SPECIAL SESSION 1: Innovation Meets Protection: Managing Risk, Safety & Security in Tourism
Organized by Rita Peres, Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies (ESHTE). Portugal & Cláudia Seabra, University of Coimbra,Portugal
SPECIAL SESSION 2: Public policies focused on the economic, social and environmental impacts of cruise tourism
Organized by Juan Gabriel Brida, Universidad de la República, Uruguay &
Pablo Juan Cárdenas-Garcia, University of Jaen, Spain
SPECIAL SESSION 3: Heritage-Led Urban Regeneration and Tourism Marketing: Strategies, Impacts, and Sustainable Futures
Organized by Vasiliki (Vicky) Fragkoudi, Ionian University
SPECIAL SESSION 4: Rural destinations and their quest for sustainable transformation: Can wine tourism offer a brighter future?
Organized by Maria Alebaki, Hellenic Agricultural Organizanion DIMITRA, Coralie Haller, University of Strasbourg & Javier Martínez-Falcó, University of Alicante
SPECIAL SESSION 5: Work, Skills, & Organizational Transformation in Technology-Driven Tourism & Hospitality
Organized by Francisco J. Navarro-Meneses, Nebrija University
SPECIAL SESSION 6: Events Under Fire: Navigating Geopolitical Tensions in International Tourism Events & Festivals
Organized by Mahmoud Ibraheam Saleh, Helwan University, Egypt
SPECIAL SESSION 7: Balancing Tradition and Technology: Smart Sustainable Pathways for Heritage Tourism Futures
Organized by Lucie Plzakova, Sarasadat Makian & Farhad Nazir, Czech Technical University, Czechia
SPECIAL SESSION 8: The Xenophile Paradigm of Resilience Building: Adaptive Supply Chains and Learning Destinations
Organized by Martin Fontanari, International School of Management & Anastasia Traskevich, AKALEM e.V., Germany
SPECIAL SESSION 9: Digital Transformation in Tourism and Hospitality Education: AI, Immersive and Educational Technologies
Organized by Mehmet Altug Sahin, Istanbul University, Turkey
SPECIAL SESSION 10: Sustainability in Tourism and Everyday Life: New Practices, Behaviours and Adaptive Systems
Organized by Ágnes Csiszárik-Kocsir & János Varga, Obuda University, Hungary