From Accor to Rosewood: Visiting the Hospitality Market in Munich
Demand for exclusive travel experiences and high-quality hospitality is growing rapidly worldwide. At the same time, changing guest expectations, digital innovations, and sustainable concepts are reshaping the demands placed on hotel companies and their employees. […]Read more on From Accor to Rosewood: Visiting the Hospitality Market in Munich
Tourism Education as a Key to Success for Austria as a Destination
How does Austria remain one of the world’s most successful tourist destinations? This question was the focus of the event “Business Meets Diplomacy: Austria as a Tourist Destination – A Way of Life Made in Austria!” held on May 7, 2026, at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. Around 60 international guests from the diplomatic corps attended the event, part of… […]Read more on Tourism Education as a Key to Success for Austria as a Destination
Inspiring Girls to Pursue STEM Careers
“Girls feel at home where other girls are.” With this statement, one interviewee summed up the results of this year’s field project in the fourth semester of the Bachelor’s program in Human Resources Management at FHWien der WKW. […]Read more on Inspiring Girls to Pursue STEM Careers
Future for Good: Students at BIP in Warsaw
From May 25 to 29, 2026, five students from the Master's Program Executive Management participated in the program’s first Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP). […]Read more on Future for Good: Students at BIP in Warsaw
Family-Owned Businesses Take Center Stage at BIP in Amsterdam
From Vienna to Amsterdam: Following the conclusion of the latest edition of the BIP “Family Business & Entrepreneurship” at FHWien der WKW, 10 students and teachers Katharina Rotter and Maija Worek traveled to Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences in May as part of the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP). Together with students from the Netherlands, […]Read more on Family-Owned Businesses Take Center Stage at BIP in Amsterdam
Between Front Line and News Feed: What Makes War Reporting Credible?
How do the media report on war, and what makes such reports credible? Gisela Reiter and Marian Adolf from the Department of Communication at FHWien der WKW explored these questions. They presented their findings at the 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) in Cape Town, South Africa. […]Read more on Between Front Line and News Feed: What Makes War Reporting Credible?
Review: Teaching Event on 10 June 2026
Around 35 lecturers from FHWien der WKW took part in the Teaching & Learning Centre’s (TLC) Teaching Event, both in person and online. Under this year’s theme, ‘Shaping future-proof, sustainable teaching’, the focus was on current challenges and new approaches to competence-based higher education teaching. Andreas Zitek (Forum Neue Medien in der Lehre Austria) provided […]Read more on Review: Teaching Event on 10 June 2026
Dual Training Partners meet at HR Breakfast
On June 3, 2026, approximately 20 industry partners of the dual Bachelor’s program in Tourism & Hospitality Management at FHWien der WKW gathered for an HR breakfast. The aim of the event was to exchange experiences, discuss current developments in the program and further strengthen the collaboration between the university and its industry partners. […]Read more on Dual Training Partners meet at HR Breakfast
Using AI to analyze the image of travel destinations on social media
How are tourism destinations perceived on social media? A recent study by Ilona Pezenka from the Marketing & Sales Management Study Programs, conducted in collaboration with international research partners, demonstrates how the image of travel destinations can be automatically analyzed and compared using AI and text mining. […]Read more on Using AI to analyze the image of travel destinations on social media
AI Meets Leadership
Artificial intelligence is transforming not only business processes but also the demands placed on leadership, decision-making and collaboration. The lecture “AI Meets Leadership,” delivered by Mag.a Simone Scholz to students in the Management & Entrepreneurship Study Programs at FHWien der WKW, focused precisely on these challenges. […]Read more on AI Meets Leadership