Entrepreneurial oPportunitIes in alternative aCcomodation

<< Objectives >>EPIC STAYS will develop a new VET offering and upskill European tourism businesses leading to the development of new, alternative tourism accommodation (ATA) in Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Italy and Slovenia and thereafter across Europe. By 2025, we will upskill 50+ VET educators and 500+ VET learners with knowledge, current facts and best practices regarding ATA and its potential to address the EU accommodation crisis, climate change, changing consumer trends as well as market opportunities.<< Implementation >>EPIC STAYS will design and implement an alternative tourism accommodation VET programme for first use by partners and associate partners. Key activities will include researching the benefits, challenges and drivers of ATA across Europe, developing a niche VET teaching and learning materials for classroom and online use, initiating capacity building and sustainability actions to ensure wider European use. Other key activities will include project evaluation and promotion.<< Results >>EPIC STAYS will innovate the work of the partners and our associates by introducing a new VET tourism training offering to their work and help them become Europe’s first experts in this field. The alternative tourism accommodation market is poised for growth, making EPIC STAYS of high value to European tourism SME’s, particularly those in remote, rural regions in Europe. Ultimately, the project will help refocus European tourism VET for a more sustainable, resilient and prosperous future.