Forum BIT 2009

by Master in Tourism Management IULM - MTM Diary

INNOVATIVE SKILLS IN TOURISM MANAGEMENT: CISET – Ca’ Foscari, IULM AND TSM MASTERS FACE TO FACE WITH COMPANIES

Smart, full of ideas, ready to learn and move and with a good knowledge of languages.
Those are the main characteristics for new managers of the tourism field.
This added to the knowledge of the sector.

Those are the main results of the Round Table the Master Courses in Tourism Management of three of the top universities in the North of Italy, have organized a Round Table on February 21st, at the Stella Polare Convention Centre – Fiera Milano during the BIT (International Tourism Exhibition).
The Masters’ Directors discussed central questions for young people today with managers of some of the most important companies of the tourism field:
Which skills are now crucial to company growth and to maintaining a competitive edge in tourism?
What do companies ask of universities?
What are the possible synergies between university masters and tourism companies?

Anna Maria Catano, freelance with the newspaper “Il Corriere della Sera”, will moderate the debate between:
Alessandro Biasi, Marketing Manager of Hotelplan Italy
Raffaele Ciaravola, Sales Manager of Geasar – Olbia Airport, Costa Smeralda
Josep Ejarque, President - Fourtourism
Daniele Mancini, Corporate E-Business & Direct Sales Director of Costa Crociere
Damiano Zennaro, Director of Hotel Performance Support Southern Europe of Intercontinental Hotels Group
Emilio Valdameri, President of Progetto Turismo