Irene Paolinelli embarked on NECSTouR’s journey in November 2022 as Marketing & Communication Manager.

Working with Cristina, Tomaso, Oyana and Justine, her mission involves managing NECSTouR's communication strategy, all related communication activities and building up the communication network to develop synergies within the community of NECSTouR’s members. She is driven by curiosity, discovering different cultures and mastering a variety of languages. Her passion for Sustainable Tourism, Marketing, and Communications, as well as her wide-ranging experience in Brussels in European Affairs’ communications, including the European Parliament, the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Intergraf, and the European Travel Commission, will be crucial in supporting the network in performing communication activities in an impactful way. Her roots trace back to Tuscany, where she graduated in Tourism Sciences at the University of Pisa (Fondazione Campus Lucca) – joint Bachelor’s Degree programme with the University of Pavia and the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), holding a semester abroad in Valladolid, Spain at UEMC. During her Master’s Degree in Marketing at ISEG Lisbon School of Economics & Management, she had the opportunity to apply the knowledge acquired to the tourism field with a dissertation focusing on sustainable tourism.