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‘Costa Daurada and Terres de l’Ebre Trip&Kids’, a groundbreaking tech platform for managing family tourism, is up and running

2022-07-25T12:38:38+02:00July 6th, 2021|Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

The Platform Operation in the PECT TurisTIC in Family project, which is now in its final few months, today unveiled its main deliverable: the ‘Trip&Kids’ web app, a technology platform for managing tourism services. This new tool positions Costa Daurada and Terres de l’Ebre destinations as domestic and international pacesetters by deploying management, recommendation and gamification tools to meet the [...]

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Tourism gamification app for SMEs is best tech solution in the Miro In Cube hackathon Barcelona final

2022-07-25T12:42:36+02:00July 1st, 2021|Events, Press Notes, Tourism|

The Altour project led by Gerard Garcia Anglès, Eric Moreno Edo, Gina Stolwijk and Miquel Orozco Gavaldà has scooped first prize in the Barcelona final of the Miro In Cube tourism innovation competition. Their winning entry is a tourism gamification app in which businesses can showcase their events for active and sustainable tourism and thus raise the [...]

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CETT and Eurecat to run higher education initiatives in tourism digital and technological development

2022-07-25T13:20:34+02:00June 25th, 2021|Corporatiu, Press Notes, Tourism|

CETT, the leading higher education school in Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy and affiliated to the University of Barcelona, and the Eurecat technology centre are teaming up to drive innovation in higher education in the shape of programmes involving digital and technological development of tourism, hospitality and gastronomy by transferring both institutions’ skills and knowhow. The partnership will make [...]

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Digitalisation and sustainability are key to the post-pandemic tourism upturn

2022-07-25T14:40:23+02:00June 22nd, 2021|Events, Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

Digitalisation and sustainability will be crucial to the post-pandemic upturn in the tourism industry. This was the conclusion at the TurisTIC Forum congress hosted by the Eurecat technology centre which was held today at the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site in Barcelona and also online. They will have to be accompanied by rolling out disruptive solutions harnessing technologies including artificial [...]

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Barcelona is trending technology capital for post-pandemic tourism recovery

2022-07-25T15:18:37+02:00June 4th, 2021|Events, ICT, Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

The challenges of post-pandemic tourism and the digital transformation of the industry will take centre stage at the 9th TurisTIC Forum congress hosted by the Eurecat technology centre and to be held on 22 June at the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site in Barcelona as well as online. The congress “will review what has happened in the last [...]

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Eurecat contributes to the ‘Initiatives for Tourism Resilience’ e-book unveiled at FITURTECHY

2022-07-25T15:40:25+02:00May 28th, 2021|Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

The Eurecat technology centre has contributed to the ‘Initiatives for Tourism Resilience’ e-book brought out by the Tourism Technology Centres Group and presented at the #techYdestino forum at FITURTECHY. It showcases initiatives and projects they have been working on in response to the acute crisis brought about by Covid-19 and which are designed to restart the tourism industry, a [...]

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Experts point to talent as one of the mainstays of the tourism industry in meeting its challenges

2022-07-25T15:41:51+02:00May 26th, 2021|Events, Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

“It is essential to retain talent in the wide range of professional profiles making up human capital in the tourism industry, in businesses and in destinations to address challenges such as digitalisation, designing innovative experiences, coping with changes in demand and tourist satisfaction,” said Salvador Anton Clavé, director of Eurecat’s Department of Tourism Innovation and professor of Regional [...]

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New app to better manage visitor flows in tourist areas

2022-07-25T16:35:59+02:00May 11th, 2021|Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

Turisme de Barcelona and Barcelona City Council in conjunction with the Eurecat technology centre as technology partner today presented at the Valkiria Hub in Poblenou a new app designed to relieve overcrowding in tourist sites by suggesting alternative ways of visiting them. Called Check Barcelona, the new app is a guide to the city and its surrounding [...]

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American Association of Geographers presents Roy Wolfe Award 2021 to Dr Salvador Anton Clavé

2022-07-25T16:48:05+02:00April 14th, 2021|Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

The Roy Wolfe Award 2021, presented by the American Association of Geographers’ Recreation, Tourism & Sport Specialty Group, has gone to Salvador Anton Clavé, professor of Regional Geographic Analysis at Rovira i Virgili University and currently director of the Eurecat technology centre’s Vila-seca-based Tourism Innovation Department, for his outstanding academic contributions in tourism geography. Until 2019, [...]

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Experts to gather in Barcelona to discuss technology for tackling the post-pandemic tourism industry’s challenges

2022-07-25T16:51:03+02:00April 13th, 2021|Events, Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

The 9th TurisTIC Forum, the congress on the application of ICTs in tourism organised by the Eurecat technology centre, will bring together experts in Barcelona in June to address the challenges facing the industry in the post-Covid-19 scenario. Topics are to include destination management using artificial intelligence, digital nomads and emerging opportunities and also NextGeneration EU recovery funds for digital transformation [...]

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