HIMT to provide qualified hoteliers
Harpo Productions and Harvard School of Hospitality and Tourism
Management, offers an Australian Hospitality and Tourism Qualification
in Sri Lanka.
The recent boom in the tourist industry in Sri Lanka has created a
vacuum in the availability of hoteliers.
The provision of a good hospitality service is essential with Sri
Lanka becoming an increasingly popular tourist destination. As such
there is a huge demand for qualified hoteliers who are also well versed
with international hospitality standards.
It was the need to fill this void in the hospitality industry that
motivated Harvard Institute of Management and Technology (Pvt) Ltd, and
Harpo Productions to offer this unique course of study to the youth of
Sri Lanka in collaboration with Australian education provider Princeton
Institute of Education. Harvard Institute of Management and Technology
(HIMT), is a registered private provider of education in tertiary
education, post-graduate studies, and vocational skills development, at
Colombo 07 within the Harvard Group Complex.
Under HIMT's school of Hospitality and Tourism Management, the two
partner institutions will combine their expertise and industrial
training to enrich and add value to the educational experience.
Chairman of HIMT Dr. Egerton Senanayake said, "I find that there is a
dearth of well-trained personnel in the hospitality and tourism industry
particularly in the light of the government's progressive policy on
tourism to reposition the industry as a leading industry providing
employment opportunities for the youth and a veritable source to attract
foreign exchange to Sri Lanka.
"At HIMT we offer quality in facilities and in the faculty. We also
offer a comprehensive student support system and a stringent quality
assurance mechanisms at HIMT in addition to result-oriented corporate
training. What we offer is a more holistic approach to education" said
Dr. Senanayake, a veteran educationist. Princeton Institute of
Education, established in 2004, is a leading vocational education
provider in Melbourne, Australia which offers quality education and
training. The institute is approved to deliver training by the Victorian
Registration and Qualification Authority.
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