...R. Thomas; M. ´Angeles Oviedo‐Garcίa; Keith F. Müller; Dawn VanLeeuwen; Keith Mandabach; Robert J. Harrington Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine and compare current culinary student, graduated culinary student, and industry responses to educational skills attained. Design...

... and maintain a physical, social, cultural and educational environment that is conducive to culinary creativity. Practical implications The findings of this study can serve as a basis and frame of reference for the future planning of culinary education, the purpose of which is to cultivate a more creative...

...Norma D'Annunzio‐Green; Gill Maxwell; Sandra Watson; Paul Barron Purpose The aim of this paper is to explore one of the biggest issues and challenges now faced by hospitality education and the hospitality industry: that of how to attract and retain a critical group of talented people. Design...

...Donald Sinclair Purpose This paper has the objective of making the case for the development of sports education as a critical element in the growth of sports tourism in the Caribbean. Design/methodology/approach This paper reviews some of the key definitions offered in the literature...

... aspects. Underpinning scientific disciplines and operational/ strategic benefits of the described studies as well as the three tiers in the educational pathways in food production are described. Practical implications The research findings can be used as a source of competency‐building...

... in at least establishing a dialogue and creating a better mutual understanding to better inform debate. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Research Education Hospitality industry Tourism Australia The range of discussions of the WHATT (Australian) team, whilst having a wider application, were set...

... geographical location, history, culture and ecology. In making this case, the paper identifies a number of limiting and facilitating factors to tourism development. These facilitating factors recommend the alternative model. Specifically, the alternative model includes nature, education and community tourism...

...Pat Wood; Chandana Jayawardena Features a realistic perspective of the current hospitality and tourism paradigm in Cuba. Previews the newly released hospitality and tourism education strategy to be rolled out in 2003. Provides an evaluation of the tourism and hospitality industry environment...

... to Rejowski, undergraduate university level courses in tourism/hospitality are relatively recent, beginning in the 1970s. The first hospitality course was created by the Universidade de Caxias do Sul, 1978. According to data gathered by the Ministry of Education, there has been an impressive growth...

... the actual management and operation of the event to be highly satisfactory. Conferences Regional development Experiential learning Education Curriculum The Meetings, Incentive, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) industry has long been recognised as a sector that provides both a high...

...Terry Lam; Honggen Xiao Tourism education in China plays an important role of supporting tourism development and ensuring the continuous supply of quality human resources to meet the overwhelming industry requirements. This paper presents a comprehensive review of current tourism education in China...

...Adele Ladkin The research presented here examines the use of vocational education and food and beverage experience in the development of a hotel manager’s career. To achieve this aim, the paper begins by introducing the concept of career development. This is followed by an outline of the current...

...Jennifer A. Wade Against a background of an increasingcommitment to the environmentby government and industry, the impact of “care for the environment” in the hospitality management curriculum is explored. Hospitality educators have the opportunity to expose students to environmental concepts...

... of practice and operations requires the development of theoretical paradigms for research and education purposes. The nature of the industry and its challenges are introduced in preparation for a series of six articles by academic experts. Many hospitality firms make their operations more complex...

... educational model 2 Figure 3 Tourism and hospitality educational model 3 References and further reading Angelo , R.M. and Vladimir , A.N. (1991), Hospitality Today , Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Motel Association , East Lansing. Bosselman...

...Glenn F. Ross Relatively little is known about basic educational goals and preferences among prospective hospitality/tourism industry employees. Relationships between hospitality/tourism career preferences and educational expectations have generally not been explored among this important group...

...Vanessa A. Amoah; Tom Baum Discusses the current human resources environment in tourism at a strategic policy level, especially in the area of management level education. Describes a framework which is being used to study consultation between the makers of tourism and education policy at a national...

... in the hospitality operations management curriculum. Discusses ways in which this might happen and discusses new curriculum styles and teaching materials which aim to achieve this result. For hospitality education, the focal point of much of this change seems to be the operations management curriculum...

... (predictably) identified as an important deficiency, as well as some marketing and management skills. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Curriculum Education Experiential learning Hotel and catering Training Work experience Of 50 individuals listed as satisfying Joint Committee Regulations...

... of these facilities and their relevance. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Curriculum Education Hospitality industry Operations management Training The purpose here is to present the results of a small descriptive study on the use of food and beverage facilities in education. In presenting this information...