Call for projects: digital transition in the Canton of Vaud
The Resilient Tourism Flagship supported by Innosuisse aims to accelerate the datafication of the Swiss travel sector, in order to create sustainable services, processes and business models, thanks to digital technology.
In partnership with over 30 Swiss travel industry players and coordinated by EHL Hospitality Business School on behalf of the entire partnership, this project proactively addresses the challenges of digital transformation. All academic partners will be involved in all sub-projects to ensure interdisciplinarity and plurality of ideas. Most of the industrial partners are also involved in more than one project, depending on their specific characteristics and business interests.
In connection with the digital transition of Vaud's tourism industry, a joint initiative is being run by the EHL Hospitality Business School, the Service de la promotion de l'économie et de l'innovation (SPEI) and VaudPromotion to support the digitization of Vaud's tourism partners and service providers.
Datafication of the Swiss travel industry & Digital transition in the Canton of Vaud
The program is aimed at small and medium-sized businesses in the travel and tourism sector in the canton of Vaud. The main objective is to support innovative projects to develop the local economy, the canton's degree of digitization and the region's visibility. Proposals may be for projects in the initialization phase (new) or in the development phase (in progress), and may concern, among others, the following fields and applications: software, data, artificial intelligence, automation...
Selected projects will give applicants the opportunity to optimize their business activities, adopt new software/hardware, expand their databases, gain a better understanding of their customers, use data to modernize the back office, drive innovation, and many other benefits.
Benefits
Among the program's many benefits, you can take advantage of the following:
- 6 months' support from EHL and its extensive network
- an endowment of CHF 5,000.
- emulate an entire environment to build your own network
Key dates
The Challenge takes place in the following stages:
- December 31, 2023: Closing date for applications
- January 31, 2023: Jury evaluation and selection
- February 1, 2024 to July 31, 2024: Accompaniment/coaching
- August/September 2024: Final pitch
