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Formation continue: CAS E-Tourisme - l'innovation par les TIC

Le Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) "E-Tourisme : l'innovation par les TIC" est l'un des quatre CAS qui composent le programme de l'executive master (EMBA) franco-suisse Innovation touristique. Il est ouvert aux professionnels ; son cursus peut être suivi indépendamment des trois autres CAS qui structurent l'EMBA.

Le Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) "E-Tourisme : l'innovation par les TIC" est construit en douze journées, du 8 avril au 11 juin 2016. Il s'articule autour de trois modules de quatre jours :
- E-Marketing & Social Media dans le tourisme
- Nouvelles tendances TIC et tourisme
- Projet e-tourisme : Game Design dans le tourisme

Il s'appuie sur des intervenants experts, parmi lesquels : 
* Gregory Guzzo - Directeur, Station de Val Thorens
* Beer Bergman – Formatrice réseaux sociaux, stratégies web 2.0, conférencière, recherches
* Jean-Luc Boulin – Directeur de la Mission OTSI et Pays Touris-tiques d’Aquitaine (MOPA), 
* Stéphane Cheikh – Innovation Manager – SITA Lab, Genève
* Carlo Fontana – CEO at Hôtel Lugano Dante Center, 
* Michael Fux - Professeur Haute Ecole de Gestion & Tourisme (HES-SO Valais)

L'EMBA est une formation proposée par l'IAE Savoie Mont-Blanc, l'Institut de Tourisme HES-SO VALAIS, l'Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch et Sciences Po Grenoble.
Le site internet de l'EMBA : http://www.innovation-touristique.com/

Lieu : HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Sierre, Suisse

Insights from the ENTER2015 conference in Lugano

Insights from the eTourism conference ENTER2015 on « Transforming Mobility » which was organised by IFITT in Lugano (3-6 February 2015)

You can find information and summaries on this event which connected the global eTourism Community here:

• the videos of keynotes presentations on the IFITT channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmbBUBpqZoJiMCDUJ3dGkSw/videos
• many high-quality pictures of the event on our Flickr channel: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifitt/sets/72157650115091510/
• the slides used by presenters, both keynotes and all others, on the IFITT IntroNetworks platform (please, note that some presentations are missing because presenters preferred not to distribute them): http://ifitt.intronetworks.com/
• short papers and research notes, which were not included in the Proceedings’ book, are now published in a special volume of the e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR): http://goo.gl/MzBJKt
• Swiss eTourism Day: Keynote speakers from Switzerland Tourism, SBB Swiss Railways, Swiss International Airlines, Swisscom, Zermatt Tourism, Union fribourgeoise du Tourisme and Ticino Tourism presented the  state-of-the-art in eMarketing in tourism. A Twitter reportage in German on this day by Günter Exel: http://www.guenterexel.com/2015/02/04/enter2015-live-der-swiss-etourism-day/

Subscribe to IFITT: having new members onboard will give IFITT even more energy to nurture the global eTourism community! Find all info on how to become a member here: http://www.ifitt.org/how-to-become-a-member/

ENTER2016 in Bilbao, Spain (2-5 February 2016), as well as at one of the many coming events supported or organized by IFITT: http://www.ifitt.org/events/

Sports Hackdays: à vos marques, prêts, partez!

Avec la tenue des Jeux Olympiques et de la Coupe du Monde de Football, 2014 est une année sportive par excellence. Le phénomène n’échappera pas au mouvement Open Data. En effet, les 23 et 24 mai prochain, un nouvel atelier make.opendata.ch sur le thème du sport sera organisé par l’association Opendata.ch à Bâle et Sierre (Techno-Pôle, HES-­SO Valais-Wallis).

Five emerging e-Tourism European Specialist Profiles: experts needed for validation

Eight partners from 6 European countries are working together to analyse job market in the field of e-Tourism.

Five emerging e-Tourism European Specialist Profiles (EUSP) have been issued pointing out the most important competences. The objectives of these Role Profiles are based on the e-Competence Framework, (e-CF), issued by the European Committee for Normalisation (CEN). The Role Profiles describe in detail the knowledge, skills and competences which need to be acquired, in order to capacitate professionals for job positions in the e-Tourism field.

Presenting Role Profiles as functions and not as job positions is an important issue allowing to scan the whole professional field, which would have not been possible by considering those as job positions. The market structure is mainly done with SMEs where tasks and functions are more transversal and where professionals have to fulfill different functions in the organisations.

We would like to receive your feedback on these Role Profiles to validate or to modify/ adapt them according to your recommendations.

Link to the questionnaire