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June 2, 2022Article by the Institute for Tourism Studies (ITS)
In 2017, ITS started collaborating with the Institut Paul Bocuse in France and the Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Finland by offering its first-ever Bachelor’s Degree courses. These degrees expose students to study abroad within these collaborative institutions for a period of time throughout their studies. Chef Maxime Moise from Institut Paul Bocuse (IPB) stated that ‘ITS students are among the best achievers during their academic experience at IPB. The Institute’s management is extremely happy to collaborate with ITS as it is one of the international high calibre institutions in the field of tourism, hospitality and related areas of studies.’
Further praise on the Institute and its students was also received from the Haaga-Helia Vice President who outlines the privilege to have worked with ITS for several years. ‘ITS has always been dedicated to first-class hospitality education. We have become to know ITS students as hardworking and professional. They have the skills, knowledge and attitude to serve the hospitality and tourism industry in Malta and all over the world.’
Later in 2018, ITS signed an academic affiliation with The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management (EAHM), where the first Master’s Degree study programme, the MBA in International Hospitality Management, started being offered.
EAHM Managing Director, Jeroen Greven, who was present for the first Master’s Degree graduation ceremony in December 2021 stated that ‘It has been a pleasure to work with an institution like ITS, that is so dedicated to quality and so forward-thinking. We look forward to working together for many years to come.’
In 2020, ITS announced two new academic programmes, which were the first of their kind worldwide. The first programme introduced was the Diploma in Climate Friendly Travel, which is offered in collaboration with SUNx. While the second programme is Bachelor of Science in Diving Safety Management in collaboration with DAN Throughout the years, the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) has always worked hard and strived towards its vision to train people for tomorrow’s international tourism industry. Europe and offered through the International School of Diving Safety and Medicine (ISDSM).
In 2021, the Institute of Tourism Studies unveiled its Strategic Plan for the next five years. The new ITS Strategic Plan aims at shaping excellence and innovation in tourism through teaching and learning, quality research, advice, and realisation of innovative business concepts.
Recently, in March 2022, ITS signed an agreement with the Aqaba University of Technology (AUT) which is located in Jordan. This agreement will result in ITS offering higher education programmes in the Southern Gulf region, making the Institute the first Maltese educational institution to export education. Due to AUT’s position, the university is mainly interested, but not solely, in offering the ITS’s Bachelor of Science in Diving Safety Management programme.
In a joint statement, Mr Carlo Micallef and Mr Pierre Fenech, ITS Chairman and CEO respectively, said that this agreement will lead Jordanians as well as nationals from the University’s area, which include Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel and Palestine, to also come to train and follow their studies in Malta.
Professor Abu-Darwish, Aqaba University of Technology President, thanked the Maltese Government, who through ITS and this agreement, will be providing high-level education and also training courses in Aqaba which will be beneficial for the development of the area.
This latest agreement is another step in the Institute of Tourism Studies’ quest towards internalisation, as outlined in its Strategic Plan for 2021-2025. Apart from the AUT, ITS is also being approached by a number of other international institutions and universities from different regions across the world to collaborate with the Institute and this is a sign that ITS is not only being recognised here in Malta for the excellent work being done but it is also being noticed on an international scene.
Throughout the years, the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) has always worked hard and strived towards its vision to train people for tomorrow’s international tourism industry.
In 2017, ITS started collaborating with the Institut Paul Bocuse in France and the Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Finland by offering its first-ever Bachelor’s Degree courses. These degrees expose students to study abroad within these collaborative institutions for a period of time throughout their studies. Chef Maxime Moise from Institut Paul Bocuse (IPB) stated that ‘ITS students are among the best achievers during their academic experience at IPB. The Institute’s management is extremely happy to collaborate with ITS as it is one of the international high calibre institutions in the field of tourism, hospitality and related areas of studies.’
Further praise on the Institute and its students was also received from the Haaga-Helia Vice President who outlines the privilege to have worked with ITS for several years. ‘ITS has always been dedicated to first-class hospitality education. We have become to know ITS students as hardworking and professional. They have the skills, knowledge and attitude to serve the hospitality and tourism industry in Malta and all over the world.’
Later in 2018, ITS signed an academic affiliation with The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management (EAHM), where the first Master’s Degree study programme, the MBA in International Hospitality Management, started being offered.
EAHM Managing Director, Jeroen Greven, who was present for the first Master’s Degree graduation ceremony in December 2021 stated that ‘It has been a pleasure to work with an institution like ITS, that is so dedicated to quality and so forward-thinking. We look forward to working together for many years to come.’
In 2020, ITS announced two new academic programmes, which were the first of their kind worldwide. The first programme introduced was the Diploma in Climate Friendly Travel, which is offered in collaboration with SUNx. While the second programme is Bachelor of Science in Diving Safety Management in collaboration with DAN Throughout the years, the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) has always worked hard and strived towards its vision to train people for tomorrow’s international tourism industry. Europe and offered through the International School of Diving Safety and Medicine (ISDSM).
In 2021, the Institute of Tourism Studies unveiled its Strategic Plan for the next five years. The new ITS Strategic Plan aims at shaping excellence and innovation in tourism through teaching and learning, quality research, advice, and realisation of innovative business concepts.
Recently, in March 2022, ITS signed an agreement with the Aqaba University of Technology (AUT) which is located in Jordan. This agreement will result in ITS offering higher education programmes in the Southern Gulf region, making the Institute the first Maltese educational institution to export education. Due to AUT’s position, the university is mainly interested, but not solely, in offering the ITS’s Bachelor of Science in Diving Safety Management programme.
In a joint statement, Mr Carlo Micallef and Mr Pierre Fenech, ITS Chairman and CEO respectively, said that this agreement will lead Jordanians as well as nationals from the University’s area, which include Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel and Palestine, to also come to train and follow their studies in Malta.
Professor Abu-Darwish, Aqaba University of Technology President, thanked the Maltese Government, who through ITS and this agreement, will be providing high-level education and also training courses in Aqaba which will be beneficial for the development of the area.
This latest agreement is another step in the Institute of Tourism Studies’ quest towards internalisation, as outlined in its Strategic Plan for 2021-2025. Apart from the AUT, ITS is also being approached by a number of other international institutions and universities from different regions across the world to collaborate with the Institute and this is a sign that ITS is not only being recognised here in Malta for the excellent work being done but it is also being noticed on an international scene.
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