A lawyer and tourism and hotel management technologist, I hold a master’s degree in tourism destination management from the Universidad Oberta de Cataluña, a master’s degree in sustainable tourism planning and management from the University of Jaén and a master’s degree in anthropology from the University of Cuenca. I was a Humphrey Scholar at Pennsylvania State University in the United States and a DAAD alumnus in Germany.
Areas of specialization: tourism destination management, service excellence, quality systems, customer satisfaction, strategic management, real estate management, competitiveness, higher education administration.
– Currently advisor to the Ministry of Tourism, specializing in investment, connectivity and regulatory affairs;
– Full professor at the University of Cuenca, which he joined in 2004 and where he served the Faculty of Hospitality Sciences as founder, first dean, professor and researcher in several fields;
– Co-author of several books and academic articles on tourism. I have directed and participated in several consulting and research projects in the field of tourism, both in Ecuador and abroad, particularly with regard to the management and competitiveness of tourist destinations;
– I have held a number of public and private positions, including Vice-Minister of Tourism for Ecuador from 2000 to 2003, and was Vice-President of the Ibero-American Society of Tourism Law;
-Professionally, I’m director of Turisconsulting, a firm specializing in technical, financial and legal consultancy for projects and business initiatives in the tourism, hotel and gastronomy sectors.
