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Who will be the 11th Cultural Policy Research Award winner? 2014 Call for applications is now open!

ENCATC, in partnership with European Cultural Foundation, invites young researchers to apply for the 11th Cultural Policy Research Award (CPRA). Initiated in 2003 and now in its 11th edition, the Award is entering a new phase incorporating three major changes. First, the Award will be bestowed up a young researcher who has successfully defended his

11 June 2014

Regions and Gastronomy

Best #TripLit for Foodies

Food and travel go together like, well, forks and knives. If you love good #TripLit as much as you enjoy good food, here are five delectable reads from around the world to add to your list. In Alice, Let’s Eat (1978), Calvin Trillin tracks barbecue mutton to its global capital in Owensboro, Kentucky,

11 June 2014

Regions and Gastronomy

Visits to wineries have increase 40% in six years

Newsletter EUHTStPol. Wine tourism has been recovering the usual rhythm since the economical crisis. The number of visitor to wine cellars associated to the Wine Route in Spain has increased to 1.689.203 on 2013, this is 18.08% that the year before according to the sixth annual report of the Observatorio Turístico.

10 June 2014

Regions and Gastronomy

L’Eggs of Paco Pérez with a Plus

Newsletter EUHTStPol. The trend is to look for trends. Nowadays businesses need to include a ‘plus’. A plus in order to attract customers, a bit saturated of proposals. The goal is to give life to spaces like the famous restaurant L’Eggs by Paco Perez, invited chef of the recent Contest

10 June 2014

Regions and Gastronomy

Understanding and fostering creativity in the kitchen – a multidisciplinary workshop

Creativity is a critical prerequisite to innovation, which in turn is a major contributor to organisational success and survival. To date, analysis of creativity and innovation in culinary practice has been limited, with identified research gaps relating to drivers, barriers, sources and diffusion of innovation. Further, as an everyday activity,

5 June 2014

Cities and Culture

1,400-year-old olive trees transplanted to Dubai's The World

Real estate agent and developer, Kleindienst Group, has announced that its flagship The Heart of Europe development on Dubai’s The World is the new home for 58 unique Mediterranean trees – the oldest of which are two olive trees aged between 1,300 and 1,400 years old. Having grown in the hot

4 June 2014

Experience Tourism

Brazil's favelas offer alternative budget accommodation for World Cup fans

By the time the World Cup is over, Mary Santos da Silva hopes she will be able to afford to build an extra floor on the roof of her house. A resident of Alto de Ondina, a neighbourhood overlooking the ocean in the city of Salvador, Mary is one of

4 June 2014

Cities and Culture

Paris Officials Seek Artistic Solution to Tourists’ Love Locks Obsession

It’s a global trend that has captured the imagination – and hearts – of romantics around the world, but it seems the tide may be turning against love locks. Paris council has pledged to take action against the locks, which are attached in their thousands to the guard rails of bridges

3 June 2014

Cities and Culture

Ibiza losing summer music festivals crowd to Croatia

When it comes to summer music festivals, the Europeans have always done it a little better than the rest of the world. Every year between June and September, a world-class festival takes place almost every weekend in countries ranging from Spain and France to Germany, Austria and Hungary – and particularly

3 June 2014

Cities and Culture

How Soviet Kitchens Became Hotbeds Of Dissent And Culture

When Nikita Khrushchev emerged as the leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin’s death in 1953, one of the first things he addressed was the housing shortage and the need for more food. At the time, thousands of people were living in cramped communal apartments, sharing one kitchen and one bathroom with

3 June 2014

Cities and Culture

Creativity and culture to take centre stage in Belfast

The first details of a new £900,000 Creative and Cultural Fund for Belfast, which will bring a series of large-scale cross-community arts projects to life, were unveiled today. The new fund, set-up by Belfast City Council and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, will bring three years of exciting arts and

29 May 2014

Cities and Culture

Members consulted for new Agenda 21 Culture

According to the circular 95 sent by Agenda 21 Culture, the process of producing a new Agenda 21 for culture was approved by UCLG in 2013. It continues in 2014 with several formats, including a Pilot Cities programme, and will end with the Culture Summit of UCLG which is being planned for the

29 May 2014

Cities and Culture

The EUHeritage TOUR is entering the real!

After 8 months of intense, collaborative, engaging work, the Consortium partners achieved a lot of relevant milestones in the roadmap, and lots of events and releases are about to be delivered in the next forthcoming days. The networking activities undertaken by all Consortium partners brought to a consistent broadening of

26 May 2014

Experience Tourism

New tourism campaign puts focus on food and wine experiences

Tourism Australia has unveiled the latest evolution of its global campaign – ‘There’s nothing like Australia’ – with exceptional food and wine experiences from around the country playing a starring role in an effort to convert the global appetite for Australia as a travel destination into more visits. “Restaurant Australia is

26 May 2014

Experience Tourism

New York State’s Craft Brewers Are Building With Tourists in Mind

Hawley’s plan is to turn a 2,400-square-foot barn on his family’s farm into a malthouse that can take locally grown barley and turn it into a vital ingredient for local craft brewers. And these days, craft brewers are popping up all over. Just two years ago, there were 88 craft brewers across

26 May 2014

Cities and Culture

Europe Ministers of Culture obtain insurance on the respect for the cultural exception

Aurélie Filippetti , Minister of Culture and Communication has participated in the Council of Ministers of Culture and Audiovisual of the European Union held in Brussels, 21 May 2014. At the request of Germany, the negotiation of the proposed transatlantic partnership has been at the heart of discussions. The Minister

22 May 2014

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