Initiative Committee for the Promotion of Greece as a Destination for Global Hospitality and Tourism Education

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:

• 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;
• promoting higher education in hospitality and tourism management as a pre-requisite for upgrading service quality;
• 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.

Founding Members