Round table at AESOP in Venice: "Governing and planning urban tourism and mobilities in the 21st century city"

Together with Raoul Bianchi, Claudio Milano, Johannes Novy and Laura Fregolent, Agustin Cocola-Gant participates in the round table "Governing and planning urban tourism and mobilities in the 21st century city" at the AESOP Conference in Venice, Italy. 13th July 2019. Organised by Claire Colomb and Paolo Russo.

For the detailed program:

Posted July 01, 2019

"Lisboa e a Airbnb" book presentation

The members of the Smartour team José Alberto Rio Fernandes, Luís Carvalho, Pedro Chamusca, Ana Gago and Thiago Mendes presented their book "Lisboa e a Airbnb" on the 25th of June in Fnac Chiado. The presentation was also held by the Chairman of the Portuguese Architects Association, José Manuel Pedreirinho, and the Chairman of APEMIP, Luís Lima.


Posted June 25, 2019

Tsf Radio Interview

Ana Gago gave an interview to Tsf Radio News on the chapter "Short-term rentals and tourism gentrification in Alfama, Lisbon" written in co-autorship with Agustín Cocola-Gant. The chapter can be read in the book coordinated by Ana Santos (CES, Universidade de Coimbra) "A Nova Questão da Habitação em Portugal".

The interview can be consulted here:
https://www.tsf.pt/portugal/sociedade/interior/em-150-apartamentos-so-um-e-habitacao-propria-acontece-numa-rua-de-alfama-11009609.html

Posted June 14, 2019

Nacional newspapers highlight the study "Short-term rentals and tourism gentrification in Alfama, Lisbon"

Today, national portuguese newspapers highlighted Gago and Cocola-Gant's study on tourism gentrification in Alfama, Lisbon.

Ana Gago, Agustín Cocola-Gant, Jorge Malheiros and Luís Mendes collaborated in the study FINHABIT on the financialization of housing in Portugal, of the CES group of the University of Coimbra.

The results can be consulted in the chapters "O alojamento local e a gentrificação turística em Alfama, Lisboa" (Gago & Cocola-Gant) and "Gentrificação transnacional, novas procuras globais e financeirização do mercado de habitação em Lisboa" (Mendes, Carmo & Malheiros) in the book "A Nova Questão da Habitação em Portugal". The book was coordinated by Ana Santos and will be published today.

https://www.publico.pt/2019/06/06/economia/noticia/so-150-alojamentos-comprados-rua-alfama-habitacao-propria-1875560

Posted June 06, 2019

International Symposium Sounds of Tourism

Agustín Cocola-Gant and Jordi Nofre were invited to participate and to present the SMARTOUR project at the International Symposium Sounds of Tourism organized by the research project Sounding Lisbon as a Tourist City.

Posted February 08, 2019