About the Invitational Meeting:
Theme: UNWTO.TedQual Quality Education Certification
Speaker: Ms. Sonia Figueras - Program Manager, UNWTO Academy
Special Guest: Dr. Manohar Sajnani - Director, Amity Institute of Travel & Tourism, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India
Date & Time: 07th September, Wednesday 2022, 3 PM ( IST)
Meeting Report:
DTORR and UNWTO Academy collaborated for an online invitational meeting on UNWTO.TedQual where they invited the top 25 Indian universities that are running Tourism and Hospitality Programmes in the country over a virtual meeting on September 7, 2022. UNWTO.TedQual is a quality certification program of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation Academy (UNWTO) of the United Nations for education, training, research programs in tourism. The UNWTO.TedQual certification is a certification of a voluntary nature that seeks to facilitate the continual improvement of tourism education, training and research programmes through the definition of a set of minimum standards of quality for tourism education. It is a comprehensive and continuous quality certification system for tourism education, training, and research programs that wish to recognise and support their quality.
This collaboration between DTORR and UNWTO Academy was to promote the certification and inspire different universities to opt for the same. Ms Sonia Figueras, the program manager at UNWTO Academy graced the meeting with her presence. She familiarised the education and training institutions with UNWTO’s criteria on quality in tourism education and training. She focused on the main benefits of the UNWTO certification for both the students and the institute. Professor M, Sajnani, the director of Amity Institute of Travel and Tourism, Noida, India was the second speaker at the event. He spoke about the importance of the UNWTO granted certificate and how Amity University, Noida is currently the only university to have this certificate in India. He mentioned the benefits of the program and the procedure that other universities can follow and look forward to getting their certifications done for their universities.
The program was very well received by the audience and it created a very positive impact. Vikas Tembhare, the founder of DTORR concluded the event by thanking the distinguished speakers and participating universities for supporting the event so fervently.
About the UNWTO.TedQual:
UNWTO.TedQual is a comprehensive and continuous certification system for education, training and research tourism programs that wishes to recognize and support the quality of these programs.
Its objective is to enhance the excellence and efficiency of the student’s learning process for their effective and successful incorporation into the domestic & international labor market.With this purpose, this quality certification examines six areas of analysis centred upon the student and embraced by the principles of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism.
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