Editor & Newsletter Director - Network News

After graduating with honours in Medicine and Surgery from La Sapienza University in Rome, Roberto Gentile decided to pursue a career in the tourism industry. Initially he worked with companies such as Study Tours, Alpitour, Club Méditerranée and Viaggi del Ventaglio. In 1999 he founded Frigerio Viaggi Network with the Frigerio family. Since 2010 his work as a consultant and freelancer has become predominant. He is the author of two books published by Hoepli Editore, Milan: 'Agenzie e reti di viaggio. Nuove tendenze nella distribuzione turistica italiana' (2002) and 'Vendere viaggi in Italia. Guida ragionata alle agenzie di viaggio, ai network, alle associazioni, a Internet e ai nuovi media' (2007). He has written hundreds of articles and essays dedicated to the tourism industry and since 2012 is the author of the blog Whatsup, published by the online trade magazine TTG. In 2010 he founded the community Il Club delle Teste Pensanti (The Thinking Heads Club), the most prestigious non-academic think tank in the Italian tourism industry, and in 2012 he founded SAGE Executive Search, a division dedicated to the recruitment of highly qualified personnel.