THE ONE & ONLY
TOURISM-FOCUSED
The Mediterranean Tourism Forum gathers key innovators yearly to focus on sustainable tourism for regional peace and stability
EVENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
LET'S MEET IN MALTA
MEDITERRANEAN LIFE
THIS IS WHY
EXPAND KNOWLEDGE AND LEARN ABOUT SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
At the FORUM you will learn about things in your field that will be new to you, including new techniques, new types of equipment, unpublished data, or learn from thought-leaders that you may not have previously heard of. You may also ask questions to seasoned experts about their work and the rationale behind it, which you can’t do when reading journal articles. The FORUM unites the delegates by an interest in Mediterranean Tourism as the single broad topic but presents different masterclasses and think sessions focused on sub-fields of study, and many project ideas. The focused nature of these sessions at the FORUM allows you to dig deeper with the understanding of your topic of interest.
NETWORK FOR BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
As you build your professional network, the FORUM is the best place for meeting with people coming from all different geographical areas who share a common passion for Mediterranean tourism, travel, and hospitality. Regardless if you are the CEO or a second year grad student, or even presenting for the first time, you may meet someone at a meal, in the exhibit hall or wherever and within a few minutes, you can make a connection with someone that could dramatically impact your professional career. Our networking events and receptions are full of exciting and entertaining features for attendees. Mediterranean cuisine and music will feature high in our events at breath-taking settings. The FORUM truly combines fun, learning and business as a unique experience.
PRESENT IDEAS AND PITCH WORK TO INDUSTRY LEADERS & STAKEHOLDERS
The FORUM presents the opportunity to participants to pitch bold ideas to industry leaders and stakeholders. It’s good practice in talking about what you do with a variety of people from similar, related and/or completely different areas of business. Indeed, at the FORUM you will have the opportunity to get feedback on your work from people who have never seen it before and may provide new insight. Furthermore, through our digital media service, participating brands can be part of our powerful content marketing campaign serving insights through podcasts, video interviews, white papers, and more. The FORUM also presents itself as the place where deals are discussed and signed. This is especially important when you are looking for collaborators, new clients or sales agents from different parts of the world. Our team works closely with participating sponsors and the event provides the perfect platform for new announcements.
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MTF FOR RESEARCHERS
KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE & POLICY FORUM, CHAIRED BY PROFSDIMITRIOS BUHALIS
KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE & POLICY FORUM, CHAIRED BY PROFSDIMIT-RIOS BUHALIS
This is where YOU come in! The FORUM and masterclasses to be held on the 23rd November at the HILTON (MALTA) will be led by experts in their field. The initial part of the FORUM will take the format of a plenary session for which over 1,500 delegates are expected to attend form 28 different countries of the world. This will be followed by MASTER CLASSES to be held in a workshop format, with the aim to discuss and work on a specific topic or problem in depth. Every company is different, and there are no two paths to building an outstanding company that are the same. That is why we call on a diverse group of founders, operators, and investors to share their hard-earned lessons during our MASTERCLASSES. Every year, we go above and beyond to find the most relevant people to talk about the nuts and bolts of building sustainable tourism, hospitality and travel related business operations, along with what’s unfolding in startups and technology. It's first come, first served: the first in line come in.
REGISTER HERETHE MEDITERRANEAN TOURISM KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE& POLICY FORUM
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MED LIFE - ENHANCE LIFE EXPERIENCES IN MEDITERRANEAN
CALL FOR PAPERS ANDPUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES
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RESEARCH THEMES AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Advanced Research in Tourism
Agrotourism and Rural Tourism
Artificial intelligence and service robots
Big data and Management for Tourism
Branding in tourism and hospitality
Business and Management
Climate change and tourism development;
Climate change, energy and environment
Co-creation of value in tourism services
Communication Strategies
Community Based Tourism
Competitiveness and Strategy
Consumer behaviour and decision-making
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Crisis Management and Resilience
Cruise tourism
Culture and cultural heritage
Demand and supply forecasting
Demography, labour markets, migration
Digital Marketing
Disability and inclusion
Eco Tourism
Economic Policy Finance and Regions
Educational Management
Emerging markets
Employment and Training
Entrepreneurship and innovation
eTourism and Tourism 2.0
Equality, diversity, and labour operations
Event, sport and festival tourism
Expectations, experience and satisfaction
Film and Drama Tourism
Food tourism and food tourism marketing;
Gambling and Gaming
Geography and the Environment
Governance, policies and institutions
Government intervention in tourism;
Green Technology
Health, medical, spa, and wellness
Hotel Management Innovations
Human Resource Management
Customers/employees’ engagement
Information Systems Planning
Information Technologies in Tourism
Innovation, creativity and change
Insularity and Island Challenges
Intelligent Systems
Knowledge Innovation in Hospitality Marketing and Management;
Knowledge Management
Legislation and Legal issues
Life Cycle of Tourism Destinations
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Marketing strategies and Innovations
Marketing places, events, and spaces
Marketing, advertising and promotion
Medical Tourism
Metaverse and Immersion
Methods, methodologies and research
MICE
Over-tourism and resistance to tourism
Policy, planning, and development
Politics, Governance and Society
Public Policymaking and Processes
Regional inequalities and EU cohesion
Regional innovation and technology
Resilience
Revenue Management and Pricing
Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Robots and AI
Safety and Crisis Management
Seasonality
Service Quality Management
Sharing and Collaborative Economy
Smart Destination
Social media and interactive marketing
Social Policy and welfare
Spas, health and well-being
Strategic Management Innovation
Supply Chain Management
Sustainable tourism policy and planning;
Talent Management
Tourism economics;
Tourism forecasting;
Tourism Management
Tourism marketing and sustainability
Tourist decision-making and behavior
Tourist Experience
Training and education
Transport and travel management;
Value co-creation in tourism
Well-being in tourism
Maria Alvarez (Bogazici University, Turkey)
Salvador Anton Clavé (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)
Marie Avellino (University of Malta, Malta)
Filipa Brandao (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Piera BuonincontrI(Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean Italy)
Mark Anthony Camilleri (University of Malta, Malta)
Harry Coccosis (Thessaly University, Greece)
Carlos Costa (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Irini Dimou (Hellenic Mediterranean University, Crete,Greece)
Anna Farmaki (Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus)
Ioanna Farsari (Dalarna University, Sweden)
Isabelle Frochot (University of Savoy - France)
Roberta Garibaldi (University of Bergamo, Italy )
Kyriaki Glyptou (Leeds Beckett University, UK )
Maria Gravari Barbas(Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne,France)
Josep Ivars-Baidal (University of Alicante, Spain)
Stella Kostopoulou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Metin Kozak (Kadir Has University, Turkey)
Mara Manente (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy)
Elina Michopooulou (University of Derby, UK)
Tanja Mihalic(University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Valeria Minghetti (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy)
Marina Novelli (University of Brighton, UK)
Fevzi Okumus (University of Central Florida, USA)
Giannis Pantelidis (Ulster University, UK)
Antonio Paolo Russo (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)
Alexis Papathanassis (Hochschule Bremerhaven, Germany)
Andrea Papatheodorou (University of the Aegean, Greece)
Nikolaos Pappas (University of Sunderland, UK)
Alexandro Paraskevas (University of West London, UK
Aurora Pedro (University of Valencia, Spain)
Efi Sarantakou (University of West Attica, Greece)
Sonja Sibila Lebe (University of Maribor - Slovenia)
Ioannis Spilanis (Aegean University, Lesvos, Greece)
Dimitris Stergiou (Open University Greece)
Dimitris Stylidis (University of Crete, Greece)
Pilar Talón Ballestero (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain)
Paris Tsartas (Harokopio University, Greece)
Eleni Tsitsirigou (Middlesex University Malta Campus, Malta)
Cleopatra Veloutsou (Glasgow University, UK )
Giampaolo Viglia (Portsmouth University, UK)
Konstantinos Vogklis ( Ionian University, Corfu, Greece)
Demetris Vrontis (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
Important Dates
Registration Fees
MTF FOR LIfelover
A Wonderful Life by FRANK MARTELA
This is where YOU come in! The FORUM and masterclasses to be held on the 23rd November at the HILTON (MALTA) will be led by experts in their field. The initial part of the FORUM will take the format of a plenary session for which over 1,500 delegates are expected to attend form 28 different countries of the world. This will be followed by MASTER CLASSES to be held in a workshop format, with the aim to discuss and work on a specific topic or problem in depth. Every company is different, and there are no two paths to building an outstanding company that are the same. That is why we call on a diverse group of founders, operators, and investors to share their hard-earned lessons during our MASTERCLASSES. Every year, we go above and beyond to find the most relevant people to talk about the nuts and bolts of building sustainable tourism, hospitality and travel related business operations, along with what’s unfolding in startups and technology. It's first come, first served: the first in line come in.
REGISTER HEREWonderful Life –Insights on Finding a Meaningful Existence
FRANK MARTELA
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MTF FOR HOSPITALITY EXPERTS
PASSION. KNOWLEDGE. PEOPLE.
This is where YOU come in! The FORUM and masterclasses to be held on the 23rd November at the HILTON (MALTA) will be led by experts in their field. The initial part of the FORUM will take the format of a plenary session for which over 1,500 delegates are expected to attend form 28 different countries of the world. This will be followed by MASTER CLASSES to be held in a workshop format, with the aim to discuss and work on a specific topic or problem in depth. Every company is different, and there are no two paths to building an outstanding company that are the same. That is why we call on a diverse group of founders, operators, and investors to share their hard-earned lessons during our MASTERCLASSES. Every year, we go above and beyond to find the most relevant people to talk about the nuts and bolts of building sustainable tourism, hospitality and travel related business operations, along with what’s unfolding in startups and technology. It's first come, first served: the first in line come in.
REGISTER HERECLEANER MOBILITY –BUMPY ROAD AHEAD?
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
NEW MARKETS FOR IMPROVED SALES OPPORTUNTIES
15:30hrs :- STARTING
17:00hrs :- CONCLUDING
NAVIGATING THE INVESTMENT TERRAIN: TRENDS IN HOTEL DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT COSTS
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
ON STAGE – LESSONS LEARNED IN MANAGING PEOPLE FROM REAL LIFE ADVENTURES AND MISHAPS IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
Moderated by Sehnaz Cehreli Luxury Tourism Consultant
HOSPITALITY PITCHING SESSION FOR NEW IDEAS
Moderated by KushalRaju AI Expert
WINE AND GASTRONOMYAS A LEADING DRIVER FOR A QUALITY RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
MTF FOR entrepreneurs
CREATING ADDED VALUE TOGETHER
No other event across the Mediterranean region brings together the core of the tourism, hospitality and travel ecosystem like the FORUM.Whether you’re looking to meet founders, startup operators, investors, media orpolicymakers – this is the place to be. Powered by the BRAIN – the Business ResearchAnd Innovation Network – different think tank sessions are organised with theaim to brainstorm concrete projects to be presented during the FORUM. The BRAIN sessions will be held on the 22ndNovember at the Hilton (MALTA). Participation is exclusive and subject to enrolment. The BRAIN think sessions allows you to connect with people from different professional backgrounds as theBRAIN event aims to bring together the top brains from across the world fromdifferent professional backgrounds who usually do not go together,together. We do this because we believethat by doing so magic happens and innovative solutions are created.
RELIGIOUS TOURISM - CREATING THE MEDITERRANEAN CHRISTMAS ROUTE
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
Moderated by Kushal Raju, AI Expert
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM –DEVELOPING A GREEN MOBILITY PLAN
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
Moderated by KushalRaju AI Expert
DIGITALISATION – CREATING A METAVERSE VERSION OF VALLETTA
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
Moderated by KushalRaju AI Expert
PROMOTION – PRODUCING A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE MEDITERRANEAN
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
Moderated by KushalRaju AI Expert
RESILIENCE – DEVELOPING A MEDITERRANEAN TOURISM CRISES AND RESILIENCE NETWORK
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
Moderated by KushalRaju AI Expert
MEDIA & COMMUNICATION – PRODUCING THEMEDITERRANEAN OBESERVER MEDIA IN COLLABORATION WITH FIJET
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
Moderated by KushalRaju AI Expert
EVENTS – ORGANISING THE BRASS BANDS FESTIVAL
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
Moderated by KushalRaju AI Expert
SKILLS & HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT – REVIEWING SKILLS REQUIREMENTS ACROSS THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR
Moderated by KushalRaju AI Expert
REGIONAL COOPERATION – ESTABLISHING THE WEST AFRICA TOURISM FOUNDATION
Moderated by KushalRaju AI Expert
REGIONAL COOPERATION – SETTING ITALY AS A KEY PROTAGONIST OF MEDITERRANEAN TOURISM
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
Moderated by KushalRaju AI Expert
REGIONAL COOPERATION – SETTING TURKEY AS A KEY PROTAGONIST OF MEDITERRANEAN BLUE ECONOMY
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
Moderated by KushalRaju AI Expert
SUSTAINABILITY– SETTING ESG REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
Moderated by KushalRaju AI Expert
MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE– MAKING THE MEDITERRANEAN PEARL OF THE SEA EVENT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO MORE CHEFS AND WAITERS FROM ACROSS THE REGION
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
Moderated by KushalRaju AI Expert
SUSTAINABILITY – REDESIGNING THE TRADITIONAL MALTESE BOAT TO INCLUDE ELECTRIC POWER WHILST CONSERVING ITS ORIGINAL DESIGN
15:30hrs :- STARTING
1700hrs :- CONCLUDING
Moderated by KushalRaju AI Expert
FORUM SPECIAL EVENTS
2 SIDE EVENTS AND MEDITERR-ANEAN TOURISM GALA AWARDS
MTF NETWORKING CARD EXCHANGE
Reception - 21stNovember, 1930hrs
Speed Networking is a great wayto break the ice and ensure you go into the FORUM already knowing your fellowattendees. Meet new contacts before the conference has officially started!Don't forget to bring lots of business cards! The MTF Friends club AMISwill be officially launched. Taking place at the Quarterdeck Lounge,Hilton, Malta.
Exclusive – by Invitation. DressCode: Smart Casual.
MERHBA- WE ARE MEDITERRANEAN
CONCERT- 22ND NOVEMBER, 1930HRS
Warming up to the big day.Delegates from all over the world will get together to celebrate the beautifulMediterranean LIFE through music, food and friendship whilst experiencing theopulent ambiance at Casino Maltese, Valletta. Entertaining those present willinclude from Sicily - Angelo Daddelli e I Picciotti, from Tunisia Nabil Khemir,from Malta – Kantera, and from Jordan -Luai Ahmaro.
Places available are limited to300 people. Dress Code: Smart Casual.
MEDITERRANEAN TOURISM GALA AWARDS
GALA DINNER – 23RD NOVEMBER,1930HRS
Experience a night of eleganceand sophistication as VIPs are recognised by the President of Malta, HE DrGeorge Vella for their contribution in promoting sustainable initiatives acrossthe Mediterranean region, all while indulging in a delectable spread of cuisineand enjoying live music. Indeed, Maestro Bruno Santori along with MediterraneanMusicians from across the region will be jointly, as one music band, entertainingall those present with the latest MTF Music project – AMIS.
Exclusive – by Invitation. DressCode: Elegant.
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TICKETS
startup
pass
395€
ticket*
- 2 day ticket slush 2023
- slush week side event
- slus matchmeking tool & pre-bookable table in the meeting area
- Founder Day (nav 29*)
investor
pass
1,095€
ticket*
- 2 day ticket slush 2023
- slush week side event
- slus matchmeking tool & pre-bookable table in the meeting area
- Founder Day (nav 29*)
attende
pass
395€
ticket*
- 2 day ticket slush 2023
- slus matchmeking tool & pre-bookable table in the meeting area
- slush week side event
angle invester
pass
395€
ticket*
- 2 day ticket slush 2023
- slush week side event
- slus matchmeking tool & pre-bookable table in the meeting area
- Founder Day (nav 29*)
friday
pass
395€
ticket*
- friday pass slush 2023
- slus matchmeking tool & pre-bookable table in the meeting area
- slush week side event
If you’re a startup, investor, or angel investor, we’ll ask you to register your company while you’re buying your ticket. This’ll help us ensure Slush 2023 is full of the most relevant people.