Events
Professor Lorenzo Cantoni gives a keynote speach at the conference “A Heritage of Hospitality and Hospitality for Heritage” in Istanbul
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 entered the scientific committee of the European Association of Via Francigena and joined the European Network of Knowledge (EUNeK)
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...
UNESCO Chair research presented at Travel and Tourism Research Association (Asia Pacific Chapter) Conference
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...
Professor Lorenzo Cantoni speaking on Application of ICTs in Developing Sustainable Tourism in World Heritage Sites
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
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...
Prof. Cantoni @ the 8th IPID International Annual Symposium
December 9, 2013. Prof. Cantoni held a keynote presentation at the 8th IPID International Annual Symposium (the International Network for Postgraduate Students in the area of ICT4D) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The keynote speech...
Prof. Cantoni @ UNESCO Swiss Commission General Assembly
November 29, 2013. Prof. Cantoni has attended UNESCO Swiss Commission General Assembly at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he has presented the progress work of UNESCO Chair and especially focused on the "Awareness...
Press conference to introduce the new mobile application dedicated to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Ticino
June 28, 2013. A press conference was held at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), to introduce a new mobile application dedicated to the two UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS) in Ticino (Switzerland): the cultural site “Three Castles,...
Swiss UNESCO Commission holds an informal forum in Lugano
May 2, 2013. UNESCO Swiss Commission every two years organizes an event called Lugano meeting to provide an informal forum for national Commissions to review their cooperation and to discuss the common challenges they face in their work with and...
Summer School 2014 IDEAL-Tourism
Information and communication technologies for promotion and development of sustainable tourism around cultural and natural destinations.
The case of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites
August 25-September 5, 2014
Università della Svizzera italiana
USI Lugano – Switzerland