Dr Federico Vignati is a tourism economy and sustainable development expert, with a proven record working with public institutions, private firms, international NGOs, and multilateral organizations in Latin America, the Caribbean and South-East Africa.

He is the author on several publications on tourism economy and destinations management and serves as advisor on tourism strategy to the Board of Machu Picchu Tourism Authority. His areas of interest are related to climate-change mitigation and tourism destinations.

Federico is panel expert of the Sustainability in Hospitality panel.