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October 20, 2023

FH Salzburg: Mentoring programme for female students

The FH Salzburg promotes equal participation and equal opportunities in all diversity dimensions. This also includes the area of women's advancement. In October, a mentoring programme for female students was launched for the first time with the aim of promoting female careers and preparing female…

October 20, 2023

IMT Student wins Best Meeting Thesis Austria Award

Nieke Dieteren, student of the master program "Innovation & Management in Tourism" convinced the jury at the annual Best Meeting Thesis Austria Award with her master thesis on the topic of Tranformative Event Design and took first place. The prize is awarded by the Austrian Convention Bureau in…

October 09, 2023

Viktoria Müllner receives Dr. Maria Schaumayer Prize

Viktoria Müllner, a Master's graduate from Salzburg University of Applied Sciences and researcher in the Retailization 4.0 research project, was awarded the prestigious Dr. Maria Schaumayer Prize for her Master's thesis entitled "Digitalization of stationary retail: risk or opportunity?". The aim of…

June 27, 2023

7 hours around the world: IMT students organise successful charity event

On 5 June, the charity event "7 hours around the world" organised by students of the 4th semester "Innovation & Management in Tourism" took place. Led by Walter Junger and Eva Brucker, the event showcased the diversity of more than 15 nations within the class. The proceeds of € 1,400 were donated to…

June 20, 2023

Tourism students explore Copenhagen's hospitality and tourism attractions

Students from the English-language Bachelor's program "Innovation & Management in Tourism" recently went on an inspiring study trip to Copenhagen to gain practical knowledge about the local hospitality industry, visit popular tourist attractions and take part in interesting guided tours. IMT student…

June 16, 2023

Cooperation with UFS in South Africa: Students draw positive interim conclusions

Su-Mari Dreyer and Frans Benecke came to Salzburg in mid-February as part of the "Consecutive Master's Degree Programme" with the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein (South Africa) to study Business Administration at the FH Salzburg for two semesters.

June 15, 2023

First Erasmus Student Network Meeting at Campus Kuchl

The National Assembly of Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Austria took place on Campus Kuchl for the first time in history. From June 9th to 11th a group of 40 students who represent ESN Austria met at FH Salzburg for their yearly meeting.

June 14, 2023

Solomiia Tkach is ‘Scientist in Residence’ in Salzburg

As part of the "Scientist in Residence" programme of the City of Salzburg, the Ukrainian scientist Solomiia Tkach will be a guest in Salzburg in June. Together with researchers at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, she will address various topics in the fields of urban and regional…

June 14, 2023

IMT student attends Namibian tourism congress

This year's HAN Congress (Hospitality Association of Namibia) took place on 15 and 16 May under the motto "Co-Creation of a tourism training roadmap for Namibia". The congress brought together over 24 educational institutions and focused on the exchange of training opportunities in tourism.…

May 17, 2023

ISCONTOUR 2023: Outstanding success for IMT students

The International Student Conference in Tourism Research (ISCONTOUR) is an international conference that offers graduates and students a platform to present their research results and exchange knowledge. This year, the students of the study program "Innovation & Management in Tourism" were able to…

May 08, 2023

FH Salzburg takes Young Talent Award and brings home the 2nd prize

The Young Talents Award was presented for the first time this year during the Austrian Tourism Day at the beginning of May. Léona Lavenka and Nieke Dieteren, both studying the Master Innovation & Management in Tourism, convinced the jury with a sustainable and innovative concept for national parks.

March 27, 2023

Conference "Digital Transformation and Sustainability in Global Financial Economics" takes place for the first time at the FH Salzburg

The conference "Digital Transformation and Sustainability in Global Financial Economics" will take place for the first time at the FH Salzburg on September 18 and 19, 2023 and is organized in a cooperation of Univ.-Doz. Dr. Tim Alexander Herberger (Chair of Business Administration, Andrássy…

March 20, 2023

Strengthening the institutional collaboration between Berjaya University College in Malaysia and FH Salzburg

A bilateral agreement for student exchange between the Tourism and Hospitality Management pro-gram at Berjaya University College in Kuala Lumpur and the Innovation and Management in tourism program at the FH Salzburg has existed since 2010. This project aims to intensify the institutional…

March 08, 2023

Fulbright Professor at the Innovation & Management in Tourism programme

We are pleased to welcome Brian Hill as a Fulbright Professor at the FH Salzburg. The new colleague from Utah will spend the 2023 summer semester at the Innovation & Management in Tourism program, sharing his expertise in experience design.

February 13, 2023

Using artificial intelligence to optimise circular economy

Kick-off for the interdisciplinary project "CEFoodcycle": researchers from Salzburg University of Applied Sciences and the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (PLUS) are developing a digital platform to introduce food cycles.

December 09, 2022

Tourism graduate wins 2022 Pride Biz research award

Josue Steele, a graduate of the Innovation & Management in Tourism master's program, was awarded the Pride Biz Austria 2022 Best Paper Award for his thesis. Pride Biz Austria, the association for promoting the inclusion of sexual diversity in business and the workplace, awards academic papers on…

March 08, 2022

After a three-year break: New Fulbright Professor in the Business Management Program

We are pleased to welcome Earl McKinney from Bowling Green State University as a Fulbright Professor at FH Salzburg. Our new colleague from Ohio will spend the summer semester 2022 at the Business Management Program at FH Salzburg.

February 10, 2022

New publication on data science in tourism

After two years of planning and 18 months of intensive writing and editing, the new book "Applied Data Science in Tourism: Interdisciplinary Methodologies, Approaches, and Applications" was published this week by Springer. The 650-page work is the 19th and most comprehensive book project to date by…

February 10, 2022

Alpine museums bring AR into your living room with 'Project SMART'

Augmented Reality Experiences in Museums

January 26, 2022

TourBERT: A language model for the tourism industry

BERT is the most powerful language model, developed by Google, used in the field of Natural Language Processing. In recent years, several domain-specific "BERT" models have been developed, for example BioBERT, ClinicalBERT or FinBERT, in order to better meet the requirements of the individual…

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