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Hospitality programme for high schools launched

Published:Wednesday | September 26, 2018 | 1:18 PM
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett ( centre) officially launched the Hospitality and Tourism Management Programme on September 24, 2018 and handed out booklets for the programme to students who have enrolled. From left, Macki Martinez and Dezhanah Virgo from Spot Valley High School and Cyleene Dias and Davayne Virgo from Anchovy High School - Contributed photo

Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett on Monday officially launched the Hospitality and Tourism Management Programme for high schools.

The programme was developed by the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute and will allow students to gain entry-level qualifications in tourism.
 
Bartlett explained that “The objective of providing skills training and enabling certification of competence is one of the basic and fundamental development that must happen in ensuring the building of the human capital within our country and specifically tourism.

The Ministry of Tourism provided $100 million to programme and the initiative is being done in collaboration with the Ministry of Education.

“Tourism is now a profession which requires training. The business of the industry is always about giving higher service and higher value to the visitor so in order to do that we have to equip you with higher levels of skills to have more knowledge, more information and be able to apply the information in a more creative and valuable way,” Bartlett said.

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