כנס כנרת הבילאומי ה-10 לתיירות

The 10th Kinneret
International Tourism Conference:
At the Leonardo Plaza Hotel, Tiberias, Israel

Tourism Mobility: Transportation, Information – Technology and Society

Monday, 11th March, 2019

 

08:00-08:45 Coffee and Registration

08:45-10:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Prof. Shimon Gepstein, President of Kinneret College

Prof. Dr. Henning Kehr, Vice President, Worms University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Dr. Alon Gelbman, Head of the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management, Kinneret College

Mr. Amir Halevi, Director General, Israel Ministry of Tourism

Mr. Dubi Benari, Chairman Galil hotels association

Mr. Tomer Amsalem, Amsalem Group

CPA. Hanny Sobol, CEO, The Israel Association of Travel Agencies & Consultants

10:00-10:30 Coffee and Networking

10:30-12:00 First Session: Challenges and Trends in Global Transportation

Session Chairpersons: Prof. Hezi Israeli and Dr. Uzi Freund-Feinstein, Kinneret College, Israel

Prof. Dr. Frank Fichert, Worms University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Taxes and subsidies in the air transport industry – impact on passenger flows

Prof. Dr. Richard Klophaus, Worms University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Are low-cost carriers evolving into network carriers without legacy?

Prof. Dr. Tobias Grosche, Prof. Dr. Richard Klophaus & Adam Seredy'nski, Worms University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Level of airline competition on long haul markets

Dr. Yael Ram, Ashkelon Academic College, Israel

Nature for all? public transport and the accessibility to natural sites

12:00-12:30 Coffee and Networking

12:30-14:00 Second Session: The Impacts of Information Communication Technology on Tourism Mobility

Session Chairperson: Anat Tchetchik, Bar Ilan University, Israel

Dr. Eran Ketter, Kinneret College, Israel

The role of ICTs in tourism mobility

Dr. Dimitri Ioannides, Mid-Sweden University, Sweden

Implications of the platform-based economy for worker protection, labour and life

Mr. Pini Shani, Senior Deputy Director, Tourism Experience Administration, Israel Ministry of Tourism

The challenge of serving 3 million individual tourists in Israel every year

Prof. Alexander Wiebel, Worms University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Do mobile apps and virtual reality attract people to touristic destinations or rather to their own living room?

a discussion in the context of project 'schaz'

14:00-15:00 Lunch Break

 

15:00-16:40 Third Session: Tourism and Social Aspects of People Mobility

Session Chairperson: Prof. Noga Collins-Kreiner, University of Haifa, Israel

Prof. Dr. Ricardo R. Uvinha, University of Sao Paulo USP, Brazil

Tourism mobility in Brazil: impacts and legacies from sport tourism events

Prof. Salvador Anton Clavé, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain

Mobilities and urban tourism. Changes and challenges in Barcelona

Prof. Dr. Knut Scherhag, Worms University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Tourist center in a city as an "instrument" of visitor guidance and social meeting point – example city of Worms

Mr. Jack Shepherd & Prof. Daniel Laven, Mid-Sweden University, Sweden

Providing a counter-narrative: hostels as beacons of hope in contested space

Dr. Elad Almog, Kinneret College, Israel

Tourism routes as a tool for tourists' mobility – a business perspective 16:40-16:50 Closing Remarks: Tourism Mobility Today, Dr. Alon Gelbman, Kinneret College, Israel

The Conference Program