What are the XDW Sprints?
Well, put simply these are immersive three-day sprints following design principles to frame the challenges, explore opportunities and work collaboratively with tech, destinations and industry to prototype innovative solutions.
This overarching theme looks at the macro shift in tourism that has taken place since 2020, where tourism suffered a total collapse and has since learnt to become more agile, adapt to changes faster and is gradually starting to understand the long-term shift in consumer psyche.
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Putting big data to work has been a goal for a number of years throughout the industry, but how can we make sense of the many technologies, touchpoints and data sources we can put to our disposal? How can we work to make tourism more accessible, equitable, competitive and sustainable with a data and tech-first approach?
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How can we work to make tourism an activity which contributes to the net benefit of everybody involved? We'll be focusing on experience development and looking at how to use innovation to develop layers within the destination experience, adding richness and depth to the experience benefiting visitors, locals and the wider cultural offering.
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With sustainability representing such an essential component of any future development, we'll be exploring the role that innovation plays in identifying solutions and pathways through the wider transformation process. From setting and carrying-out a vision, through to working at the grass routes supply chain, these Sprints will have everybody thinking about the future.
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Take a look at the themes that will be covered in TNW Vàlencia.
