Mirko Lalli is an entrepreneur and keynote speaker. For the past twenty years, he has been working at the intersection of technology, data, tourism, and artificial intelligence.
He founded and led The Data Appeal Company, a data intelligence platform for the tourism and retail sectors, which began as Travel Appeal and grew into an international group; he acquired the Spanish company Mabrian.
Today, he is a co-founder and vice president of Turismi.ai, the association that promotes GatewAI, the national conference on artificial intelligence in tourism. He has invested in several startups, including RankWit, which measures and improves the visibility of hotels and destinations in AI assistant responses. He created TourismIntel.ai, a travel industry intelligence service that combines news, official data, and weekly analysis, and hosts the podcast “The Future of Tourism.”
He is an Independent Expert for the European Commission on artificial intelligence and digital innovation.
He is a keynote speaker at Phocuswright, ITB Berlin, Web Summit, Skift, and FITUR, and gives lectures at Italian and international universities.
