Strategy · Go-To-Market · Luxury Hospitality & Brand Management

A strategy and go-to-market leader turning executive priorities into scalable growth.

I am a strategy, go-to-market and marketing leader with deep expertise in luxury hospitality and luxury brand management. While my track record is built in hospitality, I evaluate senior mandates across sectors where brand, commercial and operating leadership converge — a deliberate path toward CEO and executive leadership roles. I connect management priorities, cross-functional teams and disciplined execution to build scalable operating models and deliver complex initiatives — from multi-property governance to new openings and relaunches.

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Enrico TarantinoBased in Italy · Available internationally
7luxury hospitality properties in direct scope
500+rooms, suites, cottages and residences
81K+annual room nights across the wider system
3openings and relaunches delivered in 2025

Hospitality portfolio

A multi-property scope spanning established luxury destinations, repositionings and new openings across Italy.

Borgo Egnazia184 keys
Castel Badia29 keys
Ancora Cortina38 keys
Santavenere34 keys
HOTEL de LEN22 keys
Ostuni a Mare202 keys
Masseria Le Carrube19 keys

From specialist expertise to go-to-market leadership.

I began my career as a telecommunications engineer, developing the analytical and systems mindset I now apply to organisational complexity. Through digital marketing and luxury hospitality, my scope expanded from channels and performance to luxury brand positioning, multi-property governance, pre-openings and cross-functional go-to-market delivery. Today I work where strategy meets execution — translating management priorities into clear roadmaps, coordinated action and measurable growth.

01 — Structure

Structure for go-to-market

I turn broad objectives into priorities, governance, ownership and milestones — creating the conditions for delivery, not just direction.

02 — Alignment

Lead across functions

I align Marketing, Revenue, Sales, Operations, Finance, HR, general managers and external partners around one shared roadmap.

03 — Systems

Build scalable systems

I introduce shared workflows and repeatable standards that combine performance and operational context to support management decisions.

Egnazia Ospitalità Italiana

Building a group-level digital and go-to-market function for a growing luxury hospitality portfolio.

Context

Fragmented digital activities, external suppliers and no unified governance across properties.

Mandate

Build a group-level digital and go-to-market function able to serve the full portfolio and new openings.

Action

I centralised channels, data and reporting; introduced shared KPIs, agency governance and pre-opening standards.

Outcome

A scalable operating model ready to support new acquisitions, openings and repositionings.

Recent openings and relaunches.

2025

Castel Badia

I led the marketing pre-opening from positioning and brand identity to website, booking engine, creative assets, digital campaigns and launch.

Pre-opening

2025

Ancora Cortina

I coordinated the repositioning and digital launch, aligning branding, website, content and campaign activation.

Repositioning

2025

La Tiara di Cervo

I supported the property relaunch through a new identity, digital strategy, campaigns and commercial coordination.

Relaunch

Four stages, one direction.

Multi-property leadership

Marketing Manager · Egnazia Ospitalità Italiana

I lead seven luxury properties, pre-openings, relaunches and cross-functional go-to-market delivery.

Building group capabilities

Digital Marketing Manager · EOI & Borgo Egnazia

I built digital governance, shared processes and scalable infrastructure at group level.

Digital & luxury specialisation

Maked Agency · Borgo Egnazia

I moved from multidisciplinary digital delivery to luxury hospitality.

Engineering foundation

Fondazione Ugo Bordoni · WiLab

The analytical and systems basis of my management approach.

Engineering rigour, applied to luxury management.

Education & teaching

Formal grounding in engineering and luxury management

MSc & BSc in Telecommunications Engineering · University of Bologna · 110/110 cum laude
Luxury Management Lecturer · University of Bari · 2019 – 2022

Languages & availability

Italian · English C1 · Spanish B1

I am available for opportunities in Italy and internationally, including relocation for the right mandate. I am open to full remote and hybrid working models.

Contact

I am open to Chief of Staff, strategic projects, go-to-market and executive operating mandates.

For senior mandates in luxury hospitality, luxury brand management, owner-led organisations or multi-entity groups scaling their go-to-market — a short conversation is the best place to start.

Based inItaly
AvailabilityItaly & international
FocusExecutive
Working modelHybrid or full remote