This project aims at facilitating a transition towards more resilient, circular, and sustainable operating models of European tourism companies through the testing and integration of innovative digitally-driven solutions that reduce unnecessary burdens, improve the quality of the tourism experience, contribute to the decarbonization of the tourism sector and a more inclusive economic growth – not only for small and medium-sized companies but also for the residents of the destinations.
Exciting developments in Work Package One (WP1)! 🔔
🌍 We're expanding our network across 5 Mediterranean countries with hotels and accommodations. Currently, we are in the midst of preliminary research focusing on sustainable impacts within the accommodation sector across our consortium area, in Italy, Spain, Greece, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. This includes studying key sustainability indicators to address environmental, social, and economic issues in the industry.
Stay tuned for more updates on our progress! 🌱
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🚀 Farewell and Thank You! 🌍✨
As the RESETTING project draws to its natural end, we would like to take a moment to reflect on the journey we've shared since our launch in January 2022.
As a COSME funded project focused on the tourism sector, our objective was clear from the very beginning: to facilitate a transition towards more resilient, circular, and sustainable operating models for European tourism companies through the testing and integration of innovative digitally driven solutions that reduce unnecessary burdens, improve the quality of the tourism experience and contribute to the decarbonization of the tourism sector.
To everyone who has been part of this project— European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) and Diputació de Tarragona that made this all happen, our dedicated team and hard-working partners –Eurecat - Centro Tecnológico, Clúster TIC Catalunya Sud, Albanian Trip, ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, FEHT, Comune di San Benedetto del Tronto and HDA, the 60 Small and Medium Enterprises operating in the tourism sector that joined us through our 3 open calls, the experts and service providers that supported them, and finally our community — a BIG thank you! Your passion, creativity, participation and hard work have been key.
While this chapter may be ending, the legacy of the RESETTING project lives on:
Save this to check all the tools and applications that were developed by the team 👉 https://buff.ly/4bqdBsf
Here you can find some innovative ideas for your SME 👉 https://buff.ly/48nMs7W
And here you are welcome to consult the list of experts and service providers that can assist you 👉 https://buff.ly/3RmVmO0
On this YouTube channel, you can review short videos of the meetups and success business cases 👉 https://buff.ly/4ciVnKd
And last but not least, we invite you to listen to the Podcast series that we have created for you 👉 https://buff.ly/4cbrHPj
Remember that the RESETTING Community (https://buff.ly/4cB2Cgq) and Website (https://buff.ly/3PWajCm) will still be active!
As stated above, this specific project may be over, but the journey towards sustainable tourism is just beginning. With your valuable support, we can all make a difference! Together, we can shape a tourism industry that thrives while respecting the local communities and preserve our planet!
🎥 Did you check the practical masterclass on the AI tools needed to unlock the power of AI for tourism companies that Gian Franco Mercado gave during our final conference?
If not, you can find it here!
👉https://lnkd.in/dwG5q9_T
💻👥 Did you miss our Hackathon - “TourismTech Tools to address the challenges of European tourism”?
After reading this recap maybe you’ll want to check out the full video recording of the event!
The Hackathon took place last week in Reus, Spain, and was organized by Southern Catalonia ICT Cluster. Its main focus was a challenge concerning the transition towards more inclusive, resilient, circular, and sustainable models for European tourism companies. Six teams competed and worked towards possible innovative tech solutions for the matter, and the winning proposal concerned a mobile application that would measure the level of acoustic pollution in enclosed tourism spaces like museums, to aid visitors with acoustic issues to avoid problematic areas. The winning team received a voucher for five mentoring sessions to explore their project possibilities and funding.
To complement the tech challenge, the event featured interventions by Fernando Brito e Abreu, Associate Professor at ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, and by Andreu Tobella Brunet, digital manager of PortAventura World, that took the stage to give the audience their direct experiences with the development and implementation of innovative technologies and solutions in the tourism sector. If you missed the Hackathon, you can find the full recording of the event at this link from the ClusterTic YouTube channel 👉 https://lnkd.in/dMr7kH2y.
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🔔👥Did you miss our Final Conference? Maybe after this recap you’ll want to check out the complete recording!
For the 60 attendees (40 that joined the conference in presence and 20 online) it was the perfect opportunity to explore the project’s accomplishments, contributions and impact on the tourism sector.
They had the chance to meet and get to know each other, learn the point of view and perspectives of other entities in the field, acquire hands-on expertise in enhancing digital tools for tourism SMEs, discover exemplary strategies in digital tourism and develop professional networks with entities from the tourism industry.
The conference agenda focused on four main sessions:
The welcoming remarks, that provided the participants with an overview of the project scope, the conference program and the European context within which the project developed. The session saw on the stage Ignasi Papell Garcia, Eurecat Territorial Manager for Southern Catalonia, Eduard Rovira, First Vice-President of Costa Daurada and Terres de l'Ebre Tourist Board, Ignacio de las Cuevas, RESETTING project’s manager and Manager of Centre of Excellence in Tourism Innovation at Eurecat - Technology Centre, and finally Ricardo Aguado, RESETTING project officer and adviser from European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA).
A roundtable and Knowledge Exchange Session, that was directed by Eva Katsaraki from the Heraklion Development Agency and involved five of the SMEs that participated in the project’s open calls: Rentalmar, Seven Rooms and Flat, Aftersails-Nefalo, BlueGeo and Albania my Way, that shared their experiences with the RESETTING project and the direct impacts it had on their businesses.
Two practical and inspiring speeches, the first involving Àurea Rodríguez, Interim director at EIT Culture & Creativity, that delved into the topic of decolonizing value chains, and the second involving Gian Franco Mercado, hospitality specialist, that showed the audience the tools ans skills needed to unlcok the power of AI for tourism companies.
A roundtable with the other COSME projects dedicated to the tourism sector, that brought together representatives from the other sister projects:
Sergio Moreno Gil from Euroemotur, Yeimy Ospina Valencia from Tourism 4.0, Caitlín Breathnach from ST3ER and Ricardo Aguado from EISMEA.
During the day, the attendees could also experience a series of live demo sessions of the Smart Tourism Tools developed by the project’s teams led by Sandra Loureiro, Full Professor at BRU- ISCTE and Fernando Brito e Abreu, Associate Professor at DCTI - ISCTE, that were supported by professors Daniela Langaro, Rui Marinheiro and by the rest of their valiant teams.
If you missed the event you can find the full conference here 👉https://lnkd.in/dii9XBxp
Or you can wait for the recap video that will be published soon!
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