Speaker Profile

Giorgio
Ribaudo

Managing Director - THRENDS

Speaker Profile

Giorgio
Ribaudo

Managing Director - THRENDS

An expert in tourism and hotel management and development with an academic and operational background in the hospitality sector, Giorgio began his career in BW and LHW hotel operations in 1999.

In 2002 he joined ECONSTAT as an analyst, the oldest company in Italy (1982) in the advisory for the tourism-hotel sector. From 2005 to 2011 he was part of the Travel, Leisure and Tourism division of KPMG. He becomes head of the project management of Horwath HTL (Rome office) in 2012 and Director from 2017 to 2019.

In parallel, he is adjunct professor at the University of Bologna (since 2012), lecturer at Bocconi University and at the University of Pisa. He has 18 years of experience in assisting and advising investors, owners and developers in the hospitality sector, also outside Italy. From 2013 to 2020 he was author of the annual report "Hotels & Chains in Italy". He has published in "Journal of Travel Research" (1st journal in the world ranking in the tourism area). MBA from St. John's University in New York (2008) and Degree in Tourism Economics from the University of Bologna (2002). He is one of the founding partners and director of THRENDS.