Founder @ PhoCusWright Years ago, a lonely entrepreneur embraced the controversial idea that quality of information would differentiate winners and losers in the then-burgeoning information age. That entrepreneur was Philip Wolf; the year was 1994. The company he founded, PhoCusWright Inc., is now the premier source for travel, tourism and hospitality intelligence, and nearly every…
Scientific Director and Head of Creative Concept for BTO 2014 GM TO Florence Hotels. Married and with daughter by the name of Valentina born on January 1, 2009, he lives in the Mugello and works in Florence. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Revenue Management from Cornell University. Giancarlo boasts a prominent management experience in…
Co-founder @ BTO Educational Scientific Committee BTO 2014 She works in consulting and higher education in the field of web marketing (above all in the tourism sector, but not only) and is a popular blogger. In July of 2011, “Viaggi in Rete, dal nuovo marketing turistico ai viaggi nei mondi virtuali” (“Online Tours, from new…
Editorialist @ Corriere della Sera Contributing opinion writer The New York Times Beppe Severgnini is an Italian journalist, essayist and columnist. Born in Crema, Severgnini graduated in law at the University of Pavia. His father is a retired notary. His career in journalism began when, aged 27, he joined the Milan daily newspaper Il Giornale,…
Minister for Heritage, Culture and Tourism Dario Franceschini (Ferrara, 19th October 1958) is an Italian politician, lawyer and writer. Since 22nd February 2014 he has held the role of Minister for Heritage, Culture and Tourism in the Renzi government. From 22nd December 1999 to 11th June 2001 he was Undersecretary of State for the Prime…
Adventurer, keynote speaker and mental coach Over the past decade he has run over 23,000 kilometres, but does not consider himself a runner. He has rowed solo more than 35,000 kilometres, but does not consider himself a rower. He lived in complete isolation more than 560 days, but does not consider himself a lone adventurer.…
Co-founder & CEO Dashbell Paige is a serial entrepreneur with a love for the travel industry. Prior to Dashbell, she co-founded BookingMarkets and founded Tripeezy, a social travel planning website with which she was one of the first participants in the Start-Up Chile program. She has traveled to 49 countries and speaks 3 languages. Paige…
Executive Vice President Sales, Distribution and Loyalty @ Accor Mr. Jean Luc Chretien serves as an Executive Vice President of Marketing and Distribution at Accor SA. Mr. Chretien is In Charge of Sales, the Internet and Call Centers, as well as the new Customer Loyalty Program of Accor SA. He served as a Deputy Chief…
Global PR girl for trivago, covering the travel + hospitality industry from inside the world’s largest hotel search.
President & CEO GuestCentric Pedro co-founded GuestCentric Systems in October 2006 and has served as President and CEO since. Pedro brings extensive experience in the networking and software industries to his role. Pedro has a proven track record of driving successful product development, marketing, sales and channel management efforts in the global market. Prior to…
Founder of Reknown In his twenty-year career Daniel Edward Craig has worked for a variety of hotels and tourism entities, in positions ranging from director of sales to vice president. Under his leadership as general manager, Opus Hotel in Vancouver was voted one of the World’s Best 100 Hotels by readers of Condé Nast Traveler…
Managing Director @ Andalucia lab
Regional Director Italia booking.com
Marketing manager Italia Skyscanner
Helena Egan joined TripAdvisor in December 2008 as the first dedicated tourist board specialist in Europe, covering Europe, Middle-East, Africa and Asia, after the successful launch of TripAdvisor’s U.S. tourist board program. In 2011 Helena has grown the Destination Marketing Team to four full time employees with Helena managing the team as Head of Destination…
Creative Director OgilvyOne and OgilvyAction Italy A professor in various Italian universities, Paolo has worked in the advertising sector since 1990; he went from traditional advertising to relational communications, experiencing here the right dimension of writing more attentive to its recipient. He is the author of Invertising, a book in which he discusses the changing…
Country manager Italia Kayak
Managing Director and Head of Design @ Lago Spa Daniele Lago was born in Asiago (Padua) in 1972. After completing his technical studies he attended the Italian Design School in Padua. The youngest of ten children, he went into the family business at a very young age. Here he began to pursue his professional career,…
Senior Account Manager of CPC Italy, he gained a degree in “International Economics and Management” from Bocconi University. Since 2011 he has worked at TripAdvisor, and he has contributed to the growth of the largest travel portal in the world, increasing the number of active partners on the price comparison site to offer a localized…
Country Manager Italia Emirates Airlines A graduate of Bocconi University in Milan with a degree in Business Administration with a specialization in marketing, Fabio has worked for Digital Equipment Italia, Autodesk (as general director of Italy, Greece, Cypress), and for Neopost Italia as General Manager and chief officer. Since February 2006 to June 2013 he…
Sr. Director, Market Management Southern Europe & European Regional Territories Expedia Walter has twenty years of experience in the tourism industry. In his current role as Senior Director for Southern Europe at Expedia he is responsible for the teams that manage Italy, Spain and Portugal and those that work with hotel partners; he is also…
Director of Business Development, ReviewPro Josiah MacKenzie is the founding owner and marketing brain of the Gradigio Group, a San Francisco-based collection of media properties catering to discerning tastemakers in the hospitality industry around the globe. He also holds various roles in other ventures, with business interests in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia.…
Vice President and Managing Director Europa & EMEA at HomeAway Marcello holds an MS in Management and Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Milan, Italy. He began his career in 2000 as Business Development Manager at the MOL Group, a consumer finance start-up, which is now the largest mortgage broker in Italy. In 2002,…
Culture and Tourism Councillor for the Region of Tuscany I was born in Florence on 2nd December, 1974. I graduated in Political Science at the Cesare Alfieri Faculty of the University of Florence. In 2006 I obtained a PhD in Economic History from the Sorbonne-ParisIV. Since March 2012 I have been a member of the…
Vice President Sales Boxever Ultan has the drive, energy and interpersonal skills combined with the commercial acumen to create and deliver real results. He enjoys rolling up his sleeves and getting stuck in. Ultan tends to bring a fresh view, a creative approach and a no nonsense language to map and develop real and practical…
Founder & CEO Bookassist He holds a Ph.D. in Physics and is a professor at the Dublin Institute of Technology. He has worked with internet technology since the early 90’s and often presents conferences on themes tied to hotel technology and tourism. In 1995 he founded Softguides, one of the first online travel guides; it…
Director Hotel Marketing Member of the Leadership Team of booking.com
Operations & Logistics Manager @ Uber Manage the drivers. Identify, evaluate, negotiate and manage strategic partnerships and business development in the country. Heavy metrics analysis and product/process improvement. Take ownership of Uber’s growth in the city and expansion planning/recruiting across the country. MBA, ME in Management Engineering, top tier startup management experience, Venture Capitalist, founder…
Giornalista, blogger, esperta di comunicazione ed editoria digitale Barbara Sgarzi, laureata in lingue ha gestito la startup di Yahoo! Italia nel 1998, ha lavorato due anni a Londra all’headquarter europeo di Yahoo! e, tornata in Italia, ha gestito la start up di cosmopolitan.it per Mondadori. È stata direttore editoriale di leonardo.it. Nel 2008 ha curato…
Founder H-Art A graduate of Ca’ Foscari university, entrepreneur and digital strategist, with a career built entirely in the world of the Internet and mobile innovation. A creative mind and a deep passion translated into 10 years of projects in the digital field. He is one of the founders of H-Farm, a digital startup incubator…
Giacomo Bagnara è un illustratore italiano che vive e lavora a Verona. Si è laureato in Architettura al Politecnico di Milano e in parallelo con gli studi accademici ha iniziato un percorso personale di sperimentazione legato all’illustrazione. Ama le forme e i concetti semplici e colorati. Nell’ultimo anno ha iniziato a collaborare con clienti italiani…
Head of Strategy Futurebrand Silvia is from Modena, and has a background in humanities: after completing high school, at she went on to gain a degree in History from the University Ca’ Foscari in Venice, aged 22. With her passion for analysis and insight into socio-cultural dynamics, she began her career at a leading advertising…
Fondatrice della community Igersitalia nel 2011 e oggi presidente dell’Associazione Igersitalia. Marchigiana, dal 2011 è una mobile photographer che ama raccontare le bellezze italiane (ed estere) con Instagram e gli Instagramers. Parte di lei è anche in @IgersMarche e in @ExploringMarche. È una Social Media Strategist che si occupa di Digital PR e Turismo.
Innovation Manager @ TrentoRISE Innovation Manager @ TrentoRISE, interpretes and drives the context for developing future research oriented projects in the tourism domain. Liasoning with R&D, project partners, public stakeholders and academics is key to the activity. His scientific background is successfully paired with a throughout knowledge of destination management strategies and techniques, for which…
SiCamera Since 2005, Flavia has designed and coordinated research activities within the IS.NA.RT Institute. From May 2012 to April 2013, she held the role of coordinator of the Mission Structure for the Relaunch of the Image of Italy under the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. Flavia Coccia is a member of the Board of…
luca corsato, mainland Venetian, works with wikis* and openknowledge through necessity and curiosity. He infests the communities of Spaghetti Open Data, OpenStreetMap, Wikimedia Italia and Open Knowledge (as GLAM representative for Italy). Co-founder of #opendatavenezia, #acqualta (a civic hacking project on high water in Venice) and #beniculturaliaperti, he researches the opening and re-use of Cultural…
Simone is Vice President of Wikimedia Italy, the Italian chapter of the WikiMedia Foundation and OpenStreetMap Foundation. The Italian community of OpenStreetMap owns a lot to him, who has worked to build it up since 2006. He served as Director the OpenStreetMap Foundation, the not-for-profit association that promotes the interests of the project. “Liberator” of…
pE’ un marchigiano con un innato interesse per il viaggio e le culture; da questo, la scelta di coronare la carriera accademica in Sociologia – specializzazione in Comunicazione Pubblicitaria – con un progetto di marketing turistico che partisse dall’identità del territorio per comunicare il vissuto, piuttosto che raccontare ciò che si vuole che si racconti.…
Euro Beinat is Professor of Data Science/Geoinformatics (Salzburg) and Vice President at Zebra Technologies (Chicago). His work focuses on the transformation of businesses, governments and cities with the Internet of Things and Data Analytics. As member of the leadership team of the PhD School on Geospatial Sciences at Salzburg University, he leads research on the…
Freelancer, Community expert Having obtained her degree at the Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione IULM, since 1987 Mafe has sought to bring companies, leaders and people who feel the need to the Internet, guiding them in correctly interpreting and experiencing a complex, but at the same time fun, medium. She worked as a copywriter…
President @ Episteme Having obtained her degree in Philosophy at the Università Statale di Milano, in ‘96 she pursued a Research Doctorate in Moral Philosophy at the University of Vienna and in ‘98 a specialization in Psychology at the Università di Milano. Since 1992 she has been the manager in the qualitative area of GPF™. From…
Game Designer Urustar Federico Fasce is a game designer and a game evangelist. He creates games based on human emotions and he works to spread the ludic culture throughout the world. With the personal label Sticky Toffee Games he recently released Mediterranean Voidland, an interactive slice of a Mediterranean scenery. He has been curator of…
#sardolicesimo From Sardinia, 46 years old, and an engineer (don’t hold it against him); he plays with forms of communication in tourism and culture using social networks. He has promoted cultural initiatives online such as the Notte Bianca Digitale (“Digital Sleepless Night”), as well as territorial and cultural enterprises such as #sardolicesimo and the emergency…
Researcher at the National Research Council, I work in science communication and outreach on environmental topics; in particular on weather and climate. In everyday work I have to do a lot with data and I wonder how much they are truly understood by lay people and how much we are able to make them look…
Social Media Specialist Fondazione Sistema Toscana An expert in traditional and digital marketing, and planning and communication for complex events, she has worked with social media since their inception, whether for work or passion. She is, in fact, co-founder of the Girl Geek Dinners Toscana group and often covers the role of speaker for subjects…
Founder SL&A Board BTO Educational Al Censis dal 1981 al 1988, prima come ricercatore, poi dal 1985 come Direttore del Dipartimento “Economia aziendale” e responsabile delle metodologie di ricerca su comportamenti, consumi, imprese, Enti Locali. Ha diretto e quindi pubblicato numerosissimi lavori di ricerca e consulenza sulle principali economie locali italiane. Nel 1989 ha fondato…
Founder and CEO of Travel Appeal An expert in communication and digital marketing, he is the creator of unconventional marketing projects on the web and on social media. Mirko has always worked in the field of new technologies and communication, joining his humanistic education and his marketing experience with his passion for the world of…
Nato a Roma il 7 dicembre 1983, è laureato in Economia del Turismo e delle Risorse presso l’Università degli Studi “La Sapienza” di Roma con la tesi: “Internet e Turismo: l’innovazione tecnologica al servizio dell’efficienza economica”. Appassionato di viaggi e turismo, ha svolto diverse esperienze lavorative nel settore: tour operator ed uffici stampa dell’ENIT e…
Director of Revenue & Distribution Starhotels SpA Dal 1999 collabora con Starhotels presso la sede centrale di Firenze. Nel 2005 è diventato responsabile della divisione Revenue Management e Distribuzione che, nell’ambito della Direzione Commerciale, gestisce gli aspetti strategici, progettuali ed operativi legati all’ottimizzazione dei ricavi, del mix di clientela e della distribuzione tariffaria degli alberghi.…
After the Phd in “Urban History”, the Master in “History and analysis of the territory” and the Master in “Management of art and cultural heritage, Francesco Mannino make the most of his previous experiences in the project “Officine Culturali”, from 2012 is the president of this association. The goals of Officine Culturali are: to develop…
Invasioni Digitali From my very first memories I have worked in tourism, seeking to promote Italy, which I love passionately, through my work in hotels and as a consultant in web marketing strategies. A degree in pharmacy, in the bottom drawer, allows me to cure myself, often with exhilarating results. I have coordinated the Invasioni…
Dal 1997 si occupa di consulenza e formazione nel settore del web marketing turistico. Ideatore di Seminario@Domicilio e del corso Shortmaster – Hotel Internet Specialist – ha partecipato, in qualità di relatore e docente, ai maggiori eventi italiani del settore.
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Strategic Planner @ ContactLab Da oltre 10 anni lavora nell’ambito della comunicazione con ruoli relativi all’utilizzo della parola (copywriter, content manager) sia online che offline; negli ultimi anni, Lisa si è specializzata nella digital communication cross-canale. Il percorso compiuto in ContactLab l’ha vista crescere da creativa a strategist: oggi Lisa si occupa di accompagnare i clienti…
Graphic Designer del Social Media Team della Toscana. Ispirata dalle infinite interpretazioni possibili della mente umana, fra grafica, web e le migliaia di declinazioni del comunicare attraverso pantoni colore, font e forme. Lavoro e vivo a Firenze da dieci anni, da dieci anni mi lascio ispirare da quest’atmosfera magica e da una città viva. Reflex…
Alessandro Massimo Nucara, 49 anni, sposato, una figlia, dal 2012 è il direttore generale di Federalberghi, l’organizzazione nazionale maggiormente rappresentativa delle imprese turistico-ricettive. Laureato in relazioni industriali alla Luiss, Nucara è in Federalberghi dal 1990, in seno alla quale ha assunto responsabilità crescenti, prima alla guida dei servizi sindacali e dal 2003 come vicedirettore. In…
Co-founder BTO Educational Robert works full-time with BTO Educational and its related concerns. Born in New York in December 1960, he began with SEAT Pagine Gialle, where he worked until the end of the 90’s predominantly in government. After this experience, at the end of 2000, he entered into partnership in a Florentine web agency,…
Per lavoro usa i Social Network, organizza eventi e promuove il turismo in Sardegna. Unendo a queste passioni anche quella per la fotografia, nell’aprile del 2012 fonda il gruppo Instagramers Sardegna (@Igers_Sardegna) e successivamente Instagramers Cagliari (@Igers_Cagliari) e Instagramers Sassari (@Igers_Sassari). È socio fondatore e membro del consiglio direttivo dell’Associazione Instagramers Italia. È a capo…
Founder gallizio editore Having obtained his degree in Social and Economic Disciplines from the Università Bocconi, he was the co-founder of the Istituto Kaspar Hauser per gli Studi Economici, and then joined the editorial staff of the magazine Surplus (Gruppo Espresso-Repubblica). He wrote an essay with Mafe de Baggis Mafe de Baggis on how tourist…
Lavora nel suo studio sui Navigli, nei pressi della Darsena. Nel 2014 è stato selezionato da Print Magazine fra i migliori venti New Visual Artist under 30. I suoi lavori sono stati pubblicati sulle pagine di svariati libri e magazine. goranfactory.com
Presidente Teamwork Da oltre 25 anni svolge attività di consulenza nell’area marketing & vendite. È formatore di importanti catene alberghiere come Holiday Inn, Golden Tulip Worldwide, Domina Hotels & Resorts, The Charming Hotels, The Leading Hotels of the World, NH Hotels. È ideatore e promotore dei club di prodotto Italy Bike Hotels, Italy Family Hotels,…
Dal Maggio 1999, Luciano Scauri svolge una attività di consulenza seguendo anche progetti a tempo. Si inserisce in realtà aziendali per condurre progetti e programmi che le risorse in organico non possono assorbire. Quando le aziende hanno la necessità di intraprendere un percorso di aggiornamento, formazione, o di evoluzione operativa ma non ne hanno il…
Da 14 anni si occupa di web marketing turistico, a livello nazionale e internazionale. È fondatore dello Studio Salerno, agenzia di web marketing turistico e hospitality strategy. Progetta e gestisce campagne di comunicazione e promozione on line per strutture ricettive, operatori turistici e agenzie di viaggi. Insieme ai professionisti che fanno parte dello Studio Salerno…
Fondatore marketingarena.it Laureato in Marketing e Comunicazione all’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia con Tesi sperimentale sui Motori di Ricerca si occupa da oltre 10 anni di Marketing Digitale. Dal 2007 al 2010 è stato ricercatore presso la Venice International University e dopo una serie di esperienze di consulenza presso primarie agenzie italiane dove ha seguito…
I was born in Bergamo 33 years ago. I have been living in different european countries and I now live in Sicily. I recently joined ImpactHUB Siracusa, the Sicilian node of ImpactHUB, international network of social innovators. Previously, I had been regional Minister for Tourism Sport and Entertainment in Sicily till October 2014 but my…
Emma Tracanella started and directed Wiki Loves Monuments Italy from 2012 to the present. Wiki Loves Monuments is the first project to free and promote culture and monuments through photos and Wikipedia. She works on projects for the dissemination of culture and technology, is a teacher at IED University and is a member of GirlGeekLife.
Owner di Muse Comunicazione, agenzia che segue progetti Web, Social & Brand per Hotel e Ristoranti. Nicoletta gestisce da anni l’unico blog in Italia dedicato alla comunicazione Digitale per ristoranti: CnR -Comunicazione nella Ristorazione. La storia di Nicoletta inizia con gli studi umanistici, attraversa l’arte con il Conservatorio Musicale e la direzione di punti vendita della Ricordi…
Publisher Officina Turistica He has worked in tourism marketing and advertising for around twenty years. He began working in a hotel in 1979; after having experienced the travels of others for more than thirty years, he moved to the Maremma. Without ever losing the point of view of someone who has been working with the…
Director of Sales TrustYou Michael is holding a diploma engineer degree (Dipl.-Ing.) of the University of Applied Sciences in Karlsruhe in the field of Cartography. Michael started his professional career as a Technical Project Manager with Bertelsmann (Random House) Cartography. He left Bertelsmann after 10 years as Deputy Head of Production Department. At Ganske Publishing…
Business leader MasterCard Responsible for the marketing and sale of MasterCard Worldwide’s range of Commercial products in Italy and Greece, including Business and Small Business cards, Corporate cards, Purchasing and Lodge cards. In addition, extra services related to reporting, expense management, procurement and purchase control are in scope for this role. The role involves working…
