Guest editorial: What innovations would enable the tourism and hospitality industry to re-build?

The theme issue features 28 authors (mainly university professors) from 12 countries who have written regional and country-related articles, spanning re-building work in 121 countries. Chandi has held leadership positions in South Asia, the Middle East, Europe, South America, the Caribbean and North America, including the President of the world's largest professional body for the hospitality industry – HCIMA (now the Institute of Hospitality, UK). [...]he holds various honorary positions including, secretary general of the tourism and hospitality educators and researchers association of Asia, chairman of Silk-Road Research and Tourism Development Affairs of the Association for Sri Lanka–China Social and Cultural Co-Operation and the convener of annual events such as the International Tourism Leaders' Summit, Tourism Research Conference and the Tourism Expo in Sri Lanka.