November 15, 2011
Radisson BLU, Bucharest




Macy Marvel
Professor of economics & tourism economics
École hôtelière de Lausanne

Macy Marvel has extensive professional experience in the financial sector. Before joining Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne as a full-time faculty member in 1995, he spent eight years as an investment strategist and financial analyst for two Geneva private banks. Prior to that, he held the positions of finance trainer at Digital Equipment Corporation, auditor at the Geneva offices of PriceWaterhouseCoopers and as securities analyst at The Value Line Survey in New York. Macy has published several articles in professional hospitality journals, as well as numerous hospitality and tourism industry reports for Travel and Tourism Intelligence/Mintel in London. He has also carried out numerous hotel property valuations and feasibility studies and is a frequent presenter and moderator at international hospitality conferences. He holds an MBA from the University of Toronto and an MA from the London School of Economics.