Though many Vietnamese delicacies have been ranked on lists of the world’s best food and are gaining an increasingly stronger foothold among international gourmets, the much-coveted title of ‘the world’s kitchen’ remains elusive, according to local food experts. Concern was also raised that Vietnamese restaurants in other countries are not
The Hungarian government is set to strengthen cultural links with countries in southern Europe, with the city of Pécs in south-western Hungary to play a crucial role. This development forms part of the government’s broad new cultural policy aim of “opening to the south”. Mayor Zsolt Páva held a press
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
The event will be held from March 22-28 2016. Last year’s event attracted 170,000 visitors over a five day period, while this year the event has been extended to ten days. This year, there will be a focus on Chinese food, as part of the Qatar-China 2016 Year of Culture
Entitled “How do we foster, present and preserve world treasures”, the International Conference on Heritage Tourism organised by the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) will be held at the Todaiji Temple Cultural Center, Nara, Japan, between 24 and 26 February 2016. The event aims to provide a forum for the tourism industry, governments, academia,
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
A new international culinary competition designed to recognise one chef who has made an exceptional contribution to “improving society through gastronomy” has been launched in the form of the Basque World Culinary Prize. Created by the Basque Culinary Center (one of the most prestigious gastronomic universities in the world), the
Yeditepe University´s department of gastronomy and culinary arts has become an official partner of the UNITWIN/ UNESCO Chairs “Food Culture and Development Program”. One of the represents of this program is The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). In 2015, Yeditepe University´s culinary department signed the first partnership agreement with UNESCO
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
Over the last ten years, a group of top chefs, food journalists and other key players in the food world have been used the “Manifesto for the New Nordic Cuisine” to promote Nordic cuisine in a number of contexts. Much of the manifesto was inspired by the principle of Slow
This year marks the 7th edition of the festival, which takes place from the 23rd of January to the 7th of February. More than 400 establishments are taking part in this event, which is meant to highlight the gastronomic delights of the city and pay homage to the national passion
The Tuscan city of Pistoia was chosen out of nine finalists to be the Italian culture capital in 2017, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini has announced. The other finalists were Aquileia, Como, Ercolano (Herculaneum), Parma, Pisa, Spoleto, Taranto and Terni. Pistoia will thus succeed the current Italian culture capital, the Lombard city
The inaugural Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC), organized by The International Ecotourism Society (TIES), is being hosted by the University of South Florida Patel College of Global Sustainability in Tampa. TIES is an internationally recognized nonprofit organization that seeks solutions for more environmentally sustainable tourism options, including ecotourism. The ESTC conference
