The Manila Times

Dusit Thani to open first hospitalit­y academy in BGC

- CARLO S. SUERTE FELIPE

DUSIT operate outside Thailand will be The Dusit Hospitalit­y Management College (DHMC) will open in August to accommodat­e not just incoming college students but also young profession­als who want to pursue a career in hospitalit­y management and the culinary arts.

What make’s DHMC unique from other hospitalit­y colleges school in the world to be fully integrated with dusit D2 the Fort Manila Hotel.

The college and the hotel are located in a 27-storey building, equipped with world-class hospitalit­y education facilities including practical kitchens, rooms, recreation­al facilities (including a swimming pool guest rooms.

Chef Cyrille Soenen joins the DHMC as its director for chef in the Philippine­s to be part of the Maîtres Cuisiniers de France (Master Chefs of France), Chef Cyrille has spent industry in the Philippine­s.

During the course of their studies, students will gain the department­s in the hotel.

Managing Director and dusit D2 the Fort, Manila said the design theme for both the hotel and the college is ‘Behind the Scenes.’

“It simply means we will not hide from hotel guests that this is a college. Then, the students who will attend the college will go to a hotel. We will not wrap students in similar school uniforms but in business attire. Integratio­n and respect are the keywords in DHMC.”

Students seeking to earn a bachelor’s degree, hospitalit­y, tourism industry profession­als shift to the hotel indusry may goals at DHMC.

The curriculum for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Hospitalit­y Management follows the Philippine Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED’s) de Lausanne. Part of the course can be completed either in the Philippine­s or internatio­nally.

It is the perfect course business skills to be able to work in different areas within the hospitalit­y industry.

designed for students to of the key concepts in strategic

operationa­l aspects in hotel so that young hoteliers will be equipped as they become management leaders.

DHMC will also offer courses in English to those aspiring to work abroad, with particular emphasis on language of the hospitalit­y and tourism industries.

In addition, culinary and specialty programmes for career switchers under its Profession­al offered in collaborat­ion with Institut Paul Bocuse.

“We want to be a profession­al hospitalit­y school enabling hoteliers, culinary artists and chefs. Our goal is more on the profession­al skills said.

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DHMC’s hotel façade
 ??  ?? The training restaurant where students can hone their skills in hospitalit­y management
The training restaurant where students can hone their skills in hospitalit­y management
 ??  ?? A glimpse of DHMC’s classroom
A glimpse of DHMC’s classroom

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