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Destination Lab Palacongressi di Rimini 28 April 2026 / Register now!
Destination Lab 2026.

A study day on the future of tourist destinations

A day of study and discussion dedicated to DMOs, public bodies and sector operators. An opportunity to deepen, dialogue and plan together the future of your destination.

Only practical strategies, tested tools and future projections to transform your territory into a hub of memorable experiences. Zero theory, 100% action.

28 April 2026 / Palacongressi di Rimini

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52Days
5Hours
7Mins
44Secs

From Promotion to Governance. Managing a tourism destination and making decisions based on data and best practice.

Facing the future with concrete tools

Promoting is no longer enough. DMOs are called upon to manage, innovate and certify the value generated in the territory, activating deep synergies with market players to build an integrated tourism system.

Destination Lab is the event designed for tourism development leaders. A laboratory of strategies and operational models. This is not about “postcard” tourism, but about collaborative governance, technological innovation (AI and Big Data) and sustainable data-driven profits.

Strategic Vision and Governance 4.0

Analysis of the most advanced land management models. How to measure the real impact on the territory and how to build an efficient collaborative governance for decisions based on data, not assumptions.

Applied strategies and successful case studies

Best practices of DMOs that have already successfully implemented Artificial Intelligence, seasonal adjustment strategies and overtourism management, achieving measurable results.

Exclusive networking with industry leaders

Leading public administrators and hospitality entrepreneurs together to create strategic partnerships critical to your business.
what awaits you
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Speaker, among the leading experts in the field

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Halls inside the Palacongressi di Rimini

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Update hours, training and meetings

2026 ed.

The Speakers

Enter Destination Lab

He arrived at the event with clear ideas: access our B2B platform (web and app) with the e-mail used during registration and identify your strategic partners.

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Who buys a ticket will have access, one month before the event, to the networking platform, exclusive space for participants.

A pass to build connections and plan meetings at the event. You will find an up-to-date list of all participants (names, roles, companies) and you will be able to identify and directly contact key people for your business via private chat. Plan your appointments in advance and make the most of every opportunity.

Why participate

Update, training and meeting

Three reasons to be there: 

  • Strategic UpdateTourism is evolving faster than the laws that govern it. Destination Lab offers a compass to navigate through the new trends: from the impact of artificial intelligence in the personalisation of travel to the management of flows to counteract overtourism. This is the moment when data stops being just numbers and becomes concrete decisions for territorial brand positioning
  • Operational trainingYou will discuss the figure of the Destination Manager and the skills needed to bring public and private sectors together. You will learn how hotels can "make a destination", how to use Data Intelligence to analyse flows and how to build a promotion that enhances the authentic identity of the place, making it competitive and sustainable in the long term.
  • Meeting and NetworkingDestination Lab brings together local administrators, hotel managers, marketing experts and technology innovators. This ecosystem fosters the contamination of ideas and the creation of partnerships. The direct confrontation with case studies and success stories makes it possible to avoid common mistakes and replicate winning models in one's own reality.

Why Rimini

Rimini: Not just a location, but an open-air Case Study

We chose the Palacongressi di Rimini because we believe that inspiration must come from direct observation. Rimini is today the most advanced laboratory in Italy in the transition from ‘tourist resort’ to ‘sustainable and regenerative destination’.

During the Destination Lab, you will have the opportunity to see first-hand how a strategic vision can transform an entire waterfront, how culture can become the new engine of city branding, and how a destination can successfully manage the challenge of deseasonalisation.

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