Events

On Thursday 4 and Friday 5 April 2024, the Third Project Meeting of the partners of the SusTour project - "Joint e-course on sustainable management of tourism destinations" financed by Erasmus+ in the axis KA220-HED was successfully held in Corfu. The two-day events were organized by the Ionian University and took place in the Senate Hall at the Ionian Academy (Rectorate of the Ionian University) and the Meeting Room of the Building of the Department of History and the Department of Archival, Librarianship and Museology of the Ionian University (72 Ioanni Theotokis Street) respectively.

In the framework of the Erasmus Plus project "Joint e-Course on the Sustainable Management of Tourism Destinations" named "SusTour" in which the Ionian University participates as a partner with the academic responsible, Assistant Professor of the Department of Tourism Dr Naoum Mylonas, will be held in Corfu on Friday, April 5, 2024, the Second Dissemination Event of the Project, entitled "Challenges in Sustainable Tourism".

On the occasion of the educational excursion of the Department of Agricultural Economics of the Department of Agriculture of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Corfu on 11-13 May 2023, faculty members and students of the Department of Tourism had the opportunity to meet with the educational staff and trainees during educational activities, aiming at constructive dialogue, as well as the exchange of ideas and opinions.

The Department of Tourism of the Ionian University organized on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, a meeting inviting all tourism stakeholders, in order to discuss issues related to tourism in Corfu and the region of Ionian Islands and specifically research and innovation in tourism with the aim of activating the new "Regional Smart Specialization Strategy".

As part of the "IRSCHEN" research project, the international conference on "Digital Technologies, Common European Cultural Heritage, and Sustainable Development" is being organized on March 21, 2023 at the Event Hall "Evi Laskari" of the Public Central Historical Library of Corfu (English Barracks - Old Fort, Historical City of Corfu).

The 11th ICCMI travels to the island of Corfu. The Conference will be held between the 12-14 of July 2023. We invite academics, practitioners and students from around the world to participate.

The Department of Tourism was represented by Konstantinos Voglis, Assistant Professor, George Kontogeorgis, Adjunct Lecturer, Athanasios Spingos, Academic Fellow.

The speaker was Mr. Argyris Daouliaris, General Manager of operation and quality of Amalia Group, owner of the employment platform InnJobs.net for hotels and mass catering and hotel consultant. Deputy Mayor of Tourism Mr. Panos Varouchas attended the talk.