fuTOURiSME Partners Meet in Athens to Shape the Project’s Lasting Legacy
From 23 to 24 June 2026, the fuTOURiSME consortium gathered in Athens, Greece, for its final project meeting. This marked an important milestone in the project’s journey to support SMEs in the tourism sector in their digital and sustainable transition. Hosted by the project’s coordinator, KiNNO Consultants, the meeting brought together p…
Preserving the Past, Securing the Future: Concluding a Remarkable Journey Across Europe
Over the past months, remembrance and cultural heritage professionals from across Europe have come together for a unique learning journey through the project „Preserving the Past – Securing the Future: A Sustainable Approach to Cultural and Remembrance Heritage.“ The goal was to work together to determine how memorial sites can be made more sustainabl…
mascontour presents forward-looking tourism development concept for the Göltzschtal Bridge site
The Göltzschtal Bridge in the northern Vogtland region, the largest brick bridge in the world, is a monumental masterpiece of 19th-century engineering. To fully unlock the largely untapped tourism potential of this unique industrial heritage site, mascontour – on behalf of the city of Reichenbach (Vogtland) and in collaboration with an archite…
Shaping a Climate-Resilient Tourism Future for Rhineland-Palatinate Together
Over the past few weeks, we have already held six regional workshops in the tourism regions of Rhineland-Palatinate together with B.A.U.M. Consult – three more will follow in the coming weeks. This means that we are currently in the middle of an intensive and inspiring participation process.
Participating regions include:
Ahrtal, Eifel, Hunsrüc…
Take your tourism business forward – lesson by lesson
Running a tourism SME often means wearing many hats at the same time: welcoming guests, managing processes, implementing marketing and keeping an eye on the finances – usually all at once. When time and resources are scarce, further training quickly takes a back seat.
This is precisely why fuTOURiSME e-learning was developed.
Preserving the Past – Securing the Future (Workshop 02- Gdansk- Poland)
On April 23 and 24 our project Preserving the Past, Securing the Future (PPSF) came together at the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk (Muzeum II Wojny Światowej w Gdańsku) for our second capacity building workshop on Social Responsibility & Community Engagement in Remembrance Tourism, organized by the LRE Foundation.
The workshop brought toge…
🥳 ITB Berlin 2026: Celebrating 20 Years – and Shaping What Comes Next
What happens when 20 years of experience meet THE global platform for tourism – in just three intense days?
At ITBBerlin 2026, we celebrated our 20-year journey not just by looking back, but by actively shaping the future of tourism.
From thought-provoking sessions on climate adaptation, biodiversity, and sustainable cruise models, to curated formats l…
Foundations for a Sustainable legacy – Preserving the Past – Securing the Future (Workshop 1)
In mid-February, our colleagues Nicole and María Teresa were in the Normandie region of France to support the first in‑person workshop of the PPSF – Preserving the Past, Securing the Future programme, organized by the LRE Foundation in partnership with Juno Beach Center and the Fondazione Campus Studi del Mediterraneo.
The workshop brought together mus…
Mapping Europe’s Sustainability Systems for Tourism SMEs
Under the fuTOURiSME project, our consortium has completed an important milestone: a comprehensive mapping of the sustainability systems most relevant for tourism SMEs across Europe. As the project partner representing Germany, mascontour contributed to the collection, analysis and structuring of national sustainability schemes.
This research …
The ITB Sustainability Lounge at ITB BERLIN 2026! 🎉
The ITB Sustainability Lounge is THE meeting hub for the sustainability community in Hall 4.1 (Booth 218) – powered by mascontour – where future trends, practical concepts and real solutions for the tourism industrycan be exchanged in a relaxed atmosphere.
Special edition for our 20th anniversary: To celebrate 20 years of mascontour, we’re stepping it u…