Katalin Hegyi graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Tourism and Hotel Management from the College of Commerce, Catering and Tourism in 2003, later obtaining her second degree in economics from the University of Pécs, specialized in marketing.

She started her professional career in 1999 as a manager assistant – working for several departments – in the headquarter of Danubius Hotels, the largest hotel chain in the region. She assisted the work of the Director of Operation, than the Vice-President for Human Resources, later working for the General Vice-President, and than for the deputy CEO responsible for sales and marketing.
In 2002 she gained sales experience at Fairfield Ltd. (a major time-share retailer) in Toronto, Canada.
From 2003, she spent more than 4 years at the Hungarian National Tourist Office. First she was the head of the secretariate of the Director General, later becoming marketing manager of the company. She coordinated national and international campaigns, organized conferences and events, created brochures and websites. Before leaving the company she was the marketing manager responsible for health tourism.
From 2007, she gained experiences on the agencies’ side by joining Laboratory Ideas Creative Agency as a project manager. She coordinated the marketing-communication projects of Volvo Auto Hungária and Budapest Bank.

She joined Tourconsult in February 2007 as a consultant specializing in the field of tourism marketing.

She speaks fluent English and some Italian.