Chair-holder, Prof. Cantoni has participated to ENTER 2019 (29.01 – 01.02.2019) in Nicosia (Cyprus) as one of the keynote speakers for the PhD workshop “Preparing for Your First Job Talk” on January 29, 2019. Alongside other USI members, he is also part of this years’ Scientific Committee of the 26th annual conference. Moreover the following papers were presented at the conference:

  • “Identification of Competing Destination Brand: The Case of Okinawa Island” by Kenshi Nakaima, Elena Marchiori, and Lorenzo Cantoni (Thursday, 31.01.2019)
  • “Indonesian Tourism and Batik: An Online Map” by Puspita Ayu Permatasari and Lorenzo Cantoni (Thursday, 31.01.2019)
  • “Analyzing Cultural Values in Heritage Promotion by DMO Websites. A Methodological Proposal” by Emanuele Mele and Lorenzo Cantoni (Friday, 01.02.2019)

Every year the conference is organized by the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel and Tourism (IFITT). Prof. Cantoni was the president of IFITT from 2014 to 2018.