Events

May 20-22, 2015. Dr. Nadzeya Kalbaska attended eLearning Africa 2015 Conference in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and presented the WHACY Campaign.

May 9-11, 2015. Duncan Peltason, from Hospitality Youth Initiative - HYI demonstrating WHACY at INDABA - Africa's Top Travel Shows, Durban (South Africa).     Have you ever played the WHACY Game? Go for it! You will love...

An Inspiring Workshop The European Institute of Cultural Routes set up a workshop for the HECTOR project (HEritage and Cultural Tourism Open Resources for innovative training schemes related to the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe) that...

May 7, 2015. Workshop on Digital Technologies and Tourism for managers of Cultural Routes, Paris (France), May 7th 2015: see more info here.

Prof. Cantoni contributes to the 5ème colloque international de l’Association ASTRES – Association Tourisme, Recherche et Enseignement Supérieur (La Rochelle, France) with a presentation on: Information and communication technologies to listen to...

April 23-24, 2015. Prof. Cantoni presents "Capacity Building Programs for the Youth in Tourism Southern Africa" for his contribution to the WHACY Game at the the Tourism Youth Conference of RETOSA in Mauritius. You can see the two-days conference's...

The conference of the Regional Tourism Organisation of Southern Africa was held in Pointe aux Piments, Mauritius on April 23-24, 2015. The program on “Promoting Sustainable Tourism Development through the Involvement and Participation of the Youth”...

Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni will contribute to the Southern Africa Youth in Tourism Conference "Promoting Sustainable Tourism Development through the Involvement and Participation of the Youth", which will take place 23-24 April 2015, in Pointe aux...

March 6, 2015. Prof. Cantoni presented a seminar on eTourism and Heritage at the Rede da Cátedra UNESCO - Turismo Cultural e Desenvolvimento in Coimbra, Portugal

We are glad to announce that the second edition of the UNESCO chair Summer School is out! Check out the program and all novelties around the theme: Information and Communication Technologies to Promote Sustainable Tourism - Tangible and Intangible...

From February 13th to March 29th 2015 the "Rede da Cátedra UNESCO - Turismo Cultural e Desenvolvimento" organizes 13 seminars in different cities of Portugal and Açores Islands. In March 6th 2015 Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni was invited to present the...

February 3-6, 2015. ENTER2015 eTourism Conference by IFITT whose president is Prof. Cantoni was held in Lugano (Switzerland).

December 4-7, 2014. Prof. Cantoni held a keynote presentation at the  Conference Smart Travel 2014 in Bragança and Mirandela (Portugal).

November 19-21, 2014. Prof. Cantoni gave a course on "Promotion and Localization of Websites for Sustainable Tourism" for the European Master in InterCultural Communication (EMICC) - at INALCO in Paris (France).

November 6-8,  2014. Prof. Cantoni held a keynote presentation at the Conference Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality. A Heritage of Hospitality and Hospitality for Heritage in Istanbul (Turkey).

May 10, 2014. Presentation of the new website of Fondazione Svizzera Pro Venezia.

The first edition of the Summer School IDEAL-Tourism dedicated to Information Communication Technologies for promotion and development of sustainable tourism around cultural and natural destinations is currently happening in Lugano, Switzerland....

Professor Lorenzo Cantoni, chair-holder of the UNESCO chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites, established at USI, and president of IFITT - International Federation for Information Technologies in Travel and...

The UNESCO Chair is participating in the poster session of Cultural Heritage: Recalibrating Relationships Riches Project First International Conference in Pisa, 4 - 5 December 2014. You can download our poster here.  

From Thursday 11th to Saturday 13th December Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni and Dr. Silvia De Ascaniis taught the first part of a course on “Sustainable Tourism, local development and Heritage communication. The role of Information and Communication...

Professor Lorenzo Cantoni, the chair holder of UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites is going to give a keynote speech at the international conference “A Heritage of Hospitality and Hospitality for...

The UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites of Università della Svizzera italiana become member of the European Network of Knowledge (EUNeK), a network on Universities for the Via Francigena and the...

Asta Adukaite, the coordinator of UNESCO Chair, presented a paper during the TTRA APac 2014 Conference in Melbourne Australia. The paper “Potential and implications for destination management of Online Travel Reviews’ argumentative analysis. The...