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Konstantina Svinou

District of Dodecanese, Greece

Konstantina Svynou was born and raised in Kos. She studied Computer Engineering and Informatics at the engineering school of Patras’ University. She then specialized with postgraduate studies in the following:

MSc in "E-Commerce Technologies and Applications", university of PatrasMaster's Degree (MPh) in "Computer Science and Technology", university of PatrasMaster's Degree (MBA) in "Tourism Business Management", open university of Athens

 

She speaks fluently English, German and adequate FrenchShe has been a scientific associate in the High Performance Information Systems laboratory of the Computer Engineering and Informatics department of the University of Patras, while at the same time she was responsible for teaching courses in computer science in secondary education. On 2001, she turned to the tourism industry, taking over the management of her family business, which consists of 3 hotels.

 

On 2003 she was first elected at the board of the Hotel Association of Kos. Today she is: ·      Prefect of Kos and Nisyros islands (as elected regional councilor of South Aegean)·      President of the Institute of Tourism Research (ITEP) (2018-today)·      Vice-President of the Hotelier Association of Kos ·      Member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels (2006-today)·      Member of the board of Panhellenic Federation of Hoteliers ·      Member of the Board of Directors of Kos Marina ·      Vice President of Kos’ cycling club (2022-today)

 

She has also been:

·      President of the Hotelier Association of Kos (2014-2023)·      Vice-president of the Panhellenic Federation of Hoteliers (2017-2023)