Tournament. Tourism Management, 110, 105200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105200
- Tabatabaei, F., & Beldona, S. (2024). Are eco-friendly hotels inconvenient? An implicit association test. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 58, 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2024.01.001
- Tabatabaei, F., Oshriyeh, O., & Beldona, S. (2024). Towards Sustainability: Exploring Community Involvement in Tourism Development. Tourism Planning & Development, 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/21568316.2024.2392788
- Van Riel, A. C., Tabatabaei, F., Yang, X., Maslowska, E., Palanichamy, V., Clark, D., & Luongo, M. (2024). A new competitive edge: crafting a service climate that facilitates optimal human–AI collaboration. Journal of Service Management,1757-5818
- Shahabi, R., Ghaderi, Z., Soltaninasab, M., Khoshkam, M., Patterson, I., & Tabatabaei, F. (2022). Creative destination, creative cultural experience, and destination brand self-congruence (DBSC). Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events
- Ghaderi, Z., Tabatabaei, F., Khoshkam, M., & Shahabi Sorman Abadi, R. (2021). Exploring the role of perceived organizational justice and organizational commitment as predictors of job satisfaction among employees in the hospitality industry.
- Kheiri, J., Zeinabad, R. S., & Tabatabaei, F. (2016). Evaluation of tourism investment priorities in Zoroastrian Villages of Yazd Province, Iran. American Journal of Rural Development, 4(1), 1-9.