Published 26 February 2012
Although I’ve loved my many trips to Umbria over the years, I’ve never thought of it as a particularly progressive region. Its output is predominantly agricultural, and it is common to see industrial facilities made out of grey concrete amongst the beautiful Umbrian countryside. The people, although very hospitable, [...]
Posts tagged International Wine Tourism Conference & Workshop
Castello della Sala: where history me...
Published 26 February 2012
Although I’ve loved my many trips to Umbria over the years, I’ve never thought of it as a particularly progressive region. Its output is predominantly agricultural, and it is common to see industrial facilities made out of grey concrete amongst the beautiful Umbrian countryside. The people, although very hospitable, [...]
How new technologies could change the...
Published 3 February 2012
On 1st February 2012 I delivered a couple of presentations at the International Wine Tourism Conference in Perugia, Italy. One was a paper on how new technologies could benefit the wine tourism industry (the other was a workshop to build wine tours – you’ll be able to hear more about that on blog.insightvacations.com [...]
A wine conference… in Italy! Co...
Published 28 December 2011
In January, I’ll be presenting at the annual International Wine Tourism Conference & Workshop. This is the fourth year the conference has been running, but it will be my first. As if this isn’t exciting enough, it will see me revisiting the Italian region of Umbria; a region very close to my heart as I got marri [...]