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Navigating a sea of uncertainty promoting a vision for the vuture: The PANTOUR Skills Strategy and Action Plan for Tourism and Hospitality   

The French philosopher and sociologist Edgar Morin, who has produced extensive work on redefining the centrality of interdisciplinary knowledge in education, has long explored the topic of society uncertainties about the future. In one of his most influential works, where he explores how education should enable learners to respond to unpredictability and chance, 

 

Morin stated: ‘we should learn to navigate on a sea of uncertainties, sailing in and around islands of certainty’. Morin, E. (2001). Seven complex lessons in education for the future. UNESCO  READ MORE

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May 29, 2026
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On a Thursday morning in a hotel in Spain, the sustainability coordinator is looking at an approved sustainability plan and wondering whether her team has the skills to actually deliver it. In Athens, a tour operator is interviewing a new generation of tour guides who will need to deal with group dynamics across several cultures in one single afternoon. In Dublin, a destination marketing manager is looking at an AI-generated itinerary on her screen and asking: does anyone on my team actually know how to evaluate this?

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May 27, 2026
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Securing a sustainable future for National and Regional Skills Partnerships in Tourism

Over the past four years, the PANTOUR project has championed a powerful solution to the European tourism sector’s persistent skills gap: National and Regional Skills Partnerships (NRSPs). These collaborative platforms, bringing together industry, education, and public authorities, have proven to be vital engines for skills intelligence and workforce development. Now, as the project enters its final phase, the critical question is: what happens next? How can we ensure these valuable ecosystems of collaboration continue to thrive and deliver value long after the project funding ends? READ MORE

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May 22, 2026
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Introducing the Tourism Skills Lab: a Q&A with the development team within PANTOUR

Meet the platform rewiring tourism skills. Most sectors still hire based on job titles, but the future belongs to sectors that hire based on skills. That is exactly why the Tourism Skills Lab was created and further developed under the umbrella of the PANTOUR consortium. The Tourism Skills Lab is  digital platform designed to help students, job seekers, tourism businesses, and training institutions better understand: which skills are needed, where the gaps are, and how to close them. We sat down with Klaus Ehrlich, who leads the platform’s development within PANTOUR, to discuss the vision, functionalities, and future potential of a platform that is truly one of a kind.READ MORE

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May 19, 2026
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