About me

Magdalena Kachniewska

Prof. at Warsaw School of Economics (circular economy, business models, new tech), business coach & problem solver.

Professional experience

Professor in Tourism Department, Warsaw School of Economics

Tutor of over 250 Bachelor and Master Thesis enumerated here.

Consultant of Polish Tourism Organisation and Mazovia District Regional Tourism Organisation.

The leading consultant on the opening stage of 26 hotels in Poland and Slovakia. Juror in numerous competitions of HoReCa enterprises.
Propagator of the concept of e-marketing and new technologies in tourism: member of Scientific Council of e-TravelForum and Chairperson of competition commitee in “New technologies in travel sector – New tech – New Travel” contest.

In the past: till 2010 the president of Efekt Hotele Co, General Manager of Best Western Krakow Premier Hotel, General Manager of Express by Holiday Inn Hotel. Till 2012 member of Supervisory Board at the European Mortgage Fund (managing 4 hotels in Poland).

Research projects

Author of over 200 journal papers and books on management and marketing, tourism economics and hospitality industry. Felietonist of „Wiadomości Turystyczne (Tourism News)”.

Co-author of numerous expertises on tourism market in Poland, developed for the Department of Tourism (the Polish Ministry of Sport and Tourism), Polish Tourism Organisation, Central Statistical Office and the Governor of Mazovian District in Poland.

Expertise and consulting

Member of:

  • University Senate and Scientific Council of World Economy Collegium in Warsaw School of Economics
  • Tourism Research Working Group at the Polish Ministry of Sport and Tourism
  • Hotel Market Institute
  • Scientific Committee of the NETOUR Project – “Network for Excellence in Tourism through Organizations and Universities in Russia”
  • Honorary member of the Gdansk Agrotourism Society.

The member of Scientific Council of Folia Turistica and Editorial Board of “Izvesta” (Journal of University of Economics – Varna), member of the Review Council of Journal of Easter European and Central Asian Research (JEECAR) and Problems of Tourism and Recreation.

Just for fun...

Lecturer and author of educational papers for children at Economic Children University (watch the film). Co-author of Ekonopedia – the Magazine of Young Manager.

On Jun 25th 2018 climbed Kilimanjaro 🙂