Mehdi Afrash
CURRICULUM VITAE
Mehdi Afrash M.A.
Research Interests
Internet Marketing (Tourism) Models, Public Policies in Marketing and Tourism Management, Services Marketing,Quality Models of Services, Markets Research and Analysis, E-Marketing, Pricing, Market Entrance for SBEs, Cultural (Heritage) Marketing, and Internal Marketing
Education
• Master of Tourism Marketing Management from AllamehTabatabae`i University (ATU.ac.ir), Graduated at 2013
• Bachelor of English Language Translation from Qazvin University, 2010
Experience
• (Oral) translator& Guide of US Animation band in 30th. Int`l Fajr Music Festival, Tehran, Iran
• Marketing Expert at ISTO tour operator co. on China, Egypt and Italy markets
• Marketing expert and foreign orders officer in different Iranian companies for almost 3 years
• Freelance bilingual incoming tour guide of Iran for 10 years
• (Oral) translator and communicator of some Iranian companies
• English-Farsi translation of books “Goalkeeping” and “Nano-Technology Handbook”
• French-Farsi translation of some chapters of the book “Iran Wind Catchers = Badgirs”
•C.O.P of Ghana group in 16th NAM summit, Teheran
Teaching Experience
• Tourism Marketing Lecturer to Associate Degree Students at Faculty No.3 of Iran Science and Applied University
• Teaching English and French languages in conversation courses of Teheran Language Institutes
Research Experience (Publications-Journal Papers)
• International of Tourism Research, John Wiley, Manuscript ID: JTR-14-0355.
Title: Factors affecting incoming tourist absorption from tour and travel agencies
Managers´ view: An empirical investigation on Iranian practitioners in outgoing and
domestic tours. Authors: Afrash, Mehdi; Mansourimoayyed, Fereshteh. DateSubmitted: 09-Oct-2014
• International Journal of Research in Marketing, Elsevier, Manuscript Ref. No.: IJRM-D-14-00617. Title: Factors affecting E-marketing adoption and implementation in tourism firms:An empirical investigation of Iran small tourism companies; Authors: Afrash, Mehdi;Mansourimoayyed, Fereshteh.
• Title: Designing competitive pricing model for tender a bid; Authors: Mansourimoayyed, Fereshteh; Afrash, Mehdi. Under Translation
• Title:Iran Incoming tour guides` communication competence self-awarness againstNon-Iranian tourists’ perceptions;Authors: Afrash, Mehdi; JaliliMarand, Nahid; Mansourimoayyed, Fereshteh, Under Review
• Title:Developing an integrated model of marketing mix strategies: using grounded theory;Authors: Mansourimoayyed, Fereshteh; Afrash, Mehdi. Under Translation
• Title:A short-form measure for assessment of emotional intelligence for Iranian incoming tour guides: Development and evaluation; Authors: Afrash, Mehdi, and an interested co-author.
Conference Paper
• Accepted paper for oral presentation on International Conference on “Trends in Multidisciplinary Business and Economic Research” (TMBER- March 25-26, 2015)Bangkok Thailand. ISBN: 978-969-9347-19-22. Title:Attitudinal brand loyalty and the role of hedonic value of cosmeceutical products in Iran. Mansourimoayyed, Fereshteh; Nasiri, Rasoul; Afrash, Mehdi.
Honors and Awards
• Top Graduate Student, University of Qazvin, English translation B.A. (2006-2010)
• Ranked 13th among the graduates of Tourism Marketing Management, AllamehTabatabae`i University, Tehran, Iran, 2012-2014
• Ranked 113th in State University Matriculation for Graduate Studies in Tourism Marketing Management among around 12,000 participants, Iran, 2011
• Ranked 1200th in State University Matriculation for Undergraduate Studies in Foreign Languages among around 100,000 participants, Iran,
Computer and Programming Skills
• Internet Marketing Modelslike TDM, IDT,
• Economic Software E-Views
• Global Reservation System (GRS)
Language Skills:
• Persian: Mother Tongue
• English: Advanced
• French:Advanced
• Turkish: Intermediate
Volunteer Experience
• President of Virtual Tourismجهانگردی مجازی page in Facebook.com (2011 to present)
• Writing different Farsi articles about tourism marketing in Iran. Links are as follow;
.http://www.mardomsalari.com/Template1/News.aspx?NID=130611
.http://www.aftabir.com/articles/view/social/tourism/c4_1339832010p1.php/
.http://www.parstourism.ir/Default.aspx?NSID=5&SSLID=47&NID=12240
.http://www.mardomsalari.com/template1/Article.aspx?AID=20113
.http://www.donya-e-eqtesad.com/news/755068/
.http://www.donya-e-eqtesad.com/news/750500/
• Reading more than 46000 pages about history, sociology, architecture, etc. of Iran
Kraj : Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Miasta: Tehran, Tabriz, Zanjan, Qazvin, Kerman, Kashan, Ardabil
Języki : English, French
Telefon : +98 912 709 5968 / +98 21 6676 9308