mascontour at ITB Berlin 2023
ITB Berlin 2023 is over and we would like to thank all our partners for the great cooperation! It was a lot of fun for us to support you with your ITB presentation and we were very happy to finally meet many colleagues in person again.
The direct exchange is still the best way to communicate and for us there is no better place than the ITB.
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mascontour Strategy Meeting
After two years, we were finally able to hold our annual strategy meeting in person again, which was enriching for everyone. New goals have been set, an action plan has been formulated and now it’s time for implementation.
In addition to restructuring mascontour, we will be launching our new elearning platform, operationalising resilience approa…
Workshop on the German travel market with 30 tourism stakeholders from Montenegro
Our last mission for 2022 is accomplished! Matthias and Thomas were in Montenegro at the invitation of the National Tourism Organisation of Montenegro (NTO) to conduct a workshop on the German travel market with 30 tourism stakeholders from all over the country. Thanks to the NTO for this exciting exchange and year-end!
Build destination resilience and promote sustainable development in emerging economies
Over the past months Diana and Matthias have been working on an assessment commissioned by the DKKV Geschäftsstelle e.V., the German Committee for Disaster Reduction, and Futouris e.V., the Sustainability Initiative of the German Travel Industry, as part of a project that aims to build destination resilience and promote sustainable development in eme…
Sustainable Tourism in Berlin Districts
Annette and Matthias had the opportunity to moderate a workshop on the development of sustainable tourism projects for Berlin´s districts. This workshop should pave the way to provide attractive offers for Berlin´s visitors throughout the city and to attract them to areas they did not know before.
Study tour for Central Asian tourism suppliers in Germany
A delegation of 15 representatives of the CBT sector (community-based tourism), with participants from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, visited Berlin and Brandenburg at the beginning of July 2022 to take part in a ‘Train the Trainers’ workshop and learn about sustainable tourism experiences in Germany. mascontour organized the visit on behal…
Tourism Strategy for Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan
Hendrik and Nicole are working on a tourism strategy for Karakalpakstan, in the framework of the project “Support for economic reforms and sustainable economic development in regions of Uzbekistan” implemented by GIZ Uzbekistan. Following broad stakeholder consultations in March 2022 and validation workshops with both the public and private sector …
Sustainability training for the accommodation sector in Tunisia
Over the past weeks, Diana facilitated a presentation series for Tunisian accommodation providers with members of the German Sector Dialogue “Tourism for Sustainable Development”, as part of the GIZ Tunisia project “promotion du tourisme durable”. A range of different sustainable tourism topics were presented, such as circular economy, food waste, …
Sustainable Tourism Development in Northern Armenia
On behalf of GIZ, Matthias is supporting business start-ups and development of a regional destination management organisation (DMO) in Northern Armenia. As part of our services, we have done an evaluation of grant applications and participated in the selection committee for awarding subsidies to start-ups in tourism. Moreover, Matthias implemented …
Resilient Tourism Model of mascontour
Since the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, everyone has been talking about resilient tourism, but what does that actually mean? mascontour has developed a model on how destinations and tourism companies can position themselves more resiliently. In the future, it is no longer about solving problems, but avoiding them. The desire for consistency require…