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Initiative Committee for promoting Greece as a Destination for Global Hospitality and Tourism Education |
Tourism Education in Greece
Athens, April 11th 2008
Founding Members
Nikos Skoulas, President,
TRINITY International School of
Tourism Management
GR 700 14 Limin Hersonissos,
Crete
Tel: +30 28970 26200
e-mail: nskoulas@trinity.edu.gr
Paris Tsartas, Professor
of Tourism Development,
Director, M.S.E.Tourism
Aegean University
8 Michalon Street
GR 821 00 Chios
Tel.: +30 22710, 35322
e-mail: ptsar@aegean.gr
Perikles Lytras, Professor of
Tourism Enterprises TEI-Athens and
Visiting Professor at the Economic
University of Athens
Agiou Spyridonos Street
GR 122 10 Aegaleo, Athens
Tel.: +30 210 5385244
e-mail: plytras@teiath.gr
Ms Sybil Hofmann, President
Alpine Center, the Swiss Business
School for Hospitality & Tourism
Management Education in Greece
70 Poseidonos Avenue
GR 166 75 Glyfada-Attiki
Tel: +30 210 8983022
e-mail: shofmann@alpine.edu.gr
The Initiative Committee for the Promotion of Greece as a Destination for Hospitality & Tourism Education is organizing a Forum on Wednesday 7 May 2008, 18:00 – 21:00, at Electra Palace Hotel, Plaka, under the auspices of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels.
The Initiative Committee comprises institutions and educators who believe in promoting tourism as a very promising career that offers enormous job opportunities as Greece’s tourism expands and grows exponentially. The Committee which was formed in March 2008 aims at:
| 1 | reducing the exodus of Greek students for study abroad and benefiting from the world class education offered both by the private and public sector here in Greece; |
| 2 | promoting higher education in hospitality and tourism management as a pre-requisite for upgrading service quality; |
| 3 | promoting Greece as a destination for hospitality and tourism education, attracting students from many countries and contributing to growth in tourism. |
The main speakers at the Forum will be the founders of the Initiative Committee, namely: Mr. Nikos Skoulas, President, TRINITY International School of Tourism Management; Dr. Paris Tsartas, Professor in Tourism Development at the Aegean University; Dr. Perikles Lytras, Professor of Tourism at TEI Athens; Ms Sybil Hofmann, President, Alpine Center, the Swiss Business School for Hospitality & Tourism Management Education in Greece.
Other speakers will include Mr. Gerassimos Fokas, President of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels; Mr. George Dracopoulos, General Manager of SETE; the Chief Academic Officer of TRINITY Dr. Stergios Mourgos and the Academic Dean of ALPINE, Dr. Georgios Papageorgiou.
The Minister of Tourism, Mr. Aris Spiliotopoulos, has been invited to support the efforts and aims of the Committee as this initiative will benefit Greece’s tourism industry by continuously upgrading quality in tourism through education.
