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A major success for Franziska Maria Goritschnig: The graduate of the Bachelor’s program in Tourism & Hospitality Management impressed the expert jury of the Best Meeting Thesis Austria 2026 with her Bachelor’s thesis on inclusive conference planning. […]Read more on Award-Winning Bachelor’s Thesis on Inclusive Conference Planning

How can digital marketing strategies help attract more visitors to a cultural venue in Vienna? […]Read more on Creative Marketing Ideas for the Klimt Villa in Vienna: Students Develop Digital Strategies

How can heavily visited destinations benefit from tourism when the quality of life for residents suffers due to the influx of visitors? Cornelia Dlabaja, Endowed Chair for Sustainable Urban and Tourism Development at FHWien der WKW, shared research findings from Hallstatt and Venice during an ORF discussion in Dürnstein. […]Read more on Shaping Tourism – Without Letting the Community Become a Backdrop

Starting a new study program raises many questions: How are the upcoming semesters organized? Who can I turn to with my concerns? And above all: Who will I be spending the next three years with? The new students at FHWien der WKW received answers to these questions right at the start of their studies. During the first few weeks of… […]Read more on The 2026 Kick-Off Events

In her recently published academic article “Caring for Cultural Heritage Cities through Regenerative Tourism,” which appeared in the Routledge Handbook on Regenerative Tourism and Hospitality, Endowed Chair Cornelia Dlabaja explores the future of historic tourist cities. The focus is on the concept of regenerative tourism: tourism that not only uses cities as travel destinations but, above all, preserves and further… […]Read more on Supporting Heritage Cities Through Sustainable Tourism

Outdoor dining areas are a staple of Vienna’s cityscape. Yet their significance extends far beyond the culinary offerings. They serve as neighborhood gathering places, shape public spaces and give international visitors a glimpse into everyday Viennese culture. […]Read more on The “Viennese Schanigarten” as Urban Living Room

How can cities and tourism destinations cope with social, environmental, and economic crises? And what role do local communities, collaboration, and participation play in this context? These were the questions addressed at the international ATLAS Annual Conference 2026, which took place June 23–26 in Leeds, UK. […]Read more on From Vienna to Leeds: Cornelia Dlabaja as Expert

Experts Christina Schweiger, Cornelia Dlabaja and Marian Adolf analyze the impact of digital technologies in recent media reports. In an interview on Ö1’s “Mittagsjournal”, the Head of the Human Resources & Organization Study Programs, explains how AI is changing the job application process. The Endowed Chair for Sustainable Urban Tourism highlights the impact of short-term tourist rentals as featured in… […]Read more on FHWien Expertise on Digital and Urban Challenges

Researchers at the Department of Management at FHWien der WKW are developing an effective and practice-oriented didactic framework for integrating academic theory and professional practice within a dual study program. Florian Aubke, Peter Klinger, and Edmund Panzenböck have now published their findings in an article in the book “Hochschulentwicklung der Zukunft” (Higher Education Development of the Future). […]Read more on How Cooperative Learning Combines Higher Education and Professional Practice

How does a successful project come about? Students in the Bachelor’s program Tourism Management didn’t just explore this question theoretically — they developed the answer themselves. As part of the “Applied Project Management” course, small groups independently designed two-day field trips, handling every step of the project planning process. […]Read more on Learning by Doing: Students Organize Field Trips Themselves