He has a degree in Management and Public Administration, from the Technical University of Lisbon and a PhD in Strategic Planning in Tourism and Hospitality, from the University of Surrey (United Kingdom). Founder and President of IPDT, he is Global Trends Editor of the Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes Journal (WHATT), member of the Porto Airport Advisory Council and of the World Tourism Organization Barometer Panel. He has developed projects in Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, mainland Portugal and islands (Azores and Madeira) and the United Kingdom, in the areas of strategy and development of tourism destinations. He was also a consultant to UNWTO, UNDP and UNCTAD. He is part of the Strategic Council of the Portuguese Hotel Association, the Sectorial Council for Education and Professional Training of Tourism and the External Evaluation Committee of the Foundation of Portuguese Universities (Ministry of Education). From 2017 to 2019, at the invitation of the World Bank, he took on the role of Specialist in Strategic Tourism Development, with responsibility for producing the Strategic and Marketing Plan for Tourism in São Tomé and Príncipe. In 2020, at the invitation of the Government, he led the project to establish the School of Hospitality and Tourism in this country.

He has a degree and a PhD in Chemistry from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal. He is a Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Statistics, Quantitative Methods and Market Research and editor of the special annual issue of WHATT magazine (Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes). Currently, he leads the Applied Research area at IPDT. With extensive experience and market knowledge, he is a specialist in market research and in sustainability certification processes for destinations and tourist organizations.

Graduated in Marketing, Post-graduated in European Tourism Management and MBA. She was a consultant to multinational groups operating in the pharmaceutical, electronic, petrochemical and tourism sectors, where she coordinated and developed projects in the areas of customer service and consumer behavior; strategic planning; and marketing and communication. She was a lecturer and researcher at the Universities of Bournemouth and Surrey, in the United Kingdom, having developed actions of continuous education and action learning at the level of graduate and postgraduate training. Currently, she is the executive director of IPDT for Marketing and Communication; she is the Marketing Director of the ‘Tourism in’ Yearbook; and editor of the special annual issue of WHATT magazine (Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes). She has an extensive experience in the tourism sector, acquired through the coordination and execution of consultancy projects for national and international clients, from the public and private sectors, focusing her intervention on the development of tourism companies and destinations - product and market development, investment attraction and branding strategies.

She has a degree in Journalism and Communication Sciences from the University of Porto and is specialized in Digital Graphic Production. Currently, she coordinates the Communication Department of IPDT. Among her main activities, her work stands out in terms of planning and producing content in editorial projects, supporting the development of Marketing Plans, Strategic Plans, Manuals, Studies and Publications, among others. She also produces content for online and offline channels, manages digital campaigns and undertakes copywriting works for communication supports. She has an extensive experience in the development of multimedia communication media for the tourism sector, including video production and interactive presentations.

She has a degree in Communication Design from the School of Arts and Design of Matosinhos and has specialized in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto. She has considerable experience in the development of editorial, branding and museography projects in the tourism sector. Currently, she coordinates the Communication Design area at IPDT, being the creative responsible for all editorial projects of the company. Ana actively participates in the management of digital communication, producing and developing creative pieces for social networks, promoting campaigns in different and adapted formats and managing different portfolios.

He has a degree in Tourism and a Master in Tourism Management and Planning from the University of Aveiro. Between 2015 and 2017 he was a consultant for several projects in the area of accessibility and mobility for all, accessible tourism, territorial planning and sustainable urban mobility. Collaborates at IPDT since 2018 in the areas of Strategy Consulting and Research, developing strategic plans and marketing and digital communication campaigns for tourist destinations. In the area of digital communication, he stands out for his work in terms of website management, creation and management of campaigns for social networks, email marketing, Search Engine Marketing and Search Engine Optimization.

Collaborates with IPDT since March 2003, accumulating functions in Training and Market Research. She has coordinated several in-company training projects for private and public organizations of the tourism sector. She has also participated in the collection and analysis of data in several market studies in terms of data collection and analysis to gather tourist profiles, notoriety of destinations and evaluation and monitoring of events for several clients from the public and private sectors. She is currently responsible for the management of the Tourism Barometer, a project launched in 2007, which presents the perspective of the evolution of the Portuguese tourism sector.

She is graduated in Business Management and is part of IPDT team since 2005, collaborating in the areas of applied Research and financial analysis. She is an expert in market research within the tourism sector, having a deep knowledge of the dynamics of this industry at national and international level. She has participated in several IPDT studies, namely, the study of the Profile of the Tourist who visits Porto and the North of Portugal. In addition, she makes part of IPDT financial team, being responsible for the analysis of the economic and financial viability of tourism investment projects.