IGCAT’s Executive Director, Dr. Diane Dodd participated in the 5th Anniversary Symposium of Institute of Cultural Capital (ICC) ain Liverpool, 10 November 2015. The Institute of Cultural Capital is a strategic collaboration between the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University in the UK. It conducts collaborative and interdisciplinary research
Promoting its selection as European Region of Gastronomy 2016, the Catalan Tourism Agency is highlighting food and wine routes at London World Travel Market, one of the most important fairs for the travel industry. 50,000 visitors are expected at the fair and will be able to find detailed information on Catalonia’s tourist
From the 20 to the 23 October, 2015 the annual conference of the ATLAS – Association for Tourism and Leisure Education and Research, took place in Lisbon. The international conference aimed at discussing “Risk in Travel and Tourism: geographies, behaviours and strategies”. During the conference the different dimensions of risk
The 6th partner meeting of European Region of Gastronomy Platform, organized by IGCAT and hosted by the University of Bergamo, Italy took place on 30 September and 1 October 2015. Twenty colleagues from 9 founder regions attended the meeting and reported on activities being developed in each region as well in collaboration with each
The European Region of Gastronomy 2017 award ceremony took place during the European Commission’s Food Tourism Week at Expo Milan 2015. The ceremony which was hosted by DG Growth was opened by Silvia Draghi, Head of Policy for the Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Mauro Paroloni, Lombardy Regional Commissioner and Dr.Diane
Expo 2015 is a Universal Exposition being hosted by Milan, Italia using the theme Feeding the Planet, Energy for life, the global event reached almost 9 million visitors in its first 3 first months and is expected to attract more than 20 million visitors from 01 May 2015 to 31
Roberta Garibaldi, IGCAT Board Member and Director of CeSTIT, Study Center on Tourism of the University of Bergamo introduces Food and Tourism: a winning match, a workshop that takes take place Saturday 26 September organised by No Frills in Milan-Bergamo(Italy). Dr Garibaldi introduces some considerations, best practices and data about food and
Minho and Catalunya launched their programs for 2016 when they will hold the title European Region of Gastronomy, at an event held for the SEDEC Commission of the Committee of the Regions in Brussels. Yoomi Renström, Chair of the SEDEC Committee (The Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment, Research and
After a short break in August, IGCAT is getting back to work with renewed energy and is pleased to introduce you its new international team, selected to continue, to improve and to build current and new projects. The most important appointment is the new Deputy Director Davinia Galea who will principally be in
IGCAT participated in a Gastronomy and Tourism debate that took place, 1 September 2015 in Tossa de Mar, where the main subject was the importance of communication and gastro-journalism for gastro-destinations. The seminar, designed by LABPATC, IBERTUR and UB and hosted by the city of Tossa de Mar, is part of
D. Paul Schafer, an IGCAT expert, has recently published The Secrets of Culture. He presents us with a deeply personal and extensively researched perspective on culture and what a cultural age would look, feel, smell, taste, and sound like. In doing so, he challenges us to liberate our sensibilities and
IGCAT experts, Diane Dodd and Mary Miller visited Rhodes, Greece on 27 – 30 July 2015 as part of an introductory training package designed by the International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism. The visit followed an earlier meeting between Dr. Diane Dodd and Aliki Moschis-Gauguet, coordinator of the candidature for Rhodes European
IGCAT experts, Ilie Rotario and Diane Dodd visited Arad, Romania on 20-21 July 2015 as part of an introductory training package designed by the International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism. This visit was the second by IGCAT and concentrated on structuring the vision, goals, objectives, actions, European dimension
The title of European Regions of Gastronomy 2017 was recommended to be given to the three bidding regions – Bergamo – East Lombardy (Italy); Aarhus – Central Denmark Region(Denmark) and Riga – Gauja Region (Latvia) on Friday 3 July 2015 at the Fundació Alícia in Catalonia. The international jury, presided by Carlos Fernandes from the Polytechnic
During the third and last day of the Art of Food event, all the participants were hosted in Foundation Alícia in Sant Fruitós de Bages (Barcelona). Foundation Alícia is a research centre devoted to technological innovation in cuisine, improvement of eating habits and evaluation of food and gastronomic heritage. The
As part of the wider Art of Food event, international IGCAT experts presented their research and work in the field of gastrodiplomacy and to discuss various issues around the topic on Thursday 2 July at the National History Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona. The session was chaired by Clara Melluish, who
