An entrepreneur for more than 30 years, Paola Puzzovio helps HoReCa businesses, producers and tourism operators move beyond an individual mindset to build networks, formats and experiences that make a destination more recognizable, competitive and attractive.

An expert in Food and Wine Tourism, the non-hotel accommodation sector and the development of territorial networks, she is a public speaker, trainer and consultant for public bodies, academies and businesses in the food and wine tourism and HoReCa sectors.

She is the founder of TEGing Italia, a project created to Re-Design Italian food and wine tourism by bringing practicality, awareness and business to industry operators. She is also the founder of iTEG, the annual international event dedicated exclusively to Food and Wine Tourism, which combines training, networking, B2B and B2C meetings, territorial storytelling and moments open to the community.

She created the role of the Sommelier Narratore (Storyteller Sommelier), a contemporary profile that goes beyond tasting technique to turn wine and the beverage world into a story, the territory into an experience and the guest into the protagonist of the journey.

She is the founder of Skills4Tourism, a project focused on developing talent and new professional roles in hospitality, combining technical skills, guest relations, communication, territorial storytelling and ethical matching between people and companies to create real value in the tourism and HoReCa sectors.

She is co-founder of PEevents, a women-led company specializing in sustainable and inclusive events, and holds representative roles in national and international organizations such as Laica Salento, TUR CONF.E.P.I., San Martino ODV and Sweet & Snacks Europe.