Cities should always be thinking about their future, but this year Leeds is thinking about a very specific point in its future: the year 2023. 2023 is the next year that a city from the UK can be declared European Capital of Culture, following Glasgow’s turn in 1990 and Liverpool’s
We all know our world is increasingly urbanized, but what makes a city smart? A sense of place, for starters, says Ian MacFarlane, consultant for National Geographic Channel’s Smart Cities program. “A city needs a heart and soul—typically the center, where people congregate for work and leisure. Smart cities are well-connected
The Tourism Section of the Division of Geography of the KU Leuven is organizing an international conference with the title “Tourism Research and Management in a Rapidly Changing World”. The conference will be held in Leuven on the 15th and the 16th of September 2014.Leuven is very proud of both its past and its
The Limerick Cultural Garden was a silver medal winner at this year’s Bloom Festival in Dublin, where it was viewed by 100,000 people. Inspired by Limerick’s built and cultural heritage, the show garden has been relocated to the grounds of City Hall, where it can be enjoyed en route to
The Four Seasons Bangkok’s World Gourmet Festival returns next month and brings with it an excellent opportunity to sample some fine cuisine. Bangkok’s appreciation for gastronomy has always been concrete. It’s evident in its numerous culinary festivals, world-class gala dinners and back-to-back visits of famous, star-studded chefs from across the globe…READ
SAVE THE DATE: The United Cities and Local Government (UCLG) Culture Summit will be hosted by the City of Bilbao, on the 18th until the 20th of March 2015. The process to elaborate the new Agenda 21 for culture was initiated by the Committee on Culture in 2013 through subsequent
The Dominican Academy of Gastronomy and Tourism was constituted on August 18, 2014, as a non-profitable institution aimed at showing and preserving the gastronomic traditions of the country, as well as national and internationally spreading its finest values, thus supporting the promotion of the country’s brand…READ MORE
UCLG and its members are advocating for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that take local and regional priorities into account, in particular in the light of the rapid urbanization faced by many regions of the world. These SDG’s include a specific urban goal: to make cities and human settlement inclusive, sage, resilient and sustainable. If
Valletta, Malta, is preparing itself for becoming European Capital of Culture in 2018. Newspaper MaltaToday speaks to filmmaker Kenneth Scicluna, fresh off the set of ‘Elegija’ – a short film inspired by the poetry of Doreen Micallef, to be screened at the upcoming Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival. The Malta Mediterranean
The tourism industry is searching for visitors to experience and discover authentic destinations. Islands of the Indian Ocean meet these aspirations. The Vanilla Island Tourism initiative has been working hard to let the world know about new opportunities and experiences. Every member of the Vanilla Islands has created a unique
The Valletta 2018 Foundation is the body responsible for Valletta’s journey towards the title of European Capital of Culture in 2018. Chairman Jason Micallef was quoted in the media as saying that the Foundation has to be funded to invest in tools that will help it address the challenges Valletta
Birmingham has ruled out a bid for the European Capital of Culture crown after deciding the costs outweighed the benefits. The city council will not join the race for the title in 2023, despite losing out to Liverpool in 2008. Birmingham has followed Manchester, which said it was aimed at “smaller cities”.
Fifteen years ago I worked in the private sector as a proposal writer for an I.T. services firm. I sat in board meetings with some pretty high-level people. And much of the conversation involved words like “export,” “delivery of services,” “marketability,” and “strategic positioning.” What’s disturbing is that I now sit
A rendering of the new Museum for African Art, with its soaring four-story wall, curved ceiling of rare Ghanaian wood and elaborate spiraling staircase, still sits on an easel in an unfinished concrete skeleton facing Central Park. But those distinctive features and the $135 million budget that would have paid for
Architecture is a key factor in the creation of food and wine tourism experiences say researchers at Victoria University of Wellington. Dr. Julia Albrecht from the School of Management and Tobias Danielmeier from the School of Architecture are working together to understand the interrelationship between architecture, and the way people experience
Recently appointed head of Italy’s department of cultural heritage, Dario Franceschini, announced a suite of reforms to his organization and its subsidiaries across the country, on Monday, L’Espresso reports. The reforms were spurred by the need to eliminate at least 37 top-level positions within the department in order to comply with new
