An important new feature of the #ENTER21 conference was the “Innovation Challenge” - in this pilot year 13 teams competed with their best ideas on the topic of ICT for Sustainability and eQuality. The Global Ecotourism Network was happy and honoured to join as one of the mentoring partner organizations, helping the team of Locals From Zero, Slovenia, to fine-tune their approach.

We asked ourselves how to create a special mood or experience at an online event. Music came to our mind – so we asked a professional producer to create a sound logo for us.  Here are some insights in this work and his ideas about the logo and the playlist you heard in the main hall during the conference.

Innovation Challenge will continue Early announcement: After the great success of the first innovation Challenge, this [...]

Have you ever thought about what the sound of travel could be? What could be the sound of travel technology or what could be the sound of our #future? We asked ourselves how could ENTER21 sound like? Here’s our very own playlist to get you in the right mood, recharge your batteries or open your horizon to new ideas.

Prof. Andy Frew, a former President of IFITT, graciously wrote this essay to reflect on his experience with the ENTER e-Tourism Conference since its early days as well as his role as the President. He offers many valuable insights on ENTER/IFITT as a community throughout its development and how we can move forward.

This is the very first time in the history of the ENTER e-Tourism Conference that all articles presented at the conference can be downloaded with Open Access (the eBook version will be available for free download soon after the conference). This is only the beginning.

We are pleased to announce the Jury for the Challenge. At the same time, we will also publish the detailed evaluation criteria with which the Jury will judge the teams.