Selva, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Experienced Researcher with a demonstrated 24 years experience in the Tourism and Sport industry across partnerships, events, activation and communication. Brings an empirical/evidence-based approach to the Center for Advanced Studies at Eurac Research. Skilled in Strategic Planning and Marketing Strategy, Technology, Policy, Event Management. Strong research professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations from University of Verona, Economics and Business Administration.
IULM University - Master in Marketing e Comunicazione dello Sport University of Bocconi Milan - Master in Economia del Turismo University of Economics of Trento University of Economics of Verona University of Padova, Faculty of Policy Sciences Accademia per il turismo, Trento International Tourism School, Brunico
Editor in Chief of the HERO Times Magazine
Global Tourism Futures. Destination Heritage or Destination Future? Eurac Research Conference Hall - Bolzano-Bozen, 22.08.2024 FROM HERO TO ZERO - Protection of the Dolomites in Consideration of the SDG’s as Part of a MTB Race Sustainability Days, International Platform for the Regions of the Future Bolzano (BZ), 06-09 September 2022 Alpine Convention steakholder workshop, Eurac Research, "Can sport and other events contribute to the sustainable development of the Alpine region?", Bolzano, April 24, 2018 OITAF - International ropeways congress, " Seasonality – what is seasonality? Pathways to 365-day operations in mountain destinations", Bolzano June 6-9, 2017 1st European Mountain Travel Summit, A Global Leadership Forum, "The many opportunities of summer", Crans Montana, 10-12 January 2017 8th World Congress on Snow and Mountain Tourism, New Trends in summer mountain tourism. “The beauty of Mountain Peaks: Key to Promote and to Attract Visitors for Summer Tourism; the Case of the Summer Campaign of Dolomiti Superski. Andorra, 09-10 April 2014 Ride Mountainbike-Kongress, “Supersize Mountainbike”. Wie knackt man im Mountainbike-Tourismus die kritische Grösse?, Chur (CH), 2-3 October 2014 63rd AIEST Conference „AIEST’s Advances in Tourism Research - Perspectives of Actors, Institutions and Systems“, Destination Governance: Coordinating networks of tourism service providers along the value chain, Izmir (Türkey), 25-29 August 2013 2nd World Congress on Snow and Mountain Tourism. „The community model of Dolomiti Superski”, Andorra, 04-06 April 2000 Forum für regionale Innovation, “Innovationen für Destinationen”, Vienna (AUT), 27/09/1999 8th OITAF nternational Congress for Transportation by Rope, San Francisco, California, (USA), 23-27 Mai 1999 European Tourism Forum of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Commission, "Integradet Quality Management in Tourism", Mayrhofen/Tyrol (AUT), 9-12 July 1998
The Center for Advanced Studies regards itself as a platform for scientific exchange and interconnectedness. Transcending the disciplinary boundaries, the Center devotes itself to future-relevant issues as well as the observation, description and analysis of economic and societal processes of change. Within the research activities, themes and issues of regional relevance will be connected to global challenges, and regional developments will be put into the global context. Within the scope of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research the embeddedness will be followed in global networks as well as the sensitization of local and regional actors for global themes. In terms of transformative research, the Center for Advanced Studies aims at linking and initiating learning processes between science and society. Future developments will be identified and anticipated scientifically, in order to supportively design political decisions and social directions. For more information about our activities, please contact us. [email protected] Relevant projects • Establishing an observatory for sustainable tourism for the South Tyrol region within the UNWTO INSTO network • Culture Building and Territorial Development. How to prepare a territory for the "disruptive" revolution of e-mobility • Monitoring in qualitative mannerof ‘Dolomitesvives 2018’
The focus consisted in elaborating study and strategic projects for regional tourism development as well as marketing plans with particular regard to the themes of environmental and economical sustainability, and the general wellbeing of mountain areas. Furthermore, I was responsible for repositioning strategies for alpine areas in the field of management of change in the context of climatic change and that of change in demographic development. Relevant projects • Territorial marketing plan for the province of Belluno • Sustainable development of the living environment and the Val Badia tourist destination • Development of the living environment, economy and tourist destination of the Val di Funes • Dolomitesvives qualitative monitoring 2017