Date: 27-29 April 2022
Location: Nitra (Slovakia)
The purpose of the meeting was to present the project objectives to the partners, to specify the project tasks and to present the first partial results, i.e. the creation of a fictitious train-e-hotel by student teams under the guidance of teachers from all partner universities. Through the exchange of experiences and the implementation of joint activities, the project aims to address the current challenges facing the hotel industry worldwide under the impact of the pandemic COVID-19 and also under the impact of global climate change. The working part of the programme was followed by a presentation of the faculty, the university and our old Nitra. The programme also included an optional excursion to introduce the Region of Nitra (Ponitrie) and its tourist potential to the project partners. During the time spent together, the researchers discussed common work tasks and at the same time established new contacts for future joint research activities of the participating departments of the partner universities.
The specific objectives of the project that were on the agenda of the researchers’ kick-off meeting are the following:
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Presentation of the background of the project TRAIN-e-HOTEL
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Presentation of the business plans of the fictitious hotels that are being created.
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Exchange of experiences from the activities on the partial results.
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Presentation of the partial results by tourism students.
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Planning of the next transnational meeting (Veszprém, Hungary).
The following results are planned within the project:
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Proposal for the implementation of hotel information systems
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Creation of a map of cultural diversity
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Creation of an intercultural digital marketing for the emerging hotels
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Plan for improving the environmental sustainability of the hotels
