“The Places To Be” – This is what cities should look like in the future
The playbook “The Places To Be” is the result of a cooperation between Vienna Tourism, the Endowed Chair for Sustainable Urban and Tourism Development at FHWien der WKW and Urban Innovation Vienna. The practical handbook entitled “Playbook – The Places To Be” was presented to an interested specialist audience and discussed together as part of a dialogue at the Looshaus.… […]Read more on “The Places To Be” – This is what cities should look like in the future
Guests at EuroCHRIE 2025
From November 10 to 13, Sophie Gräf, Larissa Neuburger, Peter Klinger, and Florian Aubke had the opportunity to visit The Hague Hotel School, the host of this year's EuroCHRIE conference. […]Read more on Guests at EuroCHRIE 2025
Urban Delights: New Perspectives for Vienna’s Culinary Tourism
As part of the lecture “Product Assessment and Product Development in the Context of an Urban DMO: The Case of Food Tourism in Vienna,” our Master's students of the Master's Program in Urban Tourism & Visitor Economy Management visited the BO-Yo chocolate museum in Vienna together with Prof. Dimitris Koutoulas. […]Read more on Urban Delights: New Perspectives for Vienna’s Culinary Tourism
Insights into Vienna’s Culture, Events & Cuisine
As part of the Master's program in Urban Tourism & Visitor Economy Management, our students analyze key areas of urban tourism in the “Advanced Tourism Perspective & Practice” module. Over three intensive days, the students immersed themselves in Vienna's cultural, economic and culinary tourism landscape, accompanied by experts from the field. […]Read more on Insights into Vienna’s Culture, Events & Cuisine
Cornelia Dlabaja on Markets as Social Places
On October 17, 2025, the Viktor Adler Market in Vienna's Favoriten district was transformed into a place of exchange between research, art, and urban society. […]Read more on Cornelia Dlabaja on Markets as Social Places
Hands-on Eventmanagement
A very popular course in the Bachelor's program Tourism & Hospitality Management is the specialization “Event & Congress Design.” Here, our students not only learn how events and congresses are organized and planned but also get a behind-the-scenes look during excursions. And in October, they went on two trips. […]Read more on Hands-on Eventmanagement
Caring for the City: How we can make cities sustainable and livable
From September 24 to 26, 2025, FHWien der WKW hosted the international symposium Caring for the City. For three days, the focus was on how urban and tourism development can be made inclusive and sustainable across sectors. The conference brought together experts from research, administration, planning, and practice to discuss new forms of sustainable urban design and tourism, focusing on… […]Read more on Caring for the City: How we can make cities sustainable and livable
How do you organize a mega medical event?
How do you plan a convention for over 10,000 people? How do the technology, logistics, and catering work? And what goes on behind the scenes at an event like this? […]Read more on How do you organize a mega medical event?
Experience sustainable mobility up close: Excursion to the Mariazellerbahn railway
The third semester of the Bachelor's program in Tourism & Hospitality Management began with a packed schedule for students specializing in “Mobility”: They went on a full-day excursion to the Mariazellerbahn railway. The aim was to experience sustainable mobility concepts in tourism first-hand and to exchange ideas with experts. […]Read more on Experience sustainable mobility up close: Excursion to the Mariazellerbahn railway
Exploring spaces – shaping urban research
In spring 2025, the endowed chair for sustainable urban and tourism development, Cornelia Dlabaja, published a workbook entitled “Raum - Theorie - Empirie” with 14 practice-oriented contributions on space-related urban research. […]Read more on Exploring spaces – shaping urban research