Tourism research on the west coast of Scotland: developing business solutions for a sector in crisis Starting a series of blog spots that highlighted the work of our partners, we begin with the our Scottish lead partner, the Centre for Recreation and Tourism Research, part of the University of the Highlands. The Centre (https://www.whc.uhi.ac.uk/research/), established in 2012, is one of Scotland’s leading tourism research centres, with a huge network of overseas colleagues, clients and collaborators and an impressive portfolio of activity.  Working predominantly in an industry-facing capacity, the Centre is currently involved in eight EU-funded initiatives, co-financed through the ERASMUS+, Horizon [...]

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Include Me partners have developed, together with 15 other organisations, a global communication approach to promote diversity and inclusion called INCLUSIVE EUROPE. This social media set of tools is promoting the work done by 4 projects in particular: SMILE, Include Her, Inclusive HE and Include Me. Working together, the four projects give visibility to the topic and reach out to a large audience. The social media tools and dedicated newsletter focus on current actions taking place. You can follow this initiative on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to the newsletter. If you are working in the area of inclusion and [...]

How COVID-19 is affecting employees in the tourism industry Barcelona is a city that heavily depends on tourism for economic revenue. The COVID-19 pandemic brought European tourism to a sudden halt, and the tourism sector is seeing unprecedented losses. María Cecilia Lupis is a reception manager at a hotel in Barcelona. Her hotel was forced to close from pandemic losses. Like many other hotels in the Barcelona area, it is uncertain when it will reopen to the public. “There is a great degradation of the buildings themselves and there is a risk of economic losses,” Lupis said. “They need direct subsidies [...]

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A short description of FUNIBER FUNIBER (https://www.funiber.org/)  is a non-profit private organization devoted since 1997 to online education and multidisciplinary international  projects. With headquarters located in the 22@ digital smart district in Barcelona (Spain), the international organization of FUNIBER comprises a group of universities, R&D centres and several SMEs. Since its foundation in Spain, FUNIBER has grown continuously to become an academic and professional network across more than 35 countries along Europe, America and Africa. Our university network includes partnership, affiliation and consolidated contacts with 80 European, American and African Universities and R&D centres. Currently we are teaching to more than [...]

The future of businesses in the tourism industry An international program focuses on supporting and training tourism businesses when reacting to crises.  The Navigating Tourism Crisis Recovery project, co-financed by the Erasmus + Program of the European Union, is led by the University of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and has the participation of FUNIBER. The initiative enables higher education institutions to assist businesses to evolve in crisis situations. This project focuses on small and medium-sized enterprises and future business owners in the tourism industry so that they can acquire the adaptive skills to maintain success even in unexpected circumstances. [...]

Green Scheme Of The Slovenian Tourism The Green Scheme of Slovenian Tourism (GSST) is a tool developed at the national level and a certification programme that carries out the following tasks under the SLOVENIA GREEN umbrella brand: brings together all efforts directed towards the sustainable development of tourism in Slovenia, offers tools to destinations and service providers that enable them to evaluate and improve their sustainability endeavours and promotes these green endeavours through the Slovenia Green brand. .fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left [...]

Wellbeing Experiences In Northern Slovenia Vocational College of Hospitality and Tourism Maribor (VCHT)  is a member of numerous European hospitality associations that connect schools which offer similar study programmes. While the Hospitality and gastronomy sector are already well represented, the wellness and wellbeing part was until the spring of 2021 not addressed at all. In order to create opportunities for students of the Wellness management programme, a new competition was created within EURHODIP (https://www.eurhodip.com/competitions/) with the idea to provide a platform for students of wellness and wellbeing as well: #taste2connect. The aim of the competition was to connect young and talented [...]

HOW TO INNOVATE DIGITALLY? Servitization and service innovation have appeared as a successful way for many companies, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises, to overcome the dead-end road of competition. However, in reality, SMEs do not frequently participate in digital innovation for services and not a lot is known about the underlying process. In the face of these challenges, universities play an important role by combining theory with practice and setting standards of future work practices. Therefore, lecturers need up-to-date, reliable information to develop modern course curricula. Thus, this Erasmus+ project “Digital Innovation in the Service Sector” has the objective to [...]