Saudi Commission For Tourism And Antiquities

SCTA and partners launch training program for small tourism projects

The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) announced holding a program on "How to start your own tourism business." The training program is organized by the SCTA in cooperation with the N

Seychelles Tourism Academy

Staff training a cornerstone in Seychelles tourism development

Last week nearly 50 graduates received their course certificates after successfully completing their training at the Seychelles Tourism Academy (STA), the country’s premier institution for manpower

Vocational Training For Women

New hospitality training facility opens in Rwanda

A few days ago, a new privately-owned hospitality and tourism training center was opened in Kibagabaga outside Kigali, and training is expected to commence any time now.

Kempinski Hotel Funds Scholarships

National Tourism College due to open soon in Tanzania

A newly-constructed tourism training facility, the National Tourism College, is due for its formal opening in May this year.

American Airlines

American Airlines to train attendant replacements in case of strike

American Airlines told U.S.

New Aviation Training Facility

Kenya Airways Pride Centre opens

A new aviation training facility opened its doors late last week, when East Africa’s premier airline finally threw the doors wide open on their new training center.

Comprehensive Training Plan

Qatar Tourism Authority hosts UNWTO session on tourism marketing planning

Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) will host a training workshop on tourism marketing planning from January 26 to 28, 2010 at the Millennium Hotel in Doha.

Zimbabwe Tourism

Zimbabwe Tourism Council secures personnel training funds

Harare — THE Zimbabwe Council for Tourism will spend US$3 million on equipping critical service personnel with essential customer service skills ahead of the 2010 soccer World Cup in South Africa in

Lecturer Exchange And Training Program

Seychellois hotel staff return from Germany

The Seychelles Tourism Academy (STA) last weekend organized a welcome party for two of their own lecturers and four specially selected hotel staff.

Saudi Arabia

Training for tourist guides in Riyadh

Dr. Saleh Al-Bakhit, vice president, SCTA for investment sector, patronized the closing ceremony of the second training session on "The tourist guide skills" on Wednesday morning.

Malaysia

Malaysian tourist guides to get foreign language training

KUALA LUMPUR - The Tourism Ministry will carry out training to enhance the command of foreign language among tourist guides starting next month.

Space Tourism

Guy Laliberte begins training in Russia

MOSCOW - Founder of the famed Canadian acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soleil, Guy Laliberte, has started his training in Russia for a 12-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS).

Airline Industry

FAA establishes new norm for regional airlines

Shocking revelations that emerged from the February plane crash in Buffalo, N.Y., which killed 50 people, might have appalled the traveling public, but many pilots didn't find them surprising.

Airline Industry

Airline finances may hurt safety, Sullenberger says

The pilot hailed for landing a disabled jet on New York’s Hudson River last month said cost cutting in the U.S.

Russia

Poor training main cause of Russia airline crash

MOSCOW - The chief pilot of a Russian airliner which crashed last year killing 88 people had alcohol in his blood but the primary cause of the crash was poor training, investigators said on Tuesday.

Runway Incident Occurs

FAA supervisor takes cell phone call while conducting training

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN - Last Wednesday, in a brazenly callous move, the Federal Aviation Administration supervisor at the Flying Cloud Airport control tower turned his back on runway operations during an o

ITB Berlin 2009 - March 11-15, 2009

Tour guide training: building bridges between cultures

BERLIN (September 18, 2008) – The Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung e.V. (Institute for Tourism and Development) has just activated its new Project-Website in German and English.

First And Only Company To Offer Full-Range of WDA Hospitality Training

Ascott opens global hospitality training center in Singapore

Singapore – The Ascott Group (Ascott) today officially opened a new global hospitality training center in Singapore called Ascott Centre for Excellence (ACE). The event was officiated by Dr.

Bahrain

Bahrainis to be trained for jobs in tourism

A major programme to increase the level of Bahrainisation in the travel industry is to be launched by the Bahrain Training Institute (BTI).

The National Diploma in Travel and Tourism Management will be introduced at the institute in September.

It is described as a major step in support of BTI's policy of providing training ... read more

Space Tourism

'Thrillionaire' signs on as backup space tourist

An Australian entrepreneur and self-described "thrillionaire" has signed on as the backup space tourist for the next paid flight to the International Space Station (ISS).