FITUR Talent in 2020

In 2020, FITUR will launch FITUR Talent, an event that will help educate the trade on the skill set required to deal with new-age technologies and the tech-savvy traveller.

TT Bureau

FITUR Talent is a new monographic area that will highlight people, their talent, skills and professional qualifications. The idea behind the event is to educate companies about the need of people who are prepared to interact with the new digital tourist and who have the knowledge to manage new technologies that are increasingly impacting the business of tourism, such as Big Data and analytics, Artificial Intelligence, chatbots, Blockchain, IoT, etc.

Recruiting and head-hunting companies are seeing in FITUR Talent the possibility of expanding their business in tourism. FITUR Talent hosts all types of hospitality companies, travel agencies, OTAs, GDS, airlines and aeronautics companies, road and sea passenger transportation companies, metasearch engines, M!CE and entertainment companies, specialised training centres, universities, business schools, recruiting and consultancy companies, both national and international.

Participation has already been confirmed by World Tourism Organisation, World Travel & Tourism Council, the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourism Accommodation, the Instituto Tecnológico Hotelero; recruiting companies such as Turijobs and TH Professional Search, Hosteleo and Linkers; training centres such as the University of Glion or Les Roches Marbella; and hotel chains such as Meliá Hotels International and Palladium Hotel Group. During the FITUR Talent Conference and activities programme, there will also be presentations and discussions on data and reports that will enable participants to make decisions pertaining to the identification and development of skills, talent recruitment and retention, ongoing learning, or syllabi that will be required in the coming years, among other issues.