UNESCO Chair in collaboration with Casa dei Padri in Armeno (Italy) is developing a course on Sustainable Tourism and Heritage Communication

by Silvia De Ascaniis | Feb 17, 2014 | Events

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 Technologies (eTourism)”,...

Professor Lorenzo Cantoni gives a keynote speach at the conference “A Heritage of Hospitality and Hospitality for Heritage” in Istanbul

by Silvia De Ascaniis | Feb 15, 2014 | Events

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 Heritage” in...

The UNESCO Chair entered the scientific committee of the European Association of Via Francigena and joined the European Network of Knowledge (EUNeK)

by Silvia De Ascaniis | Feb 10, 2014 | Events

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 European Pilgrimage...

UNESCO Chair research presented at Travel and Tourism Research Association (Asia Pacific Chapter) Conference

by Silvia De Ascaniis | Feb 8, 2014 | Events

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 case of domestic and...

Professor Lorenzo Cantoni speaking on Application of ICTs in Developing Sustainable Tourism in World Heritage Sites

by Silvia De Ascaniis | Feb 6, 2014 | Events

The event called “A Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum for the Preparation of Ethiopia National Tourism Master Plan” was held on the 30-31 July 2014 in  Addis Ababa. Professor Lorenzo Cantoni participated with a video recording on “Application of...

IDEAL Summer School: photostory of the first week

by Silvia De Ascaniis | Feb 2, 2014 | Events

Hereafter a few pictures of an exciting first week of the Summer school Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni (USI Lugano, Switzerland) on eTourism   Prof. Marcel Danesi (Toronto, Canada) on Semiotics   One of the several groupworks   Dr. Silvia De Ascaniis (USI...