IGCAT and the European Region of Gastronomy participated in the EUROCITIES Culture Forum conference ‘Art & Imagination: Eventfulness: sharing the heritage of Jheronimus Bosch’. Executive Director of IGCAT Diane Dodd formed part of the panel of speakers which included Karel Bartak, Head of the Creative Europe unit at the European
East Lombardy, European Region of Gastronomy for 2017 will be showcased at ITB Berlin, the world’s largest travel trade fair. Since March 1966, members of the travel industry, the media and interested parties from every part of the world have gathered in this trade fair in Berlin to get the
IGCAT recently launched a new degree course on event management for hospitality students studying at EUHTStPOl. The course aims to introduce the students to smart strategies for cultural and food events management. The course aims to give students an insight in the complexities of organising a food festival or similar
Congratulations are extended to Rhodes for being pre-selected for the title European Capital of Culture. IGCAT experts visited Rhodes (Greece) on twice to give their advise and expertise by leading intensive workshops. The experts worked extensively with the Rhodes 2021 bid team and public authorities, NGO’s and the university in support of Rhodes’ bid. The workshops
Within the framework of Catalonia, European Region of Gastronomy 2016, the Catalan Tourist Board has declared 2016 the Year of Gastronomy and wine tourism as an opportunity to focus promotional efforts in tourism Catalonia through generic and specific actions related to the experiences of wine and culinary tourism. One of
Catalonia, European Region of Gastronomy 2016. The region of Catalonia has officially begun its tenure as European Region of Gastronomy 2016, under the slogan Som Gastronomia, or “We are gastronomy”. The European Region of Gastronomy project is the work of the International Institute for Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism (IGCAT),
IGCAT was invited to visit Cava Codorniu’s as part of the Ambassadors Programme for Catalonia on Friday 19 February in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona. The Ambassadors programme was created by the Catalan Tourist Board in order to connect leading ambassadors to different attractive areas of the region. Cava Cordorniu is one
On Friday 12 February, Pelle Øby Andersen from The Food Organisation of Denmark will represent Aarhus/Central Denmark Region in Milan at the BIT Fair (The largest tourism fair in Italy). The region has been invited alongside Riga-Gauja Region and East Lombardy as regions for hosting the European Region of Gastronomy 2017Award.
Galway’s hunger to be designated an official European Region of Gastronomy 2018 will come to a head next month with the presentation of the Bid Book to an international jury of experts. The European Region of Gastronomy (ERG) is not just a culinary award; the programme is designed to link
25 and 26 February- 7th International Congress on Rural Tourism (Palacio de Congresos Baluarte, Pamplona, Navarra) In Pamplona, Spain, there will be the seventh International Congress on Rural Tourism, which focuses on the important issue of diversification in rural tourism: food&wine tourism, 0km tourism and active tourism. One of the
The International Travel Fair, known as Bit (Borsa Internazionale del Turismo) is an event that brings together trade operators from all over the world, a large audience of visitors, travel lovers, television reporters and press. This year, this important international meeting point will take place from 11 to 13 February 2016. Thanks to the
On 16 January 2016, Davinia Galea, Deputy Director of IGCAT (International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism) was invited to chair the plenary session at the General Convention of the Nationalist Party in Malta. This year’s theme was ‘idea ambjent’ (Idea Environment). Her topic was ‘Environment and Culture’ in view of
Xavier Espasa, General Director of the Catalan Tourist Board spoke about Catalonia’s participation in FITUR, the International Tourism Fair in Madrid, which took place between the 20-24 January 2016. “FITUR has been the kick-off event of Catalonia, European Region of Gastronomy 2016 and the Year of Gastronomy and Wine Tourism.
C’REG 2016 (Catalonia, European Region of Gastronomy 2016) under the slogan Som Gastronomia (We are gastronomy) took place in Barcelona on Friday 29 January at Esade Creapolis. The meeting that was opened by the Director, Department of Marketing, ESADE,Josep F. Valls presented many key figures from the Catalan gastronomy sector
Culture and Food Events Management is the subject of a new module on the international degree course at the University Hotel-School of Hospitality and Tourism Managemen EUHT StPOL in Sant Pol de Mar. IGCAT has designed the new course as an introduction to young students in the complexities of events
IGCAT experts visited Rhodes (Greece) to give their advise and expertise by leading intensive workshops in support of Rhodes’ bid for the ECOC title in 2021. The experts worked extensively with the Rhodes 2021 bid team and public authorities, NGO’s and the university. The workshops were led by Dr. Diane Dodd and accompanied by Mary
