NECSTouR at ITB Berlin: Developing Innovative Ideas, Meeting Potential New Partners
16/03/2018

NECSTouR at ITB Berlin: Developing Innovative Ideas, Meeting Potential New Partners

 

Several NECSTouR Members attended the ITB Berlin 2018, ensuring a wide representation of this network at what is known to be "the World's Leading Travel Trade Show".

Working on Skills. On the 8th of March, a Working Group Meeting on Skills has been organised by the Region of Valencia. It has been the occasion to discuss among some of the members of NECSTouR about the definition of an European MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) aimed to contribute to reduce the gaps between the tourism professionals and the private sector and to update tourism professionals CV according to the new consumers needs and trends.

Regional Participation. The Working Group Meeting has been attended by representatives from Andalusia, Catalonia, Cornwall, Limburg, Scotland, the Region of Valencia, NIT-Kiel and Slovenia.

Meeting the German Ländern. Thanks also to the intermediation of Mr Ulf Sonntag from NIT-Kiel, NECSTouR President had also the opportunity to meet with some potential new member Regions from Germany: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Tourismus-Agentur Schleswig-Holstein and Baden Würtenberg;...

...and beyond! President Torrent met also with representatives from the Polish Region of Pomorskie and Tourismus NRW.

Innovation and Attractiveness. This event has been another opportunity to clearly show up the increasing attractiveness and growing potentialities of NECSTouR.