Alpine Mountain Huts: A Marketing and Accessibility Plan

Project Summary

The purpose of this project was to help the Club Alpino Italiano, Venezia to better manage its facilities and make them more accessible to a more diversified audience. This project took advantage of the massive increase in mountain tourism so as to increase usage of mountain huts. They helped CAI-Venezia evolve their maintenance plan so that it could be used as a permanent solution for dealing with an ever rising hiker usage.
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Authors

• Andrew Giaquinta
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006
  • drewgiaq@wpi.edu
• Ross Blackmar
  • Electrical Engineering, 2007
  • ross@wpi.edu
• James Gaudette
  • Biology and Biotechnology, 2007
  • phaeton@wpi.edu

Sponsor

The purpose of Club Alpino Italiano is to organize hiking excursions and to build trails and promote hiking in the Italian Alps.
Club Alpino Italiano Sezione di Venezia