{"id":4875,"date":"2019-03-26T23:12:08","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T23:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/?p=4875"},"modified":"2019-03-26T23:12:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T23:12:58","slug":"professor-dimitrios-buhalis-was-invited-to-address-the-world-tourism-organization-forum-facing-the-demographic-challenge-through-tourism-and-innovation-in-segovia-spain-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/2019\/03\/26\/professor-dimitrios-buhalis-was-invited-to-address-the-world-tourism-organization-forum-facing-the-demographic-challenge-through-tourism-and-innovation-in-segovia-spain-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Dimitrios Buhalis addressed\u00a0the\u00a0World Tourism Organization Forum:\u00a0Facing the Demographic Challenge Through Tourism and Innovation\u00a0in\u00a0Segovia, Spain, 26 March 2019."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Professor Dimitrios Buhalis addressed <\/strong><strong>the\u00a0World Tourism Organization Forum:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Facing the Demographic Challenge Through Tourism and Innovation\u00a0in\u00a0Segovia, Spain, 26 March 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The meeting was opened by the Prime Minister of Spain, HE\u00a0\u00a0Pedro S\u00e1nchez<a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/files\/2019\/03\/PM-Spain-in-Segovia-e1553641802725.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4876 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/files\/2019\/03\/PM-Spain-in-Segovia-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a> P\u00e9rez-Castej\u00f3n, President of the Government of Spain<\/p>\n<p>and\u00a0Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization<\/p>\n<p>Professor Buhalis contributed to the\u00a0Round Table focused on<\/p>\n<p>Tourism, Sustainability and Territorial Redistribution<\/p>\n<p><em>Moderator:\u00a0<\/em>Cristina Gallach, High Commissioner for Agenda 2030 of the Government of Spain<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alvaro Carrillo de Albornoz, Director General of Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico Hotelero<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Dami\u00e0 Serrano, Director of Experience Marketing and Research at the Catalan Tourism Board<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buhalis.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\">ProfessorDimitrios Buhalis<\/a>, Director of the eTourism Lab and Deputy Director of the International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research, at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\">Bournemouth University<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Elena Gil, Global Big Data Director at Telef\u00f3nica and CEO at Luca<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Violeta Matas Gonz\u00e1lez, Responsible for the Tourism Area of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Professor Buhalis in his intervention he explained the need for the creation of digital hubs that will enable innovations in rural areas and minimise the distance from the global centres through technology. Creating innovative products and services through facilitating\u00a0a bottom up approach to empower entrepreneurship\u00a0and support sustainable development will enable the repopulation of rural and peripheral areas. Smartness and agility will empower the development of innovative ecosystems that can address different market segments and create resources for all stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p><br data-blogger-escaped-style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/files\/2019\/03\/Buhalis-at-Segovia-UNWTO--e1553641821268.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4877\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/files\/2019\/03\/Buhalis-at-Segovia-UNWTO--300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Dimitrios Buhalis addressed the\u00a0World Tourism Organization Forum:\u00a0Facing the Demographic Challenge Through Tourism and Innovation\u00a0in\u00a0Segovia, Spain, 26 March 2019. The meeting was opened by the Prime Minister of Spain, HE\u00a0\u00a0Pedro S\u00e1nchez P\u00e9rez-Castej\u00f3n, President of the Government of Spain and\u00a0Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization Professor Buhalis contributed to the\u00a0Round Table focused&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/2019\/03\/26\/professor-dimitrios-buhalis-was-invited-to-address-the-world-tourism-organization-forum-facing-the-demographic-challenge-through-tourism-and-innovation-in-segovia-spain-26\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about Professor Dimitrios Buhalis addressed\u00a0the\u00a0World Tourism Organization Forum:\u00a0Facing the Demographic Challenge Through Tourism and Innovation\u00a0in\u00a0Segovia, Spain, 26 March 2019.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[487,5,164,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events-and-conferences","category-guest-speakers","category-news","category-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4875"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4880,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4875\/revisions\/4880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}