• highly renowned international keynote speakers:

    Larry Dwyer, University of New South Wales, Australia

    Anne-Mette Hjalager, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark  

• workshops on research methods

    Alan Bryman, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

    Michael Bosnjak, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

    Daniele Dalli, University of Pisa, Italy  

• special session dedicated to PhD students mentored by

    Chris Cooper, Oxford Brookes University, UK

• a best paper award offered by the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (chair of the selection committee Fevzi Okumus, Editor-in-Chief)  

• meetings with the editors of peer-reviewed journals,  

• high quality scientific sessions with internationally peer-reviewed paper presentations, 

• a unique South Tyrolean experience.