White paper addresses skilled talent shortage for hospitality industry in China
FIU's Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management (CSHTM) and its Institute for Hospitality & Tourism Education & Research (IHTER) released a white paper today titled Managing Growing Pains of China's Relentless Hotel Development Pipeline. The paper provides the hospitality industry with ideas on what can be done to address the severe shortage of qualified and skilled talent in China for hotels entering the market, including professional...
Authored by Simone Champagnie, executive director at IHTER; Danqing Liu, associate professor at CSHTM's Marriott Tianjin China Program; and Christine Toguchi, managing director at MacroVision Network Pte Ltd and project consultant for IHTER, the paper explores the insight, ideas and pertinent questions arising from the intellectual exchange that took place at the Visionary Leaders Forum in Shanghai last June. Presented by Infor Hospitality, the forum brought together industry leaders from around China and Asia-Pacific who discussed leadership imperatives, inspiring change and new hotel openings, and gearing up for commercial readiness among other relevant topics.
To download the white paper in English and Mandarin, please visit http://ihter.fiu.edu/resources. For more information on IHTER and the white paper, contact Simone Champagne at [email protected] or at 305-919-4810.
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Florida International University's Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management is the No. 3 best hospitality school among U.S. Public Universities, ranked No. 23 in the world and No. 1 in Florida. Nearly 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students from across the nation and around the globe choose FIU for its outstanding reputation, advantageous campus locations in Miami, expert faculty, rich curriculum and real career opportunities in the international hotel, real estate, foodservice, beverage and spirits management, travel, tourism, revenue management, entertainment, and mega and large-scale event industries. As the second largest hospitality school in the country, FIU Chaplin School’s population consists of 70% women and students from 72 countries represented, For more information about Florida International University's Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, visit http://hospitality.fiu.edu.