Academy Structure
Structure
Honorary Body
Management Body
Founder & President
José Antonio Vidal
Founder President & CEO, EnoTourism Spain (AEE Association & IEE Institute)
2018 National Gastro&Eno Tourism Prize (Spain)
Director and Lecturer, Master ‘Responsible Gastro&Eno Tourism Management’, National University UNED, Madrid
Director and Lecturer, Unit ‘Responsible Gastro&Eno Tourism’ in Master ‘VitEno’, Faculty of Agronomist Engineering–Polythecnic University, Madrid
Honorary President ‘In Memoriam’
Dr. Eduardo Fayos-Solà
Senior Adviser, George Washington University (GW)
Regional Director of Europe, UNWTO
Vice President, Spanish EnoTourism Association (AEE)
Full Professor of Applied Economics, Universidad de Valencia
Ulysses Laureate Prize, UNWTO
President of Honor
Dr. Rafael Ansón
Dr. Honoris Causa and Director Gastronomy Chair, Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio
President of Honor, International Academy of Gastronomy
Ambassador for Sustainable Tourism, UNWTO
CEO
José Antonio Vidal
CORPORATE:
Operations Manager
Verónica Salvatierra
Degree in Communication Sciences, specializing in Publicity and IR, and Diploma in Cultural Management, University of Uruguay
Dir. International & Members Relations
Dina Gimbatova
Master in International Business Protocol, EIP Int’l Protocol School (Madrid, Spain)
Master in Tourism Marketing, ESERP Business School (Madrid, Spain)
Higher Technician in Tourist Accommodation Management, European University (Madrid, Spain)
General Assistant
Alix Zavaris
Former Enotourism Manager, Santo Tomás Wineries (Ensenada, Baja California, México)
Gastro Business Advisory & Management
REGIONAL Director LatAm
Gabriel Fidel
Vice-Rector and Full Professor of Political Economy
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Mendoza, Argentina)
COUNTRY Directors
CHILE
Jorge Espinoza
Former Member and Colchagua Wine Route creator, SERNATUR-National Tourism Service for O’Higgins region
Professor Tourism career, Universidad de Los Lagos
CHINA
Haiyan Song, PhD.
Associate Dean, School of Hotel and Tourism Management
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
GREECE
Panagiota Dionysopoulou, Dr.
Director General of Tourism Policy, Ministry of Tourism
Professor School of Social Science, Tourism Business Administration MSc, Hellenic Open University (HOU)
MEXICO
Nora Bringas
Coordinator of the Tourism Observatory of Baja California
PORTUGAL
Bebiana Monteiro
Professor and Director of the Graduate Course in Wine Tourism
School of Hospitality and Tourism, Polytechnic of Porto
SPAIN
Aurora Pedro, PhD.
Director of the Chair of New Green Transition in Tourism
PhD in Economics and Professor of Applied Economics
University of Valencia
RUSSIA
Elena Didenko, PhD.
Vice-Rector for Continuing Education
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
URUGUAY
Laura Nervi, Agronomist Eng.
Specialization in wine marketing and enotourism, Univ. of the Republic of Uruguay
Lecturer, Gato Dumas Institute
USA
Kyuho Lee, PhD.
Internship Director & Associate Professor of Marketing
School of Business & Economics, Sonoma State University
FELLOWS:
Rectors, deans, PhD, professors and master coordinators from the most prestigious universities and business schools, specialized in ‘wine, gastro and agri’ tourism intelligence, intangible culture, destination management and related fields, acting under their own names and with no direct business interests on wine and/or tourism industries.
