The FACILITATE project was officially launched on 1 November 2025 bringing together a strong European consortium of organisations committed to helping destinations and tourism SMEs strengthen their digital capabilities and embrace data-driven decision-making that supports more sustainable and resilient tourism development across Europe. DIH Tourism 4.0 is a czech parner in this initiative. The project […]

Art Mlýn Bohuslavice: A blend of history, traditions and slow tourism Art Mlýn Bohuslavice (Czech Republic) is all in one creative centre, museum, and accommodation. A former water mill whose history dates back to the early 17th century lies in South Moravia region nearby city of Kyjov. As a mill it was closed in fifties […]

BRIDGING THE GREEN-DIGITAL DIVIDE: CAPACITY2TRANSFORM SEEKS NEW WAYS IN CENTRAL-EUROPE (Press release, 5.4.2024) As the world leans heavily into digital and green transitions, industry and SMEs as technology hosts are faced with unique challenge to find common language with technology providers and undergo the digital and green transition. Transition is a process and the key obstacle […]

Towards the future: ESG and trends in active spa tourism – 15.3. 2024! We invite you to the 12th edition of the Tourism Forum, which will focus on ESG issues. The aim of this year’s meeting is to familiarize the professional public with the topic of ESG, its importance and also its application in practice. […]

We would like to invite you to the 12th edition of the Tourism Forum, which will be hosted by CzechTourism Agency in cooperation with ČUCR. The event will take place on Friday, 15 March 2024, and will be part of the HOLIDAY WORLD & REGION WORLD trade fair at the PVA EXPO Prague Letňany. Our […]

Conference: Current trends in tourism: sustainability, digitalization, increased business resilience and destinations The micro-conference on Current Trends in Tourism, which took place on 2.11.2023 as a side event of the GO Regiontour fair in the Brno Exhibition Centre, focused on the topics of sustainability, digitalization in tourism, greater resilience of businesses and destinations and their […]

UNVEILING USE CASES FOR THE EUROPEAN TOURISM DATA SPACE In the quest to define the minimum viable Data Space for the European Tourism Data Space (ETDS), DATES and DSFT have embarked on a journey of use case development. These use cases play a pivotal role in shaping the evolution of the data space, offering scenarios […]

DATES PROJECT AND DATA SPACES FOR TOURISM PRESENTS ITS OUTCOMES IN CZECH REPUBLIC Coalition validation online workshop of the DATES project with Czech stakeholders and partners took place on the 26th of October 2023 On October 26th, just a few days before the end of the DATES project, CzechTourism Agency as an associated partner of […]

HIGH-LEVEL EVENT IN BRUSSELS TO SET THE BASIS OF THE EUROPEAN TOURISM DATA SPACE TOGETHER WITH KEY ACTORS, MEMBER STATES AND EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTATIVES Brussels, 25-26 September 2023 On September 25th and 26th in Brussels, high-level events focused on establishing the European Tourism Data Space. The initiatives, DATES Tourism Data Space and Data Space for […]

Conference Data Spaces Discovery Day On 19.10. the international conference Data Spaces Discovery Day took place in Vienna. What were our impressions of the event? The biggest benefit is the huge shift in the data space that is occurring. Compared to the conferences held a year ago, we have moved from general policy statements and […]

NEWSLETTER #5 On 25 and 26 September, two major high-level events took place in Brussels to lay the foundations for a European Tourism Data Space. Both consortia of the European Tourism Data Space EU projects – DATES Tourism Data Space and Data Space for Tourism – organised together a technical High-Level event involving key actors […]

Project meeting in Brussels On 25 September 2023, the two teams responsible for preparing the roadmap to a European Tourism Data Space met in Brussels and jointly presented the interim results of their work. The DATES and DATES Tourism Data Space teams have come a long way since last November, mapping available data sources, tourism […]

Impact of natural disasters on tourism The consequences of natural disasters often leave massive damages that can negatively affect all sectors of the economy, including tourism. Despite the efforts of national and local authorities, tourism stakeholders can in many cases lose most of an entire ‘season’ or even a longer period as they try to […]

Newsletter #4 The main objective of DATES is to explore approaches and options for the deployment of a secure and trusted tourism data space, ensuring transparent control of data access, use and re-use The project is in its final stretch and so far numerous studies and activities have been carried out, all of them related to tourism […]

New EU regulatory enviroment for data spaces In 2020, the European Union Commission unveiled the “European Strategy for Data“, aiming to establish a unified data market to bolster Europe’s global competitiveness and data sovereignty. This strategy comprised several proposed regulations, further detailed in the box on page 3: Proposal for AI Act (AIA-E) Proposal for […]

Successful applications under the Open Call for Tourism SMEs, Voucher 1 type have been announced Having completed the evaluation rounds, we are pleased to inform that the following proposals under the Open Call for Tourism SMEs, Voucher 1 type have been selected: Applicant’s Nationality Applicant’s Name (Project) Score Croatia 24 adria doo 45 Croatia Castelum […]

Towards a data space for tourism Europe leads in international tourism, with countries like France, Italy, and Spain getting around 38% of global arrivals in 2021. Recognizing tourism’s role in a greener and digital EU economy, the European Commission initiated the Digital Europe Programme, which introduced the DATES project – a unique EU-level program aiming […]

“The European tourism data space: positioning the European tourism industry” meeting On June 8th, the DATES partners’ meeting, took place in Palma, Spain. The event, which was hosted by AnySolution in collaboration with Hosteltur, brought together representatives of all 13 partners – among those also Tourism 4.0 Lead, Dr Urška Starc Peceny – to analyse […]

The Transversality of the Tourism Industry: Towards a Digital Transformation The tourism industry is a complex network that spans various domains and industries, establishing synergies with cultural heritage, transportation, media, and smart communities. This blog post aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the transversality of the tourism industry, as explored by the DATES (Digital […]

Trends and Data-driven Transformation of the Tourism Industry: qualitative and quantitative insights The tourism industry underwent significant transformations due to the Internet and mobile technologies several decades ago. However, recent developments such as the need for increased competitiveness, affordability of digital technologies, and macro-economic factors like COVID-19 have accelerated a new wave of changes. Within […]