Jose Antonio Vidal is Expert in making up elite professional networks to generate projects for the development of responsible tourism destinations. MBA with a background in Law, Economics and Tourism Marketing.
Founder and President CEO of the Global Wine Tourism Organization, and of the Spanish EnoTourism Association.
National (Spain) Enotourism Award 2018, from the Áliter Business School (Madrid).
‘Enotourism Spain’ International GastroTourism Project Award 2016, from Excelencias Latin-American communication group.
Member of the National Tourism Commission Chamber of Commerce of Spain; of National Table of Spanish Gastronomy, ICEX Ministry of Commerce of Spain; of National Enotourism Commission, ICTE-Spanish Tourism Quality Seal, Ministry of Tourism Spain; of National Commission for the Enotourism Guide Professional Qualification, INCUAL Ministry of Education of Spain; of World Association for Hospitality and Tourism Education and Training, AMFORHT Paris; and of Global Gastronomy Organization, GGO Athens.
In the tourism hospitality sector, he worked for Meliá International Hotels and IHG Group, and as International Marketing Director of the State Tourism Product of Spain ‘The Legacy of Al-Andalus’ (Royal House and Ministries of Tourism, Culture and Foreign Affairs).
In the educational field, he is Founder and President CEO of GWTO Academy; Academic Director and Lecturer of the EnoTourism Management module in ‘Master VitEno’ (Madrid, Polytechnic University), and former Lecturer in Strategic Planning and Customer Service in the ‘Master in Hospitality Management’ at the European Business School of Marketing.
In the financial area, he worked for Banco Santander as a key account executive, and for Bank of Commerce (BBVA Banking Group) as head of international operations.