Born in 1982 in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Graduated in Sociology with a major in Social Politics at Minho University, a Postgraduate Degree in Marketing and Communication at Leiria Superior School of Education and Social Science and a Executive Master Management in Digital Transformation at Católica Lisbon Business & Economics.
From 2008 to 2011 was a Communication and Marketing Consultant at Portobay Hotels & Resorts.
Member of the Portuguese National Assembly since 2011, she became Member of the European Parliament in 2014. Won in 2016 the MEP Awards for her work in the category of Tourism. She is the EPP coordinator of the Steering Group of the Tourism Task Force at TRAN Committee, Vice - President of the working Group on Tourism at SMEs Europe, Vice- President on Outermost Regions of the SEARICA working Group member on the Fisheries Committee.
A scenario of a generalized rise in prices, a shortage of human resources, and a latent financial crisis could negatively affect the travel and tourism industry […]
European commercial aviation has seen a wide variation in terms of recovery after the pandemic. Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Greece, Portugal and Iceland were the top […]
Even though Europe is small and travelling between countries is relatively small, there’s still room for improvement. Especially when it comes to travelling from one smaller […]
After failed calls on the European Commission to protect overflights (flights that do not take off or land in France, but merely have routes passing over […]
On 15 January, Eurostat published national-level data on the number of nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments in the last quarter of 2022 and over the […]
After a long, grey, glooming winter, spring has finally arrived. The sun comes peeping out from behind the clouds every now and then, temperatures are rising […]
Twenty organizations representing the European travel and tourism sector have agreed to sign a Code of Conduct on data sharing in the tourism sector. The non-binding […]
The EU institutions will complete an ambitious cycling plan this year, including commitments to increase funding for infrastructure and industrial growth, the European Commission’s Executive Vice […]
The European Travel Commission (ETC), Tourism Economics, and the European Tourism Association (ETOA) held a joint press conference at ITB Berlin to discuss the state of […]
The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) has launched a Cargo Bike Friendly Cities Dashboard, a new tool that evaluates the cargo bike friendliness of over 100 cities […]
Pilots representing 9 members of Airlines for Europe (A4E) are called on EU transport ministers to finally make the reform of Europe’s airspace a reality ahead […]
The European Commission presented the legislative proposal to reform short-term rental (STR) platforms last November, seeking to update the registration process for hosts across the EU […]
The EU executive aims to better integrate public transport and rail services to achieve seamless multimodal passenger transport while delivering the Green Deal. 1. Multimodal digital […]