Structure
“The essence of wine tourism is getting to know a region through its wine-making and oenology while admiring its landscape, its architectural jewels and obviously, its gastronomy. Wine tourism acquires a fundamental importance as an element of dynamization of the cultural and environmental heritage where the winemaking tradition is located".
Rafael Ansón, President of Honor
Rafael Ansón
President of Honor
José Antonio Vidal
Founder President & CEO
Pablo Singerman
Vice President The Americas
Leonid Gelibterman
Vice President EurAsia
Romanella Paggi
Argentina Director
Milton Zuanazzi
Brasil Director
Judith Ramírez
Chile Director
Jiawei Jiang
China Director
David Furer
USA Director
Advisory Board
Honorary Chairman
Rafael Ansón
President of Honour, International Academy of Gastronomy
Dr Honoris Causa and Director Gastronomy Chair, Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio
Ambassador for Sustainable Tourism, UNWTO
Senior Advisors
Globally:
Adolfo Favieres
Ambassador for Spain and Iberoamerica, WTTC
Former Secretary General’s Advisor, UNWTO
José Carlos de Santiago
Vice President, Iberoamerican Academy of Gastronomy
Founder President, Grupo Excelencias Comunicación
Philippe François
Former President, World Association for Hospitality and Tourism Education and Training (AMFORHT)
Tomás Poveda
President, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL), Miami
Former Gral. Mngr., Casa de América
Former Gral. Mngr. of Media and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain
Countries in alphabetical order:
ARGENTINA
Javier Espina
Director of the Federal Council of Tourism, Ministry of Tourism and Sports
Former Minister of Tourism of Mendoza
BRASIL
Márcio Favilla
Former Executive Dir. for Operational Programs and Institutional Relations, UNWTO
Former Vice Minister of Tourism of Brasil
BULGARIA
Konstantinos Aslanoglou
Partner, Legal and Business Consultant, Supreme Capital Ltd.
CHINA
Margaret Chen
Founder CEO, Optimus Horizon
FRANCE
Hervé Novelli
President, Conseil Superieur de l’Oenotourisme
GEORGIA
Ilia Giorgadze
Ambassador (Diplomatic Body)
GREECE
Polykarpos Efstathiou
Former Director, Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO)
SOUTH AFRICA
Monika Iuels
Acting Chief Marketing Officer, Official Tourism, Trade and Investment Promotion, Agency for Cape Town and the Western Cape (WESGRO)
SPAIN
Germán Porras
Former General Director of Tourism and Tourspain, Government of Spain
URUGUAY
Arnaldo Nardone
Minister of Tourism’s Assistant
Former World President, ICCA
Management Body
President and CEO
José Antonio Vidal
Founder President CEO, EnoTourism Spain (Spanish EnoTourism Association & Institute)
2018 Spanish National EnoTourism Award
Vice Presidents
The Americas
Pablo Singerman (ARG)
Director Economic Observatory Wine Tourism and MICE, Ministry of Tourism of Argentina
EurAsia
Leonid Gelibterman (RUS)
President CEO, International Center of Wine and Gastronomy
Deputy Institutional Relations
Dina Gimbatova
Former PPRR Assistant, Four Seasons Hotels Qatar
Country Managers
Argentina
Rodrigo Lemos
Wine tourism advisor, Corporación Vitivinícola de Argentina (COVIAR)
Director, Academic Program International (Government of Mendoza)
Romanella Paggi
Owner, Ketek Eventos & Turismo
Moderator ‘Mendoza en Una Copa’, Ministry Tourism of Mendoza
Brasil
Milton Zuanazzi
Co-founder & CEO, Hotel Sustentável consulting
Institutional Director, Viajar Faz Bem
Former National Secretary of Tourism Policies, Ministry of Tourism
Chile
Miloš Mišković
Former Director, SERNATUR Valparaíso
Judith Ramírez
Partner, La Recova Wines
China
Jiawei Jiang
Assistant Director, Monitoring Center for UNWTO Sustainable Tourism Observatories in China
Gao Ruylene
GWTO Director Institutional Relations China
Italy
Nicola D’Auria
President, Italian Enoturism Association (MTV)
Mexico
Marisa Ramos
Professor, Faculty of Tourism and Gastronomy, Univ. Anáhuac
Coordinator Master on Gastro Tourism Management, Univ. Anáhuac-Le Cordon Bleu
Peru
Mariela Gutelli
Founder CEO, ‘Caliptra’ Consulting on Wine Tourism Marketing
Portugal
Maria João de Almeida
President, Portuguese Enotourism Association (APENO)
Luís Bento
Consultant, Sommelier, Writer, Restaurateur.
Founding Partner, Primal Advisors and “Walk the Wine”
Russia
Leonid Popovitch
President, Union of Winegrovers and Winemakers of Russia
Spain
Mercedes Sánchez
Secretary General, Spanish Enotourism Association
Turkey
Fatma Bilge
President, Urla Viticulture and Winery Association (UVWA)
United States of America
David Furer
Adult Beverage Communicator & Marketer
Uzbekistan
Sergei Danilov
Co-owner & Chief Adviser, Delicious Uzbekistan and Silk Road
Comunications:
Central EurAsia
Julia Smirnova
Travel advisor, Komsomolskaya Pravda
Press advisor, Cervantes Institute Moscow
Latin America
Verónica de Santiago
Dir. General, Grupo Excelencias Comunicación
Daniel Baroni
Director, Turismo 530
MICE Managers:
Congresses and Exhibitions
Arnaldo Nardone
Director, MICE International Consulting
Former World President, ICCA
Incentives and Events
Charo Trabado
Director, MITM Events
Administration and Treasury Head:
Mercedes Sánchez
Secretary General & Treasurer, Spanish Enotourism Association
Legal Head:
Maurizio Di Ubaldo
President, Di Ubaldo Advocats
