Structure
“The essence of EnoGastro Tourism is to get to know a region through its cuisine and wine making, admiring its landscape, its architectural jewels, its cultural heritage, its roots. Gastronomy is solid and liquid food where Tourism acquires a fundamental importance as an element of socioeconomic dynamization where both types of food traditions meet”.
Rafael Ansón, Dr. Honoris Causa
GWTO & Academy President of Honor
International Academy of Gastronomy (Paris) Founder & Honorary President
Governing Board
FOUNDER & PRESIDENT
José Antonio Vidal
National (Spain) Enotourism Award
Expert in making up elite international advisory networks for the responsible development of tourist destinations.
Member of Senior Advisor Boards in the Tourism Commission of the Chamber of Commerce of Spain; in the National Table of Spanish Gastronomy (ICEX, Ministry of Commerce of Spain) and in the Global Gastronomy Organization (Athens)
HONORARY BODY
President of Honor
Rafael Ansón
President of Honor, International Academy of Gastronomy (Paris, France)
Dr Honoris Causa and Director Gastronomy Chair, Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio (Madrid, Spain))
Ambassador for Sustainable Tourism, UN Tourism
Ambassadors Advisors
GLOBAL LATIN AMERICA
Adolfo Favieres
Ambassador for Iberoamerica, WTTC
Former Secretary General’s Advisor, UNWTO
José Carlos de Santiago
Vice President, Iberoamerican Academy of Gastronomy
Tomás Poveda
Executive Vice President EMEA, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola USIL (Perú)
Former Gral. Mngr., Casa de América (based in Madrid)
ARGENTINA & ARMENIA
Pablo Sismanian
Former Dir. Tourism Development, Argentina Ministry of Tourism
BRASIL
Márcio Favilla
Former Vice Minister of Tourism
Former Executive Dir. for Operational Programs and Institutional Relations, UNWTO
MÉXICO
Jorge Ferreira
Founder, Querétaro Wine Cluster
Advisor, Guanajuato Grape and Wine Association
URUGUAY
Arnaldo Nardone
Former Minister of Tourism’s Assistant
CHINA
Margaret Chen
Former Director for China, Telefónica Movistar
GEORGIA
Ilia Giorgadze
Ambassador (Georgian Diplomatic Body, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
GREECE
Polykarpos Efstathiou
Former Countries’ Director, Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO)
SPAIN
Germán Porras
Former General Director of Tourism and National Tourism Office Director (Tourspain), Ministry of Tourism
Isabel Mijares, In Memoriam Feb 10, 2024
‘The Wine Woman’
Chemist and Oenologist
Winemaking advisor
Management Body
CORPORATE
CEO & Operations Director
José Antonio Vidal
Dir. Members & International Relations
Dina Gimbatova
Master in International Business Protocol, EIP Int’l Protocol School (Madrid, Spain)
Master in Tourism Marketing, ESERP Business School (Madrid, Spain)
Vice President LatAm
Pablo Singerman
Director International Tourism Marketing Plan, Ministry of Tourism Argentina
MICE Managers
Congresses and Exhibitions
Arnaldo Nardone
Former World President, ICCA
Meeting and Incentives
Charo Trabado
Director, MITM Events
Economic Monitor Director
Pablo Singerman
Director Economic Observatory Enotourism and MICE, Ministry of Tourism Argentina
Legal Head
Maurizio Di Ubaldo
President, Di Ubaldo Advocats
COUNTRY MANAGERS
Brasil
Milton Zuanazzi
Former National Secretary for Tourism Planning, Competitiveness and Sustainability, Ministry of Tourism
México
Marisa Ramos
Professor and Researcher, Faculty of Tourism and Gastronomy, Univ. Anáhuac
Perú
Alan Watkin
President, Wine Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ica
Manager, Tourism and Economic Development of Nasca
Uruguay
Javier Azcurra
General Manager, Enjoy Hotel Punta del Este
China
Jiawei Jiang
Assistant Director, Monitoring Center for UNWTO Sustainable Tourism Observatories in China
Ruylene Gao
Director Government Relations for China
Italy
Nicola D’Auria
Former President, Italian Enoturism Association (MTV)
Portugal
Maria João de Almeida
President, Portuguese Enotourism Association (APENO)
Spain
Mercedes Sánchez
Secretary General, Spanish EnoTourism Association
Turkey
Fatma Bilge
President, Urla Viticulture and Winery Association (UVWA)
Uzbekistan
Sergei Danilov
Chief Adviser, Delicious Uzbekistan and Silk Road
COMMUNICATIONS
Charlie Rangel
Director Public Relations
Daniel Baroni
Director Press & Social Media South America
Julia Smirnova
Director Press & Social Media EurAsia