Doctor of Economics; Full Professor at the Tbilisi State University; Head of the Tourism and Hospitality Management Department of the Faculty of Economics and Business, as well as the Institute of Tourism Development.  In 2000-2004 she was the Deputy Chairperson of the State Department of Tourism and Resorts.  Lectures at the Department of Commerce and Tourism, TSU Faculty of Commerce and Marketing.  Subsequently Associate Professor at the same Department and worked at Hotel Bazaleti Lake as a General Manager. In 2009 she worked at the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia as an adviser to the Minister on tourism issues.   In 2006-2009 she became the Head of the Department of Tourism of the TSU Faculty of Economics and Business. In 2011-2012 she was invited to the U.S. South Carolina University (Columbia) through the Fulbright Scholarship Program. She leads eight academic programs, four professional programs, eight PhD and 50 master’s papers. She has published two textbooks and 32 scholarly papers; participated in international grant projects.