LC 00807

Cruising from Vlissingen

Together with the HZ Research Centre for Coastal Tourism, local entrepreneurs from Vlissingen are interested to know whether commercial shipping for passengers from Vlissingen(or our region)is (quantitatively) feasible.

Additional research is needed into the following matters:

1) Carrying out oflocal cruises through Walcheren, on the Westerschelde or along the Boulevard in Vlissingen

2) Carrying out of cruises from Vlissingen to cities such as Antwerp, Ostend, London and Calais

3) Cruises by cargo ships with passenger capacity from the ports in Vlissingen to England

Client: HZ Knowledge Centre for Coastal Tourism and local entrepreneurs

FACET

FACET is an EU-funded project that runs in three countries (UK/BE/NL) where several knowledge institutes and business development organizations are working together. Their objective is to make the world a bit better by supporting entrepreneurs in the tourism sector to develop and implement Circular Economy solutions. This sector includes a variety of business types like hotels, restaurants, beachclubs, campings, holiday parks, harbors (including water sports accommodations) and other resorts. Your team will work in the R&D function, performing small-scale research making practical tools, products and/or services that can be used by tourism & leisure entrepreneurs.

Examples of professional products/services are:

1) Perform market research on the Tourism& Leisure sector in NL/BE/UK(plus impact COVID)

2) Find and distribute best-practices of specific companies/entrepreneurs that implemented sustainability measuresusing the FACET-wiki

3) Make a contact database of providers of CE-solutions (based on demand entrepreneurs)

Client: FACET

Food tours Zeeland

The concept of food tours is becoming increasingly popular at several destinations. There are many different types of food tours; in groups or individually, discovering local or regional products, cooking yourself or let chefs cook for you.

Within Zeeland, no food tours are being offered yet. The Watersnoodmuseum (https://watersnoodmuseum.nl/) and ‘het Vijfde Caisson’ (a gastronomy-hub https://watersnoodmuseum.nl/het-vijfde-caisson/) would like to offer a day program including a food tour within the municipality ofSchouwen-Duiveland. You dive into the history of food supply and innovation, local products, collaborations with local food suppliers, experience design, and develop a day program for visitors.

Client: Watersnoodmuseum

Hospitality Pact

For the development of a more sustainable hospitality sector and a future-proof destination Zeeland, a more systematic cross-sector view is required: the broad system perspective "sustainable value creation". The starting point of this system perspective is the pursuit of even more attention to:

1) The degree of balance between economic, social and ecological interests (quality of sustainability) and

2) The mutual relationships between residents, visitors and companies (quality of hospitality).

A degree of balance between the impacts and values- social, economic and ecological- is necessary for a balanced sustainable development in which all impacts are recognized, taking into account the mutual relationships between residents, visitors and companies.

Which impacts are important (determined objectively and/ or based on perception) and what role do the relationships between residents, visitors and companies play in this? More specifically:

How can the degree of balance be determined on the basis of perceptions of residents and visitors and/ or media coverage?

Client:The HZ Knowledge Centre for Coastal Tourism

Human Capital

The operationalworkforcewithintourismand hospitalityestablishment in Zeeland is facingchallenges. These challengesrelatetodemographicchanges, job conditionsand employerimage. The vocationaltourismand hospitalityschools are interconnectedwithboththecauseand solution of particularproblems. A project existsthatinvestigatesrelatedissues toincreaseanunderstandingthatcouldhelp prospertheindustry’shuman capital. Client: Knowledge Centre forCoastalTourism