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Katrina has held a range of roles over two decades in the wellbeing, transformational tourism, business leadership & academic arenas. Her academic career has seen her develop & deliver postgraduate degrees at a UK university; and innovation behind new degrees in Australia as a Learning, Teaching & Innovation Manager, in Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management specialisations.

Katrina’s tourism industry experience continues as owner of Villa Tropez, in Saint Tropez, France: a luxury holiday, events, sustainable retreat venue & film location. And an in-house consultancy Byron Bay to Saint Tropez: destination management, retreat planning & event facilitation to the experiential travel, wellbeing & corporate event sectors.

With M.HSc practitioner qualifications, & Gastronomy Tourism, Katrina continues to develop her professional growth and industry knowledge. She has led as National Training Manager in healthcare companies and as Dept Manager of London’s finest health club. She is a longstanding Clinical Nutrition and Naturopathic Association member in both Australia and the UK; researching and presenting innovation & knowledge trends at global events, with her passion for Tourism & Event Wellbeing & Sustainability.

Katrina’s own postgraduate studies were in anti-oxidant wellbeing and organic viticulture regions; her global assays providing valuable research to the international health, gastronomy, Agritourism, & sustainable tourism sectors.

Her favourite downtime hobbies are hiking and foraging on nature-led itineraries, & transformational travel: such as the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage.