About Gabor Forgacs

Dr. Gabor Forgacs has twenty years work experience in the hotel industry on two continents including a management position at a Four Seasons hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and the position of president and general manager of a full service hotel in Budapest, Hungary. He teaches at the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Ryerson University, Toronto since 1997. He is teaching Revenue Management for Hospitality & Tourism, The Value of Branding in Lodging, and Property Management Systems.

Dr. Forgacs is also a member of the Special Graduate Faculty of the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada where he teaches Advanced Revenue Management for the MBA program. Dr. Forgacs had received his doctorate from the Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, in 1977.

Dr. Forgacs has authored a book “Revenue Management. Maximizing Revenue in Hospitality Operations” published by the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (2010) and he was the editor of the online discussion series “Branding and Product Specialization in Hotels” by Henry Stewart Publications (2009).

He has published articles in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, The Hotelier Magazine (Canada), The Rooms Chronicle (U.S.), The Accommodator (Canada), The Canadian Lodging News and other print magazines. Also published in conference proceedings of the ICHRIE (International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education), plus in online publications e.g. Hotel-Online.com, ehotelier.com, hotelnewsresource.com, 4hoteliers.com, htrends.com, HVS Intrenational.com, hsyndicate.org and other electronic publications. Dr. Forgacs is frequently quoted and interviewed in the Canadian media.