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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 […]