2026 Partner
The Department of Tourism Management of the University of Patras was founded in May 2019 and welcomed the first students in September 2019. However, it is a descendant of the successful former Department of Tourist Business Management and retains the relevant expertise and experience, bringing along new ideas and a well-conceived new programme of studies.
2025 Partner
The UoC claims a significant role in local society as a knowledge-sharing institute and guardian of local heritage and culture. Aiming at being the leading institute for higher education in the broad Caribbean and Latin American region, the UoC is proud of its multicultural character and diverse academic program. As an institute with international ambitions and credentials, the University of Curaçao builds local strength for a global future.
2024 Partner
Liverpool John Moores University is a distinctive, unique institution, rooted in the Liverpool City Region but with a global presence. Their students and staff, past, present, and future, are the beating heart of our city and can be found in every corner of every industry and community.
2023 Partner
The University of Granada, founded in 1531, continues a long teaching tradition, the roots of which can be traced back to the madrasahs of the last Nasrid Kingdom. The university is a vibrant presence in the city of Granada, benefiting from the distinctive beauty of its environment and a privileged geographical location due to its proximity to the Sierra Nevada, and the Mediterranean coast, with several major tourist sites, including Motril, Almuñécar and Salobreña nearby.
Over 60,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students study at the university, with another 20,000 students taking additional courses, language courses, summer courses, etc. The university employs 3,650 lecturers and over 2,000 administration, technical and maintenance staff. At present, courses for 75 different qualifications are taught in 28 teaching centers. The courses are taught across 116 departments, and the Postgraduate School offers 68 master's courses, 116 doctorate programs, and 113 additional courses.
The commitment to high-quality research has placed the University of Granada in a prominent position in terms of national rankings. The financing of 346 research groups illustrates this commitment. Through the Spanish Research Program, as well as other national programs and organizations, the university supports 165 research projects, and the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Business has provided financial support to 78 Projects of Excellence.
Network Partner
The International Institute for the Inclusive Museum (iiiM) is a not-for-profit that subsumes the Pacific Asia Observatory for Cultural Diversity in Human Development established in 2004 as part of the Action Plan of the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001). It brings together clusters of research and capacity building institutions along with arts, museums, heritage and environmental agencies across the world. The criteria for participation include demonstrated commitment to the ICOM Code of Ethics (2004); ICOM Cultural Diversity Charter (2010); and the Soft and Hard Law Instruments of UNESCO. (http://inclusivemuseums.org/) Networking all over the world and with active engagement through social media, the iiiM platform enhances constructive exchanges across research networks and promotes state of the art online research, learning, and teaching systems. A strategic partner with the prestigious Common Ground Publishing, iiiM is driven by UN Sustainable Development Goals as defined in Transforming Our World - the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Network Partner
Anant National University (AnantU), India’s first Design University, is located in an expansive, lush green campus in the World Heritage City of Ahmedabad. AnantU aims to bridge the gap between contemporary socio-economic challenges and sustainable solutions through design thinking. Its widely acclaimed, international and national faculty facilitate a holistic design education with a liberal arts perspective. The academic experience at the university focuses on developing the self, while simultaneously building domain expertise and providing industry exposure. AnantU offers full-time programmes at Bachelor’s and Master’s levels.
2022 Conference Partner
2022 Conference Partner
The Muziris heritage Project utilizes at a global level the possibilities of a region, which lost its glory centuries ago. Muziris is an ancient port town in little Kerala still holds a kind of beauty that is filled with history and culture. And through the project, we get ready to travel back in time for centuries. What this old port town dishes out to us along with history and culture, are the remnants of its past glory, still observable in features like place-names, architecture, diet etc.
2020/2021 Conference Partner
The University of Dubrovnik is the “youngest university in Croatia. It was established in 2003. on the foundations of a very long tradition which goes back to the 17th century, but also on decades of modern higher education.
By its programs, its organisation and its technical equipment, the University of Dubrovnik can be stands among very modern educational institutions.
2019 Conference Partner
As Miami's first and only public research university, offering bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, FIU is worlds ahead in its service to the academic and local community.
Designated as a top-tier research institution, FIU emphasizes research as a major component in the university's mission. The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and the School of Computing and Information Sciences' Discovery Lab, are just two of many colleges, schools, and centers that actively enhance the university’s ability to set new standards through research initiatives.
2018 Conference Partner
The Society for the Foreign Promotion of Lanzarote, S.A. is a joint commercial entity created in November 2006 with the aim of becoming the promotional body of Lanzarote. Its members and shareholders are Cabildo de Lanzarote, EPEL-CACTs., Chamber of Commerce, ASOLAN, AETUR, FELAPYME and the seven city councils of Lanzarote (Arrecife, Haría, Teguise, San Bartolomé, Tías, Tinajo and Yaiza).
2018 Conference Partner
2018 Conference Partner
The Lanzarote University School of Tourism (EUTL) is a university center attached to the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) whose mission is the integral training of tourism professionals capable of adapting to changing circumstances and combining the application of knowledge together with practical activities aimed at the promotion of sustainability.
Network Partner
The Institute
The Tides Institute holds the one and the only UNESCO chair in the world on tourism and sustainable development with collaborating projects in eighteen countries in Africa and Latin America.
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Network Partner
The ULPGC is located on the island of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). The ULPGC is a modern institution with a long academic track record, committed to quality, efficiency and modernity. It has 21 centres, 1 ascribed centre in Lanzarote, 42 undergraduate degrees, 18 official postgraduate programs, 5 on-line qualifications, 45 ULPGC masters and university expert programs and 3 special training programs. Research activities reflect the multi-disciplinary nature of our 36 Departments: 12 in engineering and architecture, 11 in science and health sciences, 6 in social and legal sciences and 7 in art and humanities. ULPGC research includes cutting-edge Project in such wide-ranging subjects as tourism, sustainability, oceanography, marine science, aquaculture, computer robotics, nutrition, ITC, renewable energies, transport economy, business organization, town planning, among others. There are more than 1,500 researchers at the ULPGC carrying out important research work under the auspices of the University’s 161 research groups and research centres, some of which are leaders in their field at an international level, as in tourism research.
2022 Conference Partner
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