SIA subsidy for professors' platform Hospitality, Tourism, Innovation & Technology
"This platform is a foundational step for us to bring partners across institutes in The Netherlands together to create novel initiatives that will drive technological development and innovation in our industries and society."
The professors’ platform Hospitality, Tourism, Innovation & Technology Experts Network (HTIT-EN) has been granted a subsidy of 100,000 euros by the SIA. HTIT-EN brings together researchers from five universities of applied sciences in the field of tourism and hospitality. This unique collaboration contributes to technological innovation within the domain of hospitality and tourism. Based on a joint research and innovation agenda, they are working together with local, as well as national and international partners.
Unique collaboration
Professors from the Dutch public hotel schools, researchers, and technology experts come together to develop a joint research agenda around the question “How can the Dutch hospitality and tourism sector, which has a profound societal presence and encompasses a diverse range of workers and stakeholders, leverage its transversal character to generate extensive societal impact through the utilisation of emerging technological innovations?"
The professors from the five initiating institutions join forces with more than 30 professors and researchers from 10 Dutch knowledge institutions within this platform. The participants come from various academic backgrounds, including strategic foresight, engineering, disruptive transformations, digital transformation, design, psychology and the creative industry. The platform builds on commitment from the Centre of Expertise Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality (CELTH), Koninklijke Horeca Nederland (KHN) and is connected to more than 50 SMEs. Through this diversity, the researchers expect to showcase how the hospitality & tourism industry can become an accelerator for technology-driven social impact creation.
Dr. Danny Han about the Platform HTIT-EN
"I see this platform as a leading initiative that incentivizes bringing colleagues and expertise across the hotel and tourism schools in The Netherlands together on the topic of technological change and innovation which is expected to make a big impact on our industry and lives. Leading a research center at one of the hotel schools, I’m constantly confronted with opportunities for innovative approaches and projects, but often lacking the resources for scalability and impact. This platform offers an opportune way to work together on big topics across institutes through a platform where expertise and resources can be shared for the benefit of all."
If you are an industry partner and interested in collaborating with HTIT-EN, please contact Dr. Danny Han, professor of the research centre Future of Food.
