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SPECIAL SESSION 1: Innovation Meets Protection: Managing Risk, Safety & Security in Tourism<\/a><\/strong>
\nOrganized by Rita Peres, Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies (ESHTE). Portugal & Cl\u00e1udia Seabra, University of Coimbra,Portugal<\/p>\n

SPECIAL SESSION 2: Public policies focused on the economic, social and environmental impacts of cruise tourism<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Organized by Juan Gabriel Brida, Universidad de la Rep\u00fablica, Uruguay &
\nPablo Juan C\u00e1rdenas-Garcia, University of Jaen, Spain<\/p>\n

SPECIAL SESSION 3: Heritage-Led Urban Regeneration and Tourism Marketing: Strategies, Impacts, and Sustainable Futures<\/a><\/strong>
\nOrganized by Vasiliki (Vicky) Fragkoudi, Ionian University<\/p>\n

SPECIAL SESSION 4:\u00a0Rural destinations and their quest for sustainable transformation: Can wine tourism offer a brighter future?<\/a><\/strong>
\nOrganized by Maria Alebaki, Hellenic Agricultural Organizanion DIMITRA, Coralie Haller, University of Strasbourg & Javier Mart\u00ednez-Falc\u00f3, University of Alicante<\/p>\n

SPECIAL SESSION 5: Work, Skills, & Organizational Transformation in Technology-Driven Tourism & Hospitality<\/a><\/strong>
\nOrganized by Francisco J. Navarro-Meneses, Nebrija University<\/p>\n

SPECIAL SESSION 6: Events Under Fire: Navigating Geopolitical Tensions in International\u00a0Tourism Events & Festivals<\/a><\/strong>
\nOrganized by Mahmoud Ibraheam Saleh, Helwan University, Egypt<\/p>\n

SPECIAL SESSION 7: Balancing Tradition and Technology: Smart Sustainable Pathways for Heritage Tourism Futures<\/a><\/strong>
\nOrganized by Lucie Plzakova, Sarasadat Makian & Farhad Nazir, Czech Technical University, Czechia<\/p>\n

SPECIAL SESSION 8: The Xenophile Paradigm of Resilience Building: Adaptive Supply Chains and Learning Destinations<\/a><\/strong>
\nOrganized by Martin Fontanari, International School of Management & Anastasia Traskevich, AKALEM e.V., Germany<\/p>\n

SPECIAL SESSION 9: <\/strong>Digital Transformation in Tourism and Hospitality Education: AI, Immersive and Educational Technologies<\/strong><\/a>
\nOrganized by Mehmet Altug Sahin, Istanbul University, Turkey<\/p>\n

SPECIAL SESSION 10: <\/strong>Sustainability in Tourism and Everyday Life: New Practices, Behaviours and Adaptive Systems<\/a>
\nOrganized by \u00c1gnes Csisz\u00e1rik-Kocsir & J\u00e1nos Varga, Obuda University, Hungary<\/span><\/p>\n

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