Vanessa de Oliveira Menezes, PhD, graduated in Tourism from UNIOESTE, Brazil, and continued with a specialisation in Human Resources Management at the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil.

She earned a master’s degree in Tourism and Hotels Management at Universidad de Extremadura, Spain, and a PhD in Business Management at UP, Brazil. She also conducted postdoctorate research at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. Vanessa’s academic experience of more than two decades as a lecturer has been devoted to technical, undergraduate and postgraduate courses. She is a member of the Editorial Board on Journal of Tourism – Studies and Research in Tourism and a Member of the Reviewers’ Committee for the International Journal of Academic Research in Management.