Vesna Spasić was born in 1955 in Kragujevac (Serbia). She finished the Faculty of Economics, at the University of Belgrade in 1977, and after that, she continued her education: M.S. Economic Science in 1986 and Ph.D. Economic Science 2002 (thesis title: „The Transfer of Technology as the Developing Strategy of Tourism Firms“).

She worked in the Yugoslav Chamber of Economy, and the General Association of Tourist Industry from 1978 up to 1992, as a consultant. After that, Vesna Spasic worked as a professor at The College of Tourism, Belgrade (1992 – 2005). From 2005 to 2017, she worked as an associate professor at Singidunum University, Belgrade - Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management. Her courses are Business of Travel Agencies and Tour Operators and Economic and Financial Analysis in Tourism and Hospitality and Master Studies: Management of Travel Agencies and Tour Operators.

During her long activity in the field of education, Vesna Spasic achieved remarkable results, which still included participation in educating travel guides in Serbia, in cooperating with the Ministry of Tourism. Further, she worked in different forms of permanent professional education of employees in tourism, among which her role in the Project of Education Employees in Tourism (2007). The Project was realised in cooperation between Singidunum University, Belgrade - Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management and Ministry of Tourism and Vesna Spasić was the coordinator for the section Business of Travel Agencies in 4 clusters in Serbia.

During many years of her scientific and professional activity, Vesna Spasic published a large number of works, primarily in the field of travel agencies and tour operators business (textbooks, manuals, papers in scientific and professional conferences, articles in scientific and professional journals).

Projects (selected):

• Strategy of Tourism Development of Serbia (1999), member of the team
• Marketing Strategy of Tourism Development of Majdanpek (2005), member of the team
• Project of Education Employees in Tourism (2007), coordinator for the section Business of Travel Agencies
• Master Plan of Tourism Development of Zlatibor and Zlatar (2008), member of the team
• Strategy of Tourism Development of Belgrade Municipality (2009) member of the team
• Strategy for Sustainable Rural Tourism Development in Serbia (2010-2011) consultant

Selected published papers in scientific journals and conference papers:

• Situation and perspective of the development of marinas on the Adriatic, Journal „Naval Messenger“, Belgrade, No. 3-4/90
• Importance of renovation hotel facilities in the world, Journal „Tourism business“, Belgrade, No. 1/95
• Contemporary tendencies in resort hotel supply in the world market, Journal „Tourism business“, Belgrade, No. 1/96
• Contemporary tendencies in customizing products of travel agencies to the demand of business travellers, Journal „Tourism business“, Belgrade, No. 1/97
• Application of product differentiation strategy in tour operators business, Journal „Tourism business“, Belgrade, No. 2/98
• The recent tendencies in tourist demand and the influence in changes in distribution channels of hotel products, The Second International Congress “Hotelplan 2005”, Belgrade, 2005.
• The role of leading tour operators in creating global tourist product, The Third International Congress “Hotelplan 2007”, Belgrade, 2007.
• The advantage of niche market for creating the tour operators’ product”, Hotellink, Belgrade, No. 12
• The influence of risk and uncertainty to the business of tour operators in the beginning of the new millennium, The Scientific Conference “Sinergija 2009”, Bijeljina
• Special interest in tourism in the business strategy of tour operators in crises conditions, The Forth International Congress “Hotelplan 2009”, Belgrade
• The safety and security of customers as the strategy of tour operators, The Scientific Conference “Sinergija 2010”, Bijeljina
• The role of tour operators in the promotion of tourist products of Serbia, The Scientific Conference, Prolom Banja, 2010.
• The role of tour operators in the promotion of tourist products of Serbia, The Scientific Conference, Prolom Banja, 2010.
• Air traffic in Serbia with special emphasis on low-cost carriers, (Spasic V., Brdar I.), Singidunum Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7 No. 1
• The partnership of hotels and tour operators in the value chain in tourism market – new aspects in ensuring quality of tourism services, The International Scietific Conference „Hotelska Kuca 2011“, Zlatibor
• Event branding and the role of brands in marketing communication (Spasic V., Novakovic D.), Journal for theory and practice of hotel industry, „Hotellink“, No 19-20/2012
• Integrating sustainable tourism in tour operators’ supply chain, Singidunum Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9 No. 1
• The impact of modern information and communication tehnology on the productivity in travel agencies and tour operators, (Spasic V., Pavlovic D.), VII International Conference Trebinje 2012.
• New e-tourism intermediaries in distributing hospitality industry capacities, (Spasic V., Pavlovic D.), „Hotelska kuca 2013“, Zlatibor
• Modern information technologies application in destination management companies, (Spasic V., Njegus A., Pavlovic D.), The First International Conference SYNTHESIS 2014, Belgrade
• Distributing tourism and travel services in Serbia - traditional travel agencies/tour operators vs. online distribution, (Spasic V., Pavlovic D.) The Second International Conference SYNTHESIS 2015, Belgrade
• Effects of distributing capacities through on-line agencies on the hotel business (Spasic V., Pavlovic D.), „Hotelska kuća 2015“, Zlatibor
• Role of destination management companies (DMC) on improving competitiveness of Serbia as tourism destination (Spasic V., Pavlovic D.), SITCON 2015. - Singidunum International Tourism Conference
• Market trends for tour operators and travel agencies booking channels – preferences among young people in Serbia (Spasic V., Pavlovic D., Stanic N.), SITCON 2016. Singidunum International Tourism Conference
• SWOT analysis of the role of travel agencies in distributing religious tourism products of Serbia in the international market (Spasic V., Pavlovic D.), SITCON 2017. Singidunum International Tourism Conference

Books and monographs:

• Spasic V. (2003.) The Transfer of Technology as the Developing Strategy of Tourism Firms, Belgrade,
• Spasic V. (2005.) The Business of Travel Agencies and Tour Operators, textbook, Reading, Belgrade
• Spasic V. (2006., 2009.) The Business of Travel Agencies and Tour Operators, textbook, University Singidunum, Belgrade
• Spasic V., Rabotic B., (2009.) The Business of Travel Agencies and Tour Operators, textbook, The College of Tourism, Belgrade
• Spasic V., Cerovic. S., (2013.) Economic and Financial Analysis in Tourism and Hospitality, textbook, Singidunum, Belgrade,
• Spasic V., Cerovic. S., Radovic N., (2022.) Economic and Financial Analysis in Tourism and Hospitality, textbook, Singidunum, Belgrade,
• Spasic V., Pavlovic D., (2018., 2023.) The Business of Travel Agencies and Tour Operators, textbook, University Singidunum, Belgrade