International Information Technologies Tourism and Travel Federation – IFITT Turkey returned from South Africa with an award and an international conference.
WORLD AWARD WAS IFITT TURKEY
Mine Güneş Kaya, Chairman of the Board of IFITT Turkey, who attended the ENTER16 conference held in Johannesburg-South Africa between 20-2023 January 23, at the gala dinner, that the 2022 Izmir Summer School and Summit is globally innovative, focused on social responsibility, social impact and development. He received the "World's best IFITTTalk event" award from IFITT World President Juho Pesonen on behalf of IFITT Turkey.
IFITT Turkey Summer School and Summit, which was held as a hybrid in IZQ Innovation Center- Izmir on 18-21 August 2022, attracted attention with its more than 5 participants from 300 different countries, and conquered hearts with its volunteer speakers, academics and suspended ticket system.
WORLD CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN ENTER IZMIR-TURKEY
IFITT Turkey prepared the candidacy file for the world famous tourism and technology congress ENTER on 30 June 2022 and submitted it to the international committee under the management of President Mine Güneş Kaya, Vice President Ozan Aksöz, Treasurer Eda Hazarhun and Secretary General Sinan Baran Bayar.
In the evaluations made, the candidates were announced as Dubai and Seoul, and with the presentations made in Johannesburg, South Africa, İzmir was awarded the ENTER24 conference as the most suitable and open destination in terms of tourism technologies.
WE ARE HAPPY AND PROUD
Stating that they are very happy to bring these values to Turkey with the news of the award and conference, IFITT Turkey President Mine Güneş Kaya said, “On August 18-21, 2022, IFITT World Management and Florida USF Muma College organized a hybrid project in IZQ Innovation Center-İzmir. IFITT Turkey Summer School and Summit, organized with the congress organization of More Events, received this award for being the innovative, social responsibility, social impact and development-oriented event of the year. We are extremely happy and proud to bring such an award and then such a qualified conference to our country with my fellow Board members Ozan Aksöz, Eda Hazarhun and Sinan Baran Bayar. In this process, we celebrate our previous term management for the pandemic period, the first seed was planted with them and we grew it, reaching hundreds of participants. We commemorate all the institutions and organizations that support us as a social responsibility project, our heroes of hidden pending tickets with respect, and we thank them very much.”
Regarding the conference, Mine Güneş Kaya continued: “And Enter was the dream of all of us. This was a dream that the founders of IFITT, the founders of IFITT Turkey, our previous presidents and administrations, and of course our very valuable members were very excited about. "The winner is a dreamer who never gives up," said Nelson
The conference came to us with our innovative, technology-culture-sustainability-focused presentation that focuses on living things, unites the parties, and integrates civilizations in Mandela's country, South Africa. Enter conferences have been held for 30 years, and they will be in our Güzel İzmir in 2024 in order to talk about the next centuries. We would like to thank all the friends we set out with, Butik Creative Agency for our presentations, Red And More- Onur Türkay and his team for organizing the event. The real adventure begins now, we look forward to brand new avenues and collaborations.”
Ozan Aksöz, Vice President of IFITT Turkey, said, “It is extremely important that the activities of IFITT Turkey in cooperation with students, the private sector and the academy attract international attention and are rewarded, and that our country will host a world-renowned conference. As Ifitt Turkey, we are very happy in this sense and we will start our work for the conference soon. We follow new developments with awareness and knowledge; Tourism businesses will work by integrating developing technologies into their products and services, and by following such conferences and events, they will definitely address issues in terms of sustainability and more responsible. It is very valuable for us that our World President is also in the scope of the winter school, and the transfer of knowledge between regions strengthens the academy more and more every day.”
IFITT TURKEY WINTER SCHOOL AND SUMMIT THIS TIME BETWEEN 3-5 FEBRUARY 2023 IN ALANYA, WORLD PRESIDENT PESONEN IS COMING TO ALANYA AND THEN IZMIR
Pointing out that she started a new study in Alanya after the summer school and summit that made a splash in İzmir, Mine Güneş Kaya said, “World President Pesonen is coming to İzmir for the winter school we will organize in Alanya and then to İzmir for the details of the conference. With the participation of the private sector, academia and students, not only the tourism sector, but also those who are interested in digitalization, city planners, energy managers, software developers, engineering sciences, digital nomads, human resources firms, sustainability, those interested in creative economies, researchers, stakeholders who are interested in the subject with a sense of responsibility. This event will be important for; It will be a responsible and sustainable winter school with new professions, new research and development topics and applied examples that will be opened in the tourism and technology center. The climate crisis is right next to us today and it is our duty as tourism professionals, academics and sector representatives to bring together climate justice, responsible and sustainable tourism with smart technologies suitable for tourism and present it to the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey. Today, regular resource use, purpose economy, impact investments, carbon trade are the issues that have already been on the agenda and that we should talk about in tourism now. IFITT Winter School is also a social responsibility project, we are together again with those who want to provide our students with suspended tickets to receive education. We are grateful to them. Our speakers support us with social responsibility, all of them on a voluntary basis and willingly without offending us. We thank them.” he spoke.
What is the International Information Technologies Tourism and Travel Federation (IFITT)?
Founded with the mission of sharing experience, knowledge and excitement for the use of information technologies in the field of travel and tourism, developing cooperation with the sector, feeling social responsibility and targeting scientific excellence, International Information Technologies Tourism and Travel Federation IFITT was founded in 1997 in Innsbruck, Austria, as a non-profit organization. was established as Today, IFITT, which has many active expert and student members from all relevant fields and levels of the sector and academia, regularly organizes various conferences, events and studies every year.
IFITT TURKEY
IFITT Turkey, on the other hand, was established in 2017 after the preliminary studies in 2019 by academics and private sector representatives, and continues IFITT talk series with students, private sector and academicians throughout the year.
IFITT TURKEY MANAGEMENT
- Mine Güneş Kaya, Chairman of the Board of IFITT Turkey (AU DTCF Italian Language and Literature, Izmir University of Economics Executive MBA and then Harvard Business School in the fields of Global Business Structures, Sustainable Business Strategies, Alternative Investments, Healthy Life-Good Life-Health and Digital Health) Tourism sector representative, professional tourist guide, consultant, member of the board of directors of different associations and unions in the field of tourism)
- IFITT Turkey Vice President Assoc. Dr. Ozan Aksöz (Anadolu University Tourism
Faculty Vice Dean) - IFITT Turkey Treasurer Dr. Eda Hazarhun
- Sinan Baran Bayar, Secretary General of IFITT Turkey
INFORMATION ABOUT 3-5 FEBRUARY 2023 ALANYA WINTER SCHOOL AND SUMMIT
IFITT Turkey will organize the winter school and summit between 3-5 February 2023, which is planned not only on the scale of informatics, but also as education, summit and practical examples, as a source of responsibility, sustainability, social psychology, cultural heritage and many different combinations, and which will create a fusion in tourism. With the motto of “New Perspectives on Climate Crisis and Travel from the Perspective of Tourism Technologies” and with the support of Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University. Between 3-5 February 2023, hosted by Ifitt Turkey, in cooperation with Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University and in the Red and More Events congress organization, the lessons to be given at the Winter School and Summit to be physically held at Alanya Drita Hotel.
With the online exams to be applied after the presentations, it will be possible to issue a winter school online certificate.
Topics to be Covered at the Winter School and Summit:
- Digital Archeology and Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management in the Tourism Sector
- Extreme Tourism at the Scale of Sustainability and Digital Tourism
- The Role of Women Entrepreneurs in Environmentally Friendly and Climate Resistant Tourism Businesses
- Sustainability and Digitalization of the Tourist Guiding Profession
- New Generation Technologies and Initiatives in Combating Global Climate Change
- Last Chance and Second Chance Tourism from a Reality Technologies Perspective
- Footsteps of Travel on the Brink of the Climate Crisis
- The Place of the Digital and Spiritual Universe in Tourism
- Towards a Sustainable Paradigm: Diversification in Tourism and Tourism Education
- Sustainable Environmental Practices
- Gamification in climate change awareness
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