On May  8-11 our laboratory was visited by dr. Ulrike Gretzel, associate professor and Director of the Laboratory for Intelligent Systems in Tourism (LIST) at the University of Wollongong (Australia).

Ulrike gave a seminar to Master and PhD students on her current research as well as on a provocative topic on the needs of tourist to “Unplug” and “Facebook free vacations”.

Auch im Tessin wird in Sachen Tourismus geforscht – Zwei Institute engagieren sich im Master in International Tourism.
Look for more info here.

New smart and proactive people have joined the webatelier.net lab recently!

Dr. Maurizio De Rose – visiting researcher from Università della Calabria (Italy) as well as several master students started to write their thesis with prof. Cantoni:

Master in Technologies for Human Communication
Hu Tu

Master in International Tourism
Bischof Nicole
Hakkarainen Doris Maribel
Kondratieva Oxana
Malinverno Laura 

webatelier.net researcher Nadzeya Kalbaska will be talking at eLearning Africa Conference, which will be held in Cotonou (Benin) 23-25 of May 2011.  Nadzeya will present current study we are undertaking on the perception of travel agents of eLearning courses created by Ministries of Tourism worldwide: Nadzeya Kalbaska, Izak van Zyl, Lorenzo Cantoni – eLearning Courses on Tourism Destinations: Perceptions of African Travel Agents

Check full program here.