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Proposal for a Council recommendation on European Tourism Quality Principles
Posted on: 3 March 2014
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The European Commission has proposed a set of voluntary European Tourism Quality Principles to ensure that tourists travelling to other Member States or visiting Europe continent from third countries will get value for their money. These principles cover four main areas: staff training under the supervision of a quality coordinator, consumer satisfaction to ensure that tourist can rely on handling of their complaints, cleanliness and maintenance, and correctness and reliability of information in at least the most relevant foreign language. Such access to reliable and up-to-date information on the quality of tourism services enables tourists to differentiate among competing products, to make an informed choice and to overcome linguistic difficulties. Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) will find it easier to emphasize that they are providing a high quality service by sticking to the principles. The proposal will therefore help SMEs which make up over 90% of the EU tourism sector.
2014 European Hotel Valuation Index
Posted on: 3 March 2014
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Generally, hotel values in Europe have been quite stable during 2013, with Lisbon and Athens starting to recover from the downturn. 2013 was not the year of a big leap forward but still showed a continuation of growth amongst most markets.
Employment in the EU transport sector
Posted on: 3 March 2014
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The newly released Policy Brochure from the Transport Research & Innovation Portal presents EU policy on transport employment and highlights the contribution of research in supporting policy development and implementation in meeting the challenges of retaining skilled workers and encouraging more and highly skilled people to join the transport workforce.
Climate change
Posted on: 3 March 2014
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This Eurobarometer Survey provides measures on: perceptions of climate change in relation to other world problems; perceptions of the seriousness of climate change; opinions on who within the EU is responsible for tackling climate change; and a number of the issues.
European cities hotel forecast 2014 and 2015
Posted on: 3 March 2014
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PricewaterhouseCoopers has published reports which provide its forecast for hotel performance for 18 of Europe’s most important gateway cities. As well as supply, economic and tourism outlooks, the forecasts explore how key megatrends will impact hotel businesses. The latest UK forecast for 2014 and PwC’s first thoughts on the outlook for 2015 are also available with spotlights on London and Edinburgh.
Kapuscinski Lectures
Posted on: 26 February 2014
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The lecture series offers students from the European Union member states an unprecedented opportunity to learn and discuss about development issues such as climate change, human rights, aid effectiveness, Europe-Africa relations, Millennium Development Goals among other. The high-level events contribute to the debate and formulation of the European development policy. The lectures are livestreamed at http://www.kapuscinskilectures.eu and their content is shared on this website.
A European Strategy for more growth and jobs in coastal and maritime tourism
Posted on: 21 February 2014
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The European Commission outlines 14 EU actions to help coastal regions and businesses tackle the challenges they face and strengthen the sector’s position as a key driver of Europe’s blue economy.
URBACT Pilot Projects: Joint kick-off meeting. Paris 29-31 January 2014
Posted on: 19 February 2014
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This is the first time that URBACT programme organised a joint kick-off meeting for newly selected projects. The event brought together more than 100 city representatives coming from 30 different cities spread over 15 EU countries. They represent the 6 transfer networks and 3 delivery networks recently selected. The Transfer Networks include:
TUTUR – Temporary use of public spaces as planning tool
Diet for Green Planet – Healthy and environmentally friendly food in public kitchens
Placemaking as Open Living Lab – Testing Place-making method with different target groups in different target areas
GeniUS:Open – Participative design and delivery of city services
Healthy Ageing – Raising awareness on demographic ageing & better response to citizens’ needs through more effective strategies and health
GastroUrbact – Gastronomy as tool for tourism and employment
The delivery networks include:
EVUE – Electric Vehicles for Urban Mobility
ESIMeC – Demand-led workforce development as main drivers for medium sized cities
ROMA-Net – Improved access to education, health, housing, services and to stimulate employment opportunities for working age Roma
The event aimed to allow participants to get familiar with the URBACT programme and its activities, receive applied training on specific tasks and take advantage of various social moments to foster informal networking. Presentations are available online.
Rethinking, reinventing and recovery. Paris, 4-5 February 2014
Posted on: 19 February 2014
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This is the 18th Urban Land Institute (ULI) Europe conference, hosting speakers from 46 organisations across 15 countries, who shared insights on topics including the economy, cities, real estate finance, sustainability and the prospects for southern Europe. Presentations are available online.
Cities of tomorrow: Investing in Europe. Brussels, 17-18 February 2014
Posted on: 19 February 2014
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The forum will contribute to a strengthened profile of the urban dimension within EU Policies and wants to emphasize the importance of investments in urban areas and cities as agents for delivering EU policy objectives. The forum will consult key urban stakeholders across Europe on the need for an EU Urban Agenda, what it should contain and how it should be implemented. The forum will also discuss Europe’s role in global urban development as well as the role of business in the development of our cities. Videos of the event and background information is available online.
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