UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites
Conference on “Cultura, gastronomia e turismo” (September 14th 2018)
The conference on “Cultura, gastronomia e turismo” was a unique chance to explore the importance of food in different cultures and its role in promoting tourism, encountering with famous Catalan chef Joan Roca i Fontané, who manages with his brothers Jordi and Josep,...
“Archiving Intangible Cultural Heritage & Performing Arts” Symposium and Summer School in Lausanne (CH)
Chair holder Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni, participated in the "Archiving Intangible Cultural Heritage & Performing Arts" symposium and summer school in Lausanne (Switzerland) from August 6 - 7, 2018. He presented about ICTs, Sustainable Tourism and Heritage. The...
Launch of new collaborative research project “DIGITAL GOVERNMENT IN THE TOURISM SECTOR”
To celebrate this year's UNWTO World Tourism Day (27.09.2018), which is dedicated to Tourism and the Digital Transformation, a new research project will be launched at USI. It will involve students of the Master in International Tourism. The research aims at providing...
Ilaria Rosani @ XVI INTERNATIONAL FORUM ‘LE VIE DEI MERCANTI’ WORLD HERITAGE & KNOWLEDGE
On Saturday, 16.06.2018, team member Ilaria Rosani held her first conference presentation at the "XVI INTERNATIONAL FORUM ‘LE VIE DEI MERCANTI’ WORLD HERITAGE & KNOWLEDGE" (Naples 14 June, Capri 15 & 16 June, 2018) at the Hotel La Palma in Capri. She talked...
New Interview about Information & Communication Technologies in Cultural Heritage published on Ancient History Encyclopedia
The interview of Chair holder, Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni, with James Blake Wiener of Ancient History Encyclopedia about Information and Communication Technologies in Cultural Heritage was published on June 13, 2018 on their website. In this interview, Professor Lorenzo...
Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni & Università della Svizzera italiana have been acknowledged in the most recent UNWTO report
Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni and USI were mentioned in the acknowledgements of the most recent UNWTO (World Tourism Organization) report "Tourism for Development". The two-volume report was published in accord with the organization's "vision of advancing sustainability...