Twenty five years of experience, ten in tourism enterprises such as travel agencies, tour operators and hotel chains; fifteen as lecturer and researcher in universities (tourism and hotel management courses).
Tourism policy and development specialist.
Chair for the Tourism Board at theTrade and Tourism Federation (FECOMERCIO/SP).
Country director for Global Travel and Tourism Partnership (GTTP), a business and education alliance for tourism education.
For the past years I have been invited to radio and tv interviews, as well as to write opinion pieces for the mais newspapers in the country.
I am also invited to at least 10 different conferences per year, presenting research findings, integrating debate panels or moderating them.
I am also part of international groups discussing tourism, as the World Tourism Forum of Lucerne and the WTM Latin America.