2025
Awarded Teaching Excellence Award in Region 8 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Oceania) by The International Council of Business School and Programs (ACBSP) (Value $500).
2023 – Present
Contracted as a team member of “Modelling and research of public attitudes of Bulgarian citizens regarding the image of domestic leisure tourism – situational analysis and conceptual framework for overcoming the negatives”, a project funded by National Science Fund of Bulgaria (BNSF) and led by National Institute for Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
2023
Awarded the Best Paper Award in Education at Bringing Hospitality, Tourism, Transport and Events Back for Good, 5-7 July 2023, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. Paper Presented: Innovative teaching and learning in tourism: lessons from Germany (with Markus Pillmayer).
2021
Awarded a research grant by University of Northampton to conduct a staff-student research as a part of URB@N project (Value £500)
2021
Awarded a teaching fellowship by Munich University of Applied Sciences to develop an innovative teaching project and conduct pedagogical research (Value EUR 18, 500).
2019
Recipient of the PhD Studentships Scheme 2019/2020 Doctoral Supervision Award to supervise one fully-funded PhD student to work on a project entitled ‘What about Northamptonshire: Towards a new approach on memorable and meaningful tourism experience’ (with Dr Marcella Daye & Dr Thaana Galia, Value £45,027)
2015
Awarded a travel grant by Rotary Club Nessebar to attend the 2 nd Rotary UNESCO Historic Cities Heritage of Peace Conference, 04 – 05 April, Armada Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey (Value EUR 1500)
2014
Awarded a travel grant by King’s College London to attend the 14 th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference, 31 May, University of Hong Kong (Value £285).
2014
Awarded a conference grant by University of Hong Kong to attend the 14 th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference, 31 May, University of Hong Kong (Value $400).
2014
Received the Best Paper Award at the Annual Student Conference, 24-25 April, School of Social Sciences, Prof Dr. Assen Zlatarov University, Burgas, Bulgaria, 2014. (Paper Presented: The possibilities of alternative tourism development in St Anastacia Island”)
2014
Awarded the Special Recognition Award at the National Competition for Best Tourism Paper, XI International Tourism Fair “Cultural Tourism” supported by Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. (Paper Submitted: Tourism and interpretation of cultural heritage – potential conflicts and challenges in St Anastacia Island).
2013
Awarded a travel grant by King’s College London to attend Between Dream and Reality: Debating the World Heritage Listing, 14-15 November, University of Oslo, Norway (Value £250).
2013
Awarded a travel grant by Rotary Club Nessebar to attend the 1 st Rotary UNESCO Historic Cities Heritage of Peace Conference, 21 – 23 April, University of Urbino, Italy, (Value EUR 1500)