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70 students from 2 universities developed sustainability analyses for 15 countries and regions. In non Covid times, we always undertake international study trips with our Master’s students in the sub-modules “International Destination Studies” in order to get a professional insight into developments on site. When it became clear that another wave of infections would make […]Read more on Virtual teamwork for more sustainability in tourism

Within the framework of a research project, colleagues from the two study programs Tourism & Hospitality Management and Human Resources & Organization dedicated themselves to the future of Human Resources Management in the hotel industry. The central question was: how to deal with the shortage of skilled workers in the hotel industry. A topic which […]Read more on Shortage of skilled workers in the hotel industry: How to succeed in the mammoth task “War for talents”?

THM specializations remain practice-oriented in the 2021 summer semester The restrictions surrounding COVID-19 also made the summer semester of 2021 exciting once again for our specializations. In addition to theoretical input, the focus of these courses is on direct exchange with the industry. Our lecturers were innovative against all odds and organized numerous alternative insights […]Read more on Tourism & Hospitality Management: Theory meets practice

16 tourism executives give authentic insights into their everyday professional life Every year we offer our Master’s students intensive dialogues with leaders from the tourism industry. This semester we are honored by the participation of managing directors of these companies: Petra Stolba (Österreich Werbung) Norbert Kettner (Wien Tourismus) Michaela Reitterer (ÖHV, Boutique Hotel Stadthalle) Lisa […]Read more on “Leading means discovering yourself.”

This past semester our part-time students of the Bachelor’s Program in Human Resources Management were able to participate in an online intercultural exchange with students from Waukesha County Technical College in Wisconsin, USA. They met online at least 3 times over a couple of months to have conversations about student life in Austria vs. Wisconsin, […]Read more on Intercultural Exchange Despite Lockdown

What attitudes and motives do travellers have towards camping and glamping? And how were these forms of holiday discussed in the media? Bachelor's students from the study program in Tourism Management found answers to these questions from project partner "Alpencamping Nenzing". […]Read more on Camping Holiday in Changing Times

Florian Aubke and his co-author Theodor Kubak have published a chapter on Hotel Asset Management in The Routledge Companion to International Hospitality Management. […]Read more on Hot off the press: Routledge Companion to International Hospitality Management

“Vienna 2023 – Changing Realities. New Opportunities.” This theme will gather the international tourism and hospitality educators’ community in Vienna in 2023. The EuroCHRIE Association (Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education) has recently announced that FHWien der WKW will host the annual conference 2023 after a successful bidding process led by the team of […]Read more on Vienna 2023 – Changing Realities. New Opportunities.

Belinda Vollmann, graduate of the Bachelor’s Program in Tourism & Hospitality Management, wins the ACB award “Best Meeting Thesis Austria”. […]Read more on Graduate winner of Best Meeting Thesis Austria

Instead of going to Italy, France or Portugal themselves, our students discussed current issues of international tourism management with experts from Austria and abroad. […]Read more on International Field Trip in times of Covid-19: Let’s travel virtually