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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)
11/03/2019
07:30 pm
Welcome to IWINETC 2019 & Opening Announcements (Networking)
12/03/2019
09:30 am
Destination Basque Country (Grape Escape Destinations)
12/03/2019
09:45 am
La Magia de Rioja Alavesa: El Antes y el Después de la Oferta Enoturística. (Grape Escape Destinations)
12/03/2019
10:15 am
Mariasun Sáenz de Samaniego
Coffee Time (Networking)
12/03/2019
10:45 am
Leveraging Facebook, Twitter & Instagram for Wine Tourism (Branding & Marketing)
12/03/2019
11:30 am
Judith Lewis
Gastrodiplomacy: How Food & Wine Tourism can Change Everything (Research)
12/03/2019
11:30 am
Irina Gusinskaya
Training Wine Tourism Professionals: Opportunity for Innovation and Future (Professional Development)
12/03/2019
12:30 pm
Teresa Guilarte
AI, IOT and All That – A Future Perspective on Tomorrow’s Wine Tourism Technology (Branding & Marketing)
12/03/2019
12:30 pm
Paul Richer
Policies for Wine Tourism and the Wine Industry in Japan (Research)
12/03/2019
12:30 pm
Toru Kodama
Time for Lunch (Networking)
12/03/2019
01:15 pm
Win my Heart, Win my Wallet (Branding & Marketing)
12/03/2019
02:30 pm
Robin Shaw
Vender Enoturismo a Través de Canales Digitales: Herramientas para Empresas y Territorios (Branding & Marketing)
12/03/2019
03:15 pm
Alicia Estrada
Old Vine Heritage Tours as a Differentiation in Wine Tourism (Branding & Marketing)
12/03/2019
03:15 pm
Andre Morgenthal
IWINETC Masterclass: Wines of the Basque Country (Grape Escape Destinations & Networking)
12/03/2019
04:15 pm
Sarah Jane Evans
Enoturismo MICE: Cómo Enfocarnos hacia este Sector (Branding & Marketing)
13/03/2019
09:30 am
Alicia Estrada
Coffee Time (Networking)
13/03/2019
10:30 am
The Importance of Media in Wine Tourism (Branding & Marketing)
13/03/2019
11:00 am
Felicity Carter
Discovering Enotourism along the Strada Reale dei Vini Torinesi (Grape Escape Destinations)
13/03/2019
11:00 am
Alessandro Comotto
Creating Cooperation Between European Wine Tourism Players (Networking)
13/03/2019
11:45 am
Pólika Leontina Szabó
Tokaj: An Emerging Wine Travel Destination (Grape Escape Destinations)
13/03/2019
12:00 pm
Gergely Somogyi
Standardisation of Tourism in Wineries (Branding & Marketing)
13/03/2019
12:00 pm
Djurdjica Jojic
Success with Sustainable Wine Tourism Practices in South Africa (Research)
13/03/2019
12:15 pm
Andre Morgenthal
Time for Lunch (Networking)
13/03/2019
01:00 pm
The 5 Ps of New Zealand Wine Tourism Strategy (Branding & Marketing)
13/03/2019
02:30 pm
Chris Yorke
Nemea: an Emerging Wine Tourism Region? (Research)
13/03/2019
02:30 pm
Laurence Cogan
So You’ve Started a Wine Tour Company – Now what? (Professional Development)
13/03/2019
02:30 pm
Lou Thompson
Development Strategy to become Spain´s Leading Accessible Wine Tourism Destination (Branding & Marketing)
13/03/2019
03:30 pm
Ana Martínez-Bujanda
How Advanced Data Analytics Boost Profit for Wine Tours and Resorts (Branding & Marketing)
13/03/2019
03:30 pm
Emilio Zunino (+1)
Closing Plenary Session (Grape Escape Destinations)
13/03/2019
04:20 pm
(+1)
Wine Tourism B2B Workshop (B2B Workshop)
14/03/2019
09:00 am
Service Mapping for Wineries and Cellar Doors: Lessons from Australia (Research)
28/03/2019
11:30 am
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
En caso de estar interesado en proponer uno de sus vinos para el Masterclass dirigido por el Master ...
Exhibitors
Discover grape escape destinations and wines from not only hosts in the Basque Country but also from...
Rioja Alavesa Unique Experience Part 2 (Baños de Ebro & Samaniego)
The Rioja Alavesa Unique Experience Part 2 (Baños de Ebro & Samaniego) - a wine tourism destin...
Rioja Alavesa Unique Experience Part 1 (Laguardia & Oyón)
The Rioja Alavesa Unique Experience Part 1 (Laguardia & Oyón) - a wine tourism destination whi...
Registration
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Exhibitors
Discover grape escape destinations and wines from not only hosts the Basque Country but also from ar...
Wine Tourism Trade Providers
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Press Trip
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Sponsorship
Sponsorship Opportunities at IWINETC - Put your brand and destination front and centre
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Hosted Agents
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IWINETC 2019 B2B Workshop Registration
Please complete this form to register as a trade provider (seller) for the B2B Workshop.
B2B Workshop
Extend your IWINETC attendance as a wine tourism experience provider and meet face-to-face with impo...
Speaker Proposal Form
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Call for Speakers
IWINETC is one of the key events in the global wine and culinary tourism calendar. The internationa...
Press Accreditation
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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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