Building travel distribution infrastructure, and now leading the Bucharest chapter. Romania has a booming, genuinely innovative travel industry, but it works in silos and doesn't get the necessary support despite the potential. I want to give the industry a collective voice and activate the community to change that together. Here to meet local operators, distribution partners and founders, and to bring the Bucharest travel scene together in person.

Hard to pick one after 26 years, but northern Tuscany is where I actually switch off, up in the hills above Bagni di Lucca. For work-mode travel, Romania keeps surprising me, it is one of the most underrated destinations in Europe.

A multiple-month break across Asia, spanning several countries. Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Japan, China and more moving slowly and taking the local paths and tours rather than rushing between cities.

Commercial Manager at Ifyoutravel back in 2000 (Ifyouski.com, Ifyoudive.com, Ifyougolf.com and Ifyouexplore.com). Bought by OTC, the Online Travel Corporation, which was then bought by lastminute.com.

How agentic AI is going to reshape travel distribution over the next couple of years. We built Travecta MCP-native from launch because we believe more than half of travel bookings will run through AI agents within 12 to 24 months, so I want to stay ahead of how agent-to-agent booking actually plays out in practice. Beyond that, I am always learning from the DMCs themselves. Every local operator we onboard teaches me something about a corner of the world I thought I already knew.

Connection. Curiosity. Perspective.