
27 May 2026
14:00 – 18:00 Registration desk working hours (Faculty Lobby)
14:00 – 15:00 Welcome & Networking Lunch (Park)
15:00 – 18:00 PhD Workshop by Sara Dolnicar (Hall B5)
15:30 – 18:30 GreenTEA Multiplier Event – Presentation of results of Erasmus+ project GreenTEA (Hall B1)
28 May 2026
09:00 – 16:00 Registration desk working hours (Faculty Lobby)
10:00 – 10:30 Official welcome (Hall B2)
10:30 – 11:15 Keynote Lecture by Sara Dolnicar (Hall B2)
Habit–Effort–Enjoyment Theory and how it can be leveraged to make the tourism industry more environmentally sustainable
11:30 – 13:00 Session I: Tourism in Sustainable Pathways: Challenges and Opportunities (Hall B2)
Chair: Stephen Pratt
11:30 – 13:00 Session II: Technology and Innovation in Tourism and Hospitality (Hall B5)
Chair: Nick Wise
Jelena Dorčić, Jelena Mušanović, Katarzyna Minor, Katerina Berezina, Katerina Volchek
Antun Biloš, Bruno Budimir, Gabrijela Garić
Tamara Gajić, Filip Đoković
Piyanart Junkrachang, Chachaya Yodsuwan & Kenneth Butcher
Ricardo Correia, Ignas Cipkus, Dominyka Venciute, Ruta Jasulaityte
11:30 – 13:00 Session III: Working Environment & Skills in Tourism & Hospitality (Hall B6)
Chair: Janez Mekinc
Maria Lazarova, Ivan Angelov
Valerija Botrić
Iva Barić Hodžić, Nikolina Vaić
Vicki Lavendol
11:30 – 13:00 Session IV: Emerging Trends in Travel and Selective Tourism (Hall B7)
Chair: Miha Lesjak
Ivan Butković, Ivana Licul
Marina Perišić Prodan, Ana Čuić Tanković, Jelena Kapeš
Marko Perić, Vedran Zubović, Laura Valentić
Marina Barkiđija Sotošek, Daniela Gračan
Ivana First Komen, Dubravko Podnar, Nina Grgurić Čop
13:00 – 14:00 Networking Lunch (Park)
14:00 – 14:45 Keynote Lecture by Nancy G. Mcgehee (Hall B2)
Tourism at a Crossroads: Regeneration as the Path Forward
15:00 – 16:30 Session V: Tourism, Culture, and Territorial Development (Hall B2)
Chair: Sergio Alvarez
Zvonimir Kuliš
Lucia Uderianová
Judith Mair, Michelle Duffy
Dino Bartoluci, Romana Lekić, Tanya Victoria O'Malley - Sediqi
Hrvoje Grofelnik
15:00 – 16:30 Session VI: Business Strategies and Management (Hall B6)
Chair: Vanja Vitezić
Helga Maškarin Ribarić, Lorena Dadić Fruk, Emanuel Žiković
Mehrgan Malekpour, Oswin Maurer
Tea Golja, Dolores Pušar Banović
Luka Mandić, Marija Ham, Vladimir Ham
Siripen Yiamjanya, Matej Balen
15:00 – 16:30 Session VII: Community Well-Being and Local Tourism Development (Hall B7)
Chair: Jelena Đurkin Badurina
Ksenija Milošević, Lidija Pranjić, Goran Radoš
Patrycja Brańka, Bernadetta Zawilińska
Florentina Popescu, Alexandru Dragan, Adelina Tarko
Ana Rimac Smiljanić, Hamid Rabiei-Dastjerdi, Blanka Šimundić, Maryam Kazemi
Borna Buljan, Anita Bušljeta Tonković, Božena Krce Miočić
20:00 – 24:00 Dinner by the sea: Hotel Kvarner Opatija (Opatija)
29 May 2026
09:00 – 13:00 Registration desk working hours (Faculty Lobby)
09:15 – 10:00 Meet the Editors (Hall B2)
10:00 – 11:30 Special Session: Sports Tourism chaired by Craig Depken (Hall B2)
Chair: Craig A. Depken
Craig Depken, Frank Stephenson, Daniel Dragičević
Hristo Andreev, Anastasios Zopiatis, Miha Bratec, Tina Kociper, Miha Lesjak
Nicholas Wise, Vedran Zubović, Marko Perić
Kayode Aleshinloye, Midori Yamazaki, Adetola Omitola, Adegboyega Bamgbade
10:00 – 11:30 Session VIII: Diversity, Inclusion, and Institutional Change (Hall B5)
Chair: Nataša Moreti
Marija Ivaniš, Vedran Zubović, Božidar Borna Piljek
Ianas Ana-Neli, Popescu Florentina
Simon Werther, Celine Chang, Andreas Humpe
Vangeliya Adams, Ivan Angelov
Iya Petkova, Gergana Manolova
10:00 – 11:30 Session IX: Governance, Policy and Ethics in Tourism (Hall B6)
Chair: Tea Golja
Stephen Pratt, Jessica Wickey Byrd
Tanja Fatur Šikić, Tanja Anđelić
Tena Vilipić, Marinela Krstinić Nižić, Maša Trinajstić
Dijana Čičin-Šain, Sonja Brlečić-Valčić, Katarina Poldrugovac
Janez Mekinc, Sebastjan Repnik, Katarina Mušič
10:00 – 11:30 Session XI: Tourism economics (Hall B7)
Chair: Bruno Ćorić
Marina Laškarin Ažić, Nina Mezak, Davor Horvatić, Bartol Pavlović
Vanja Vitezić, Karmen Mikulić, Iva Kovačević Melinčević
Valeriia Kostynets, Iuliia Kostynets, Giancarlo Fedeli
Goran Ćorluka, Ana Vlašić, Krešimir Mikinac
Eva Mijatović, Sabina Hodžić, Antun Gašpar Bendeviš
11:30 – 12:30 Keynote Lecture by Alan Fyall (Hall B2)
Destinations and Events: Diversity, Differentiation and Education – A Changing
12:30 – 13:30 Networking Lunch (Park)
13:30 – 15:00 Session XII: Marketing and Communication in Tourism (Hall B5)
Chair: Alan Fyall
Davorin Turkalj, Mijo Radić, Juraj Rašić
Xuejie QIU, Fei Hao, Shuxu Liu
Mislav Šimunić, Vedran Brnčić
Ivana Ivančić
Salman Yousaf, Jong Min Kim
13:30 – 15:00 Session XIII: Digital transformation and Smart Tourism Systems (Hall B6)
Chair: Jelena Dorčić
Ace Milenkovski, Sreten Miladinoski
Eda Ribarić Čučković, Ljerka Tomljenović, Anita Stilin
Tsvetelina Gidakis, Iya Petkova-Angelova
Mahir Zajmović, Berislav Andrlić, Dunja Demirović Bajrami
13:30 – 15:00 Session XIV: Gastronomy Experiences and Innovations (Hall B7)
Chair: Siniša Bogdan
Simon Okwachi, Vedrana Čikeš, Siniša Bogdan
Massimo Morellato, Claudia Cozzio, Oswin Maurer
Rui Rosa Dias, Nayole Bettencourt Mateus
Kevin Murphy, Kimberley Harris, Scott Taylor
Krešimir Mikinac, Lucija Nikić
15:00 – 15:15 Closing Ceremony (Hall B2)

