{"id":8956,"date":"2026-08-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kedainiutvic.lt\/invitation-to-events-marking-world-tourism-day\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T08:00:06","slug":"invitation-to-events-marking-world-tourism-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kedainiutvic.lt\/en\/invitation-to-events-marking-world-tourism-day\/","title":{"rendered":"INVITATION TO EVENTS MARKING WORLD TOURISM DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Economy and Innovation, in close cooperation with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, the European Commission\u2019s European Capitals of Tourism Secretariat and social partners, is pleased to invite you to take part in <strong>the 15\u201316 September <\/strong>in Vilnius, which are also dedicated to World Tourism Day.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking into account this year\u2019s World Tourism Day theme, \u2018The Digital Agenda and Artificial Intelligence to Transform Tourism\u2019, the \u2018Discover Lithuania\u2019 start-up challenge held earlier this year, and the training needs of representatives from the tourism sector, we are organising the following events:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 <strong>15 September, 10.30\u201317.00<\/strong> at the Ibis Vilnius Centre hotel (Rinktin\u0117s g. 18, LT 9322 Vilnius), we invite you to a training session in Lithuanian on the topic \u2018Innovations in the tourism ecosystem: how to create more value for tourists and businesses\u2019. This is a practical training session aimed at participants in the Lithuanian tourism ecosystem: businesses, organisations and specialists seeking to better understand the potential of innovation, partnership and technology in creating competitive tourism products and services. Further information and registration for the training sessions are available at <em><strong> until 10 September <\/strong><\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd8FR5vAvwBZepd6eStokYKMUmJ2QtNoyxUOyrEJmayWvzvxw\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 <strong>On 16 September from 9.30 am.<\/strong> We look forward to welcoming you at the new \u201cS\u0105var\u017e\u0117l\u0117\u201d business centre (Konstitucijos pr. 14A, LT-09308 Vilnius). The international tourism forum \u2018Travel Tech Forum &amp; UN Tourism Pitch Challenge \u201cDiscover Lithuania\u201d\u2019 will bring together tourism policymakers, innovation experts, investors, business representatives and start-ups from Lithuania and abroad. Together, we will discuss and seek innovative solutions that could enhance Lithuania\u2019s profile and competitiveness as a tourist destination, as well as extend the tourist season. The winners of the \u201cDiscover Lithuania\u201d start-up challenge will be announced during the event. In addition, training sessions will be held by \u2018Amadeus\u2019, one of the world\u2019s largest travel technology companies, whose solutions are used by airlines, hotels, travel agencies, airports, rail and cruise operators. Amadeus experts will give a practical demonstration of how to apply artificial intelligence when designing traveller experiences. The 2nd Forum and training sessions will be held in English without translation into Lithuanian. Registration for the forum is open at <em><strong>until&lt;\/ strong&gt;<\/strong><\/em> <em><strong>10 September<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSci130gf_K-9ZZu3IMB3TEFTrbuAdpynUAD0gM4IKQXQUrp1w\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Economy and Innovation, in close cooperation with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, the European Commission\u2019s European Capitals of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kedainiutvic.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kedainiutvic.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kedainiutvic.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kedainiutvic.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kedainiutvic.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kedainiutvic.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8958,"href":"https:\/\/kedainiutvic.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8956\/revisions\/8958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kedainiutvic.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kedainiutvic.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kedainiutvic.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kedainiutvic.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}