ATLAS SIG Gastronomy and Tourism Meeting
Gastronomy and food tourism policies: a hand-in-hand agreement for the future?
Sintra, Portugal
February 13-15, 2025
Topic
The topic for the 2025 edition is:
Gastronomy and food tourism policies: a hand-in-hand agreement for the future?
In an ever-evolving world of culinary delights and travel, the symbiotic relationship between gastronomy and food tourism policies has become increasingly crucial for shaping a sustainable and thriving future. This meeting aims to delve into the intersection of these two realms, exploring how they can join forces to foster economic growth, cultural preservation, and environmental stewardship. By examining case studies, best practices, and innovative approaches, this gathering seeks to unleash the potential of the alignment between gastronomy (either local, regional, or national) with the correspondent touristic promotion, in a synchronous agreement that not only benefits the global culinary landscape but also paves the way for responsible and enriching food tourism experiences. To unravel the possibilities and challenges in this dynamic journey towards a harmonious gastronomic and touristic future is the main goal of this proposal.
Organising Partners
Institutional partner: Sintra City Hall (Câmara Municipal de Sintra)
Academic partner: Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hospitality Studies (Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril)
Sub Topics
Subtopics for discussion would include:
- Foodscapes and foodways: a meaningful resource for tourism
- Gastronomy and policymaking
- Food heritage and tourism
- Local initiatives to promote food tourism
- New initiatives on food tourism
- Food branding campaigns and public-private participations in territorial promotion
- Food tourism innovation
- Participation of food producers in gastronomy ecosystem
- The role of food events in the food tourism
- Diplomatic uses of food to improve food tourism
- Gastronomy education impact in tourism
Gastronomy, culinary and food tourism: complement or congregation of activities?
International Scientific Committee
The proposed scientific committee is composed by:
- Silvia Aulet – Faculty of Tourism, University of Girona, Spain
- Carlos Fernandes – Polytechnic University of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
- Óscar Cabral – Basque Culinary Center, Faculty of Gastronomic Sciences, Univ. Mondragón, Spain
- Raquel Moreira – Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies, Portugal
- Carlos Brandão – Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies, Portugal
- Lurdes Calisto – Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies, Portugal
- Susana Rachão – Polytechnic University of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
- Dolors Vidal – Faculty of Tourism, University of Girona, Spain
- Joaquim Majó – Faculty of Tourism, University of Girona, Spain
- Francesc Fusté-Forné – Faculty of Tourism, University of Girona, Spain
- Greg Richards – Breda University of Applied Sciences and the University of Tilburg, The Netherlands.
- Sheila Matson – Rennes School of Business, France
- Tamara Ratz – Kodolanyi Janos University Budapest, Hungary
- Roberta Garibaldi – Univeristy of Bergamo, Italy
- Andrea Pozzi – Univeristy of Bergamo, Italy
- Bill Gregorash – Confederation College, Canada
Organizing Committee
The organizing committee is composed by:
- Silvia Aulet – Faculty of Tourism, University of Girona, Spain
- Carlos Fernandes – Polytechnic University of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
- Óscar Cabral – Basque Culinary Center, Faculty of Gastronomic Sciences, Univ. Mondragón, Spain
Raquel Moreira – Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies, Portugal
Marta Castello-Branco – Sintra City Hall, Portugal
Keynote Speaker
Raquel Moreira
Dr. Raquel Moreira is Adjunct Professor at Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies (ESHTE), in Portugal, and Integrated Researcher at CRIA/NOVA-FCSH, and a Member of ICAF Spain-Portugal. She holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Seville (2012), a Master’s degree in Sociology from ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (1995), and a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1988). Since 1988, she has been working on the topics of food and gastronomy from an anthropological and historical perspective. She has also focused on the relationship between gastronomy and tourism, as well as the connection between gastronomy and art.
Academically, Dr. Raquel Moreira held several positions at ESHTE, including: Coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree in Food Production in Catering (1998-2005), Tourism Management (2014-2016), and Tourist Information (2023-2024), Coordinator of the Scientific Area of Social Sciences (2009-2011), and Co-coordinator of the Scientific Area of Arts, Humanities, and Foreign Languages (2023-2024).
She has participated in various scientific and academic events in the fields of gastronomy and tourism. Dr. Raquel Moreira was jointly responsible for the Tourfly Project – Innovation and Future: Contributions to the Design of Touristic Offer in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon (ESHTE; CIES/ISCTE-IUL; IPLisboa, 2017-2019), which was funded by the European Union (Lisboa-01-0145-FEDER-023368). Besides, she has published several scientific articles and book chapters. She is the author of the book “Queijadas de Sintra. História de um Doce Regional “(Colares Editora, 1999), co-editor and co-author of “Tourfly – Innovation and Future: Contributions to the Design of Touristic Offer in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon” (ESHTE, 2019), and co-author of “Receitas de Reis e Pescadores. Memória e Património Gastronómico do Concelho de Cascais” (Leya/Casa das Letras, 2017).
Important Dates
Abstract submission | October 31, 2024 |
Notification of acceptance | December 1, 2024 |
Registration deadline | January 26, 2025 |
Event | February 13-15, 2025 |
Full paper submission | March 30, 2025 |
Abstract Submission
All abstracts will be subjected to review by members of the scientific committee. Acceptance of a submission will be based on: theoretical and empirical significance; methodological soundness; relevance to the theme of the meeting and logical clarity.
The official language of the meeting is English.
Abstracts should indicate background, theoretical/practical implications, methods and/or data sources and indicative findings of the paper. Abstracts should have between 350-500 words. The titles should be no more than 12 words.
Provisional Program
Wednesday, 12 February – Welcome
Individual arrival to Sintra and check-in
Welcome session
Thursday, 13 February – 1st Conference Day
Palácio Valenças – Sintra
9.00 – Opening session and presentations, with a coffee break
13.00 – Lunch
14.30 – Presentations
20.00 – Dinner
Friday, 14 February – 2nd Conference Day
Palácio Valenças – Sintra
9.00 – Presentations with a coffee break
13.00 – Lunch
14.00 – Presentations
17.00 – Discussions and publication plans and future meetings
20.00 – Closing dinner and farewell
Saturday, 15 February – Cultural day – optional
9.30 – Sintra Wine, Food and Landscapes – Looking around the delights of Sintra
16.00 – Cultural day closing
Provisional Cultural Day – Optional
The cultural day has been prepared to provide the participants with the knowledge of Sintra’s delights. Sintra as a multiple landscapes’ county, has a distinctive sea front (where we are going to visit Cabo da Rota lighthouse area), the wonderful wines from Colares DOC region, the bread, the suckling pig in Negrais and many other gastronomic local symbols.
The final program will be delivered to participants.
Accommodation
The recommended hotels are:
NH Sintra Centro 4* – A fully refurbished 4* hotel in Sintra city center (ATLAS rate, per night, single room with breakfast – 90€ tbc to 2025). This hotel lies 5 minutes walking from the meeting venue.
Sintra Bliss Hotel 3* – A fantastic boutique hotel in Sintra city center (ATLAS rate, per night, double/twin room with breakfast – 90€ tbc to 2025). This hotel lies 5 minutes walking from the meeting venue.
As a touristic place, Sintra has several accommodation options.
Touristic tax: In Sintra all the hotels charge a 2€-touristic tax, per night, per guest.
Arrival Options
Sintra city center lies approximately 30 minutes by car from Humberto Delgado Lisbon International Airport (LIS) and nearly 2h30 from Faro airport (FAO) and nearly 3h30 from Porto airport (OPO). Arriving by train and bus is also available. More information on the arrival to be released soon.
Conference packages
| ATLAS Members – Full Fee | EURO 250 |
| NON Members – Full Fee | EURO 350 |
Provisional Cultural day – Optional | EURO 50 |
| Certificate | EURO 15 |
Cancellation Policy
If written cancellation is received before February 1st 2025 a refund of all meeting fees will be made, minus an administration fee of € 50. No refund will be possible after February 1st 2025, but substitute delegates can be nominated.
Registration and Contact
- Contact
- Please contact: e-mail admin@atlas-euro.org
Registration
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- Abstract submission
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