Based on the 2023 nominations received, the awards committee can now announce the worthy recipients for the 2023 EuroCHRIE awards that will be presented at the EuroCHRIE Vienna 2023.
These awards will be presented to the winners during the conference and not only at the Gala Dinner. We also thank our sponsors for their continued support. Congratulations to all!
The Winner is Anders Justenlund
“I am very happy and honored to receive the EuroCHRIE President’s Award. Being awarded by colleagues with whom you have worked closely over the past many years must be the greatest recognition an individual can receive. Thank you!”
This award is the highest individual recognition a member of EuroCHRIE may receive. It is presented to a EuroCHRIE member in recognition of the individual’s lifetime contributions and outstanding service both to hospitality and tourism education and the EuroCHRIE Federation.
The Winner is Dr. Elizabeth M. Ineson
“Liz thanks the EuroCHRIE Board for this award which she would like to dedicate to the colleagues, students, friends and family who have supported her efforts over the last 50 years and helped in her attempts to bridge the gap between academia and industry”
In recognition of significant contributions related to bridging the gap between academia and industry.
This Award honours a professional who has worked to build closer cooperation between academia and industry in relation to training, research and development in hospitality and tourism education.
The Winner is Austrian Convention Bureau (ACB)
The award recognises an outstanding regional organisation for demonstrated commitment and service to the hospitality and tourism industry.
Sponsored by Institute Paul Bocuse
The Winner is: “An Interpretable Machine Learning Method for Hotel Demand Forecasting”
Luciano Viverit (Hotelnet), Daniele Contessi (Hotelnet), Luis Nobre Pereira (University of Algarve, Portugal), Cindy Yoonjoung Heo (The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland, Switzerland)
“My co-authors and I are delighted to receive this award in recognition of our research efforts aimed at enhancing the interpretability of machine learning approaches for hotel demand forecasting. We aspire to inspire further studies that harness advanced technology and diverse datasets to improve business performance in the hospitality industry.”
The award commends an individual piece of research, submitted to the 2023 EuroCHRIE conference, that has made a significant contribution to our industry and to education.
The other nominees…
The Winner is: “Competences and Skills Among Small and Medium-Sized Tourism Businesses at a Rural Destination Post-COVID – The Case of Destination Limfjorden, Denmark”
Lars Falk & Jan Halberg Madsen
This award is given to a superior research poster presented at the EuroCHRIE annual conference and is sponsored by EuroCHRIE.
Sponsored by Russell Partnership Technology
The Winner is The University of Rijeka – Croatia
Delivered and sponsored by Russell Partnership Technology in partnership with EuroCHRIE – This 9th EuroCHRIE University Challenge is an annual student competition hosted by Russell Partnership Technology. This online competition is open to all EuroCHRIE member colleges and universities.
The runner-up…
Peter Russell
Immediate Past President of EuroCHRIE
Chair of the Awards Committee
