Special Teaching Staff

Qualifications

Doctorate in Professional Studies “DProf” “HRM is a driving force for Service Quality in 5* Hotels in Cyprus”, Middlesex University, London (2014)

Master of Business Administration, “ MBA”, Middlesex University, London (1997)

BSc Hons Hotel & Restaurant Management, Middlesex University, London (1995)

Specialization

Hotel Management & HR

Employment Track

• Associate Lecturer, Neapolis University, Cyprus (February 2026 – Present)
• General Manager, Royal Apollonia Hotel, 5★, Limassol, Cyprus (December 2025 – Present)
• Special Teaching Staff, UCLan Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus (October 2025 – December 2025)
• Associate Professor, CDA College, Cyprus (March 2025 – June 2025)
• General Manager, Cap St. Georges Hotel & Resort, 5★, Cyprus (October 2022 – December 2024)
• Special Teaching Staff (Part-Time Lecturer, HR Module), UCLan Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus (October 2022 – December 2022)
• General Manager, Amarande Hotel, Adults Only, 5★, Cyprus (March 2022 – October 2022)
• General Manager, Mediterranean Beach Hotel, Stademos Hotels, Cyprus (October 2019 – February 2022)
• General Manager, Adams Beach Hotel, 5★, Cyprus (December 2013 – October 2019)
• Club House Manager / Property Management, Minthis Hills Resort, Cyprus (October 2010 – July 2012)
• General Manager, Royal Apollonia Hotel, 5★, Limassol, Cyprus (May 2007 – September 2010)
• Operations Manager / Deputy General Manager, Elysium Beach Resort, Stademos Hotels, Cyprus (October 2003 – April 2007)
• General Manager, Theofano Hotel, Mulia Rock Hotels, Paphos, Cyprus (September 2002 – October 2003)
• F&B Manager (Second in Command), Amathus Beach Hotel, Leading Hotels of the World, Limassol, Cyprus (April 2001 – September 2002)
• Operations Manager / Deputy General Manager, Royal Apollonia Hotel, 5★, Limassol, Cyprus (September 1999 – April 2001)
• F&B Operations Manager / Assistant General Manager, Louis Grand Hotel, Category “A” (All Inclusive), Corfu, Greece (May 1998 – September 1999)
• Trainee Manager, Royal Apollonia Hotel, 5★ (Louis Hotels), Limassol, Cyprus (January 1997 – May 1998)

Memberships (Academic/Professional)

• “EHMA” European Hotel Managers Association membership “Active Member” from 2014, 8 members in Cyprus including me, 450 member in the whole Europe.
  • Chaine des Rotisseurs (France), Chevalier – Knight, 2012
    (Association Mondiale de la Gastronomie)
  • WHO IS WHO (Switzerland), 2003
  • H.C.I.M.A.. 2001 (Hotel & Catering, International Management Association)
  • Association of M.B.As, 1998

Research Interests

• Interest in working with and coaching PEOPLE*

*Professionalism

*Empathy

*Optimism

*Partnership

*Loyalty

*Empowerment

• Music, swimming, cinema, physical training

Roles and Responsibilities

Teaching and Course Leadership 

• “Food & Beverage Operations”, module leader, 2025
• “Coaching and Mentoring”, module leader, 2022

Selective Publications 

• Efstathiades A, Georgiou H, Efstathiades Ch, Efstathiades H, “The impact of Human Resource Management Practices on the level of employee and customer satisfaction: The case of 5* hotels in Cyprus” GLOBAL BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ANTHOLOGY Volume I, March 2016, page 94-109.

Selective Conference and Seminar Presentations 

• “Recruitment, Retention and Professional Development: Building Stronger Teams in the Hospitality Industry” seminar, UCLan University,  ‘Main Speaker/Trainer, 07/12/18

“e-tourism”, Key Note Speaker to a PhD workshop, organized by the Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management (HTSM) department of the University of Nicosia, 29/01/19