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The 11th Annual International Wine Tourism Conference, Exhibition & Workshop (IWINETC) will be held in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Alava, Basque Country, Spain 12 - 14 March 2019.
IWINETC is the leading global event for the wine and culinary tourism industry, held in grape escape destinations around the world. The 3 day event (2 day conference & 1 day Workshop) delivers thought provoking professional education, an extensive exhibition area to discover wine travel destinations and their wines, a focused business environment for tour operators to meet wine tourism experience providers and a chance to discover the wine tourism highlights of the host destination.
Conference Hightlights
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Conference Talks
IWINETC Welcome Reception (Networking)
Welcome to IWINETC 2019 & Opening Announcements (Networking)
Destination Basque Country (Grape Escape Destinations)
La Magia de Rioja Alavesa: El Antes y el Después de la Oferta Enoturística. (Grape Escape Destinations)
Coffee Time (Networking)
Leveraging Facebook, Twitter & Instagram for Wine Tourism (Branding & Marketing)
Gastrodiplomacy: How Food & Wine Tourism can Change Everything (Research)
Training Wine Tourism Professionals: Opportunity for Innovation and Future (Professional Development)
AI, IOT and All That – A Future Perspective on Tomorrow’s Wine Tourism Technology (Branding & Marketing)
Policies for Wine Tourism and the Wine Industry in Japan (Research)
Time for Lunch (Networking)
Win my Heart, Win my Wallet (Branding & Marketing)
Vender Enoturismo a Través de Canales Digitales: Herramientas para Empresas y Territorios (Branding & Marketing)
Old Vine Heritage Tours as a Differentiation in Wine Tourism (Branding & Marketing)
IWINETC Masterclass: Wines of the Basque Country (Grape Escape Destinations & Networking)
Enoturismo MICE: Cómo Enfocarnos hacia este Sector (Branding & Marketing)
Coffee Time (Networking)
The Importance of Media in Wine Tourism (Branding & Marketing)
Discovering Enotourism along the Strada Reale dei Vini Torinesi (Grape Escape Destinations)
Creating Cooperation Between European Wine Tourism Players (Networking)
Tokaj: An Emerging Wine Travel Destination (Grape Escape Destinations)
Standardisation of Tourism in Wineries (Branding & Marketing)
Success with Sustainable Wine Tourism Practices in South Africa (Research)
Time for Lunch (Networking)
The 5 Ps of New Zealand Wine Tourism Strategy (Branding & Marketing)
Nemea: an Emerging Wine Tourism Region? (Research)
So You’ve Started a Wine Tour Company – Now what? (Professional Development)
Development Strategy to become Spain´s Leading Accessible Wine Tourism Destination (Branding & Marketing)
How Advanced Data Analytics Boost Profit for Wine Tours and Resorts (Branding & Marketing)
Closing Plenary Session (Grape Escape Destinations)
Wine Tourism B2B Workshop (B2B Workshop)
Service Mapping for Wineries and Cellar Doors: Lessons from Australia (Research)
Industry leading speakers
Alessandro Comotto
Strada Reale dei Vini Torinesi
Alicia Estrada
Vinoturismo
Ana Martínez-Bujanda
Bodegas Valdemar
Andre Morgenthal
Certified Heritage Vineyards
Andrea Torassa
Maiora Solutions
Chris Yorke
New Zealand Winegrowers
Djurdjica Jojic
Faculty of Tourism & Hotel Management, Vrnjacka banja, Serbia
Emilio Zunino
Maiora Solutions
Felicity Carter
Meininger’s Wine Business International
Gergely Somogyi
Tokaj Today
Irina Gusinskaya
TimeforMore.Wine
Judith Lewis
DeCabbit Consultancy
Laurence Cogan
Burgundy School of Business
Lou Thompson
Wine Tours Toronto
Lucio Gomiero
Direttore Generale PromoTurismoFVG
Mariasun Sáenz de Samaniego
Ruta del Vino de Rioja Alavesa
Paul Richer
Genesys Digital Transformation
Pólika Leontina Szabó
Budaventura Travel
Robin Shaw
Wine Tourism Australia
Sarah Jane Evans
Master of Wine
Teresa Guilarte
Artean Wines, Escuela de Vino
Toru Kodama
University of Tsukuba
Sponsors & supporters
About the conference
IWINETC Masterclass by Sarah Jane Evans Master of Wine
Exhibitors
Rioja Alavesa Unique Experience Part 2 (Baños de Ebro & Samaniego)
Rioja Alavesa Unique Experience Part 1 (Laguardia & Oyón)
Registration
Exhibitors
Wine Tourism Trade Providers
Press Trip
Sponsorship
Hosted Agents
IWINETC 2019 B2B Workshop Registration
B2B Workshop
Speaker Proposal Form
Call for Speakers
Press Accreditation
International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC)
Founded in Spain in 2009, the International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC) has now accommodated over 2,500 wine & culinary tourism professionals in 45 different countries throughout the world. Though opportunities for international networking, professional development, and world class industry information you will find that our conferences and workshops offer unique ways to discover grape escape destinations around the world. IWINETC is the destination for those involved in wine, gastronomy and tourism. So come along and share your point of view and gain from the experience of others.
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