On March 3rd the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour invited Austrian-based foreign representations to a half-day workshop about the internet platform www.tourism-knowhow.at and its members.

Beyond the presentation of the internet platform, the personal exchange and contact with the member companies of tourism-knowhow.at was advanced.

workshop program.pdf

The well-attended workshop produced great interest and the feedback was very positive. Right here you can find some citations:

“That platform is a great idea because it alleviates to find specific partners for tourism development!” 

„The platform is a tool which will ease to do our work!”

„We will surely use www.tourism-knowhow.at!“

„The workshop and the platform are very interesting because I have only been in Austria for a short time and therefore it would take 3 years to find such specific partners in tourism.”

The Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour invited tourism-knowhow members, potential members and international speakers to discuss the possibilities of the platform.

The head of the department for tourism and historic objects, Mrs. Elisabeth Udolf-Strobl, opened the workshop with inspiring words about the export chances in tourism for Austrian enterprises.

The CEO of the platform operator Krems Research, Mr. Hans Lichtenwagner, updated the audience about facts & figures of the first six months of tourism-knowhow.at operations.

The key account manager of Krems Research, Ms. Monika Hofer, illustrated the features and functionality of tourism-knowhow.at.

Starting with Mr. Amr Abdel-Ghaffar of the UNWTO, a series of speakers gave an insight into their work and the international demand for a tool like tourism-knowhow.at.

Mr. Walther Czerny, an early tourism-knowhow.at member and CEO of ATC Austrian Tourism Consultants, lead through the workshop. Speakers: Mr. Harald Jahn (European Investmentbank), Mr. Reinhold Wessely (Consultant of the Russian Federal Agency for Management of Special Economic Zones), Mr. Christian Maier (Deputy Trade Commissioner in Ankara)

Mr. Harald Jahn of the European Investmentbank reminded of the importance of the financing aspect in tourism developments.

Mr. Christian Maier from the Austrian foreign trade office in Ankara informed about possibilites for investment and know how transfer in Turkey's tourism sector.

Mr. Reinhold Wessely, a consultant and expert on Russia, referred to the special economic tourism zones in Russia and the possibilities for Austrian education and service providers and consultants. He assured that tenders will be published via tourism-knowhow.at

Austrian tourism experts gave an insight into their international success stories. Speakers: Mrs. Heidrun Schulze (KulturKontakt Austria) talked about tourism education in South-East Europe, Mr. Gerald Huber (Schletterer Spa & Design) illustrated their latest spa project in Dubai, Mr. Manfred Kohl (CEO Kohl und Partner) highlighted their work in tourism development in Croatia.

In conclusion, an open discussion between the audience and the speakers brought up important points regarding the potential of tourism-knowhow.at.

The Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour invited to future-oriented tourism talks into the beautiful Werfenweng.

Castle Hohenwerfen

tourism-knowhow.at was presented to Austrian tourism experts.

Elisabeth Udolf-Strobl (Head of Department for Tourism and Historic Objects)

Martin Bartenstein (Federal Minister of Economics and Labour)

Egon Smeral (Austrian Institute of Economic Research)

Petra Stolba (CEO Austrian National Tourist Office) and Heinz Palme (CEO "Österreich am Ball")

were some of the speakers.

The Club Tourism invited Austrian tourism experts to an evening of presentations about new tourism platforms.

We had the opportunity to introduce the new tourism portal including tourism-knowhow.at, tourism-knowledgebase.at and studien.at.

The objectives and benefits of tourism-knowhow.at have been presented...

... the funcionality and navigation demonstrated...

... and questions were answered.