CLAUDIA HELENA NUNES HENRIQUES holds a PhD in Economics (Tourism planning and Management) (2002) (Algarve University, Portugal), an MSc in Economics and Social Policy (1995) (University of Lisbon, Portugal) and a BSc in Economics (University of Lisbon, Portugal). She is a researcher in the field of Tourism and Hospitality with long working experience in international, multicultural environments, in team building, teamwork and team leadership. Currently, she is Adjunct Professor at the School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism, University of the Algarve (UALG). She is a member of the Direction Board of the Master Hospitality Management and Administration. She was Director of the Master of Cultural Tourism and of the Undergraduate Course of Hotel Management. Henriques is an integrated member of CinTurs - Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Wellbeing, UAlg. She develops activities as a reviewer and external advisor. The researcher has published Books, Chapters of books (34) and peer reviewed journal articles (37), as well as conference proceedings, mainly associated to tourism, culture and tourism planning and management. She participated in research and consultancy projects, and was invited as a keynote speaker in several scientific events (Brasil and Portugal). She was a founder and chair of - Tourism and History - International Conference (3 editions). She supervised and/or is supervising master's dissertations and PhD thesis in the Tourism, Heritage and Hospitality fields. She presented several communications in conferences, and integrated the scientific and organising committees of international scientific events. Currently, she is a reviewer of a set of journals. She was awarded three prizes in international conferences (2016, 2014, 2007). Her main research areas are: Cultural Tourism; Cultural Economics; Tourism Planning and Management; Creative Tourism.