Development of family businesses within Visegrad+

Family businesses in the V4 countries face various problems. One reason is the lack of continuity in business over the past, driven by political and social changes.

The project titled SkillBridge: Enhancing Family Tourism Enterprises through Education and Cooperation in V4 & Albania was supported under the Visegrad+ call of the International Visegrad Fund, grant number 22520073.

The project aims to strengthen the development and competitiveness of family businesses and future start-ups in the tourism sector by supporting knowledge exchange between selected countries of the Visegrad Group (V4) – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Albania – and stakeholders. As part of the task allocation and related activities, an online meeting was held with all participants. The online meeting lasted three hours and discussed the tasks and deadlines. The online meeting was friendly, and all participants expressed their willingness to work on the project.

This collaboration between academic researchers and industry experts provides a comprehensive view of family businesses in the tourism industry. We believe that it will be of great benefit to the academic community, all participants, and economic practice.

Research team for UKF in Nitra: doc. Ing. Mgr. Ľubomíra Strážovská, PhD., Ing. Norbert Beták, PhD., univ. doc., Ing. Hana Bieliková, PhD., PhDr. Viktória Bíziková, PhD. MBA, Ing. Kristína Pančíková, PhD.

Partner institutions: Silesian University in Opava (Czech Republic), University of Pannonia (Hungary), Aleksandër Moisiu University of Durrës (Albania)

Duration: 1/10/2025-31/03/2027

Text: doc. Ing. Mgr. Ľubomíra Strážovská, PhD.
Photo: Department of Tourism archive