Beatriz Román Alzérreca

Tourism Development

Beatriz is an independent tourism consultant with eight years of experience working in Spain and Latin America.

She has participated in the planning stages, economic and social evaluation, management and design of rural tourism projects for different government institutions all over Latin America.

In Spain she become part of distinguished environmental organizations such as NEXOS and ECODES Foundation from which she is currently working as an associated researcher promoting good environmental practices and corporate social responsibility in the tourist sector.

In México, she has been working as an independent consultant in the elaboration of ecotourism projects, tourism interpretation and destination management both in indigenous communities of the state of Oaxaca and Chiapas and in nationwide projects for the Environment Ministry of Mexico.

Master in Economic Development (Carlos III University, Spain), Master in Economics (Zaragoza University, Spain) and BA in Administration and Engineering in Tourist management (Metropolitan Technical University, Chile).

She has more than 10 publications related to tourism competitiveness, small enterprise, ecotourism and corporate social responsibility.