CETT Foundation Academic Excellence Awards | Meet the winning projects from the 2025–2026 academic year
The awards recognize academic excellence in Bachelor’s Degree Final Projects, Master’s Degree Final Projects, and Higher Vocational Education and Training Final Projects, while promoting the creation, generation, and transfer of knowledge across the sector.
Through these awards, the CETT Foundation recognizes and encourages students with the aim of promoting research within the Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism, the Bachelor’s Degree in Culinary and Gastronomic Sciences, and the Bachelor’s Degree in Digital Business and Innovation in Tourism, as well as Master’s Degree programs and Higher Vocational Education and Training programs. By recognizing rigor, quality, and depth, the awards promote academic excellence while encouraging creativity and professionalism.
Awards for the Best Bachelor’s Degree Final Projects at CETT-UB
This year’s award-winning projects are:
“Learning fields and heritage education: adapting the experience for students with ASD,” by Eugènia Pla.
The jury highlighted the project’s social impact, innovation, passion, and rigor in both its theoretical framework and methodology.
Bachelor’s Degree in Culinary and Gastronomic Sciences
“Revalorization and gastronomic application of natural hydrocolloids,” by Andrea Rodríguez de la Parra.
The jury highlighted her dedication, passion, and ability to overcome methodological limitations.
“HAAS flexible mid-term accommodation model with a corporate coliving approach in Seville,” by Librada Morales.
The jury highlighted the project’s relevance, thorough market analysis, originality, strong economic and business foundations, realism, and feasibility, as well as the confidence demonstrated when presenting the idea.
In addition, the jury awarded a Special Mention in the Best Bachelor’s Degree Final Project in Tourism category to:
“Transferring hotel experience management to the assisted living sector: designing an intergenerational event using the Living Lab methodology. The Residencial Palacio case,” by Gwen Izuel Ramos.
The jury highlighted the project’s social dimension, innovation, passion, and real-world application, as well as its connection between hospitality and healthcare and its collaboration with the institution.
Awards for the Best Master’s Degree Final Projects
This year’s award for the Best Master’s Degree Final Project went to:
“Between Opportunity and Conflict: Local Impacts and Perceptions of Rural Tourism in Catalan Municipalities at Different Stages of Tourism Development. The Case of Osona,” presented by Iker Ramírez, a student in the Master’s Degree in Innovation in Tourism Management, under the supervision of Núria Guitart.
The jury highlighted the rigor of the methodology, the relevance and social significance of the topic, the quality of the content and findings, as well as the extensive work involved in the project.
Awards for the Best Higher Vocational Education and Training Final Projects
This year, the award went to “IMPACTA,” a project developed by Lucía Rascón, Martina Jansà, and Olívia Llevat, students in the Higher Vocational Training Travel Agencies and Event Management program, under the supervision of Rosa María Torrico. The project has also received the FPemprèn Award.
The jury particularly highlighted the students’ communication skills, as well as the project’s original and innovative approach, which presents a proposal centered on regenerative tourism with a clear practical focus.
The award-winning students also receive a scholarship to continue their studies, in recognition of their talent and to support their academic and professional development.
Consult all the information about the academic awards of the CETT Foundation
“I’m extremely happy to see projects with a social purpose receive greater visibility. Studying at CETT has been key to launching my professional career, while also giving me the opportunity to specialize through a master’s degree and continue advancing my academic development.”
“After this enriching experience, I look to the future with excitement, eager to continue exploring the results obtained and open up new professional and academic opportunities.”
“If CETT has taught us anything, it is that a business succeeds when it addresses a real need, a gap in the market, and that technology must serve that need—not the other way around.”
“Receiving this recognition has been incredibly rewarding and a testament to all the hard work and dedication that went into the project. CETT has played a key role throughout this journey, both through the education I received and the guidance and support of the faculty.”
“Receiving this award is the latest recognition of the consistent effort and dedication I’ve put into my work, driven by the desire to make a difference, however small, in how we think about tourism and integrate it into local economies so that communities can truly benefit from tourism, which is here to stay."
“IMPACTA started as an idea in class, and we never imagined it would take us this far. Seeing other people bring their ideas to life makes us even more excited to keep going.”
