AMFORHT: Tourism & Hospitality Education Needs A Pedagogical Revolution

AMFORHT (World Association for Hospitality and Tourism Education & Training) which is an NGO recognized by the United Nations for training and Education in hospitality, gastronomy and tourism industry has chosen Paris to celebrate its 50th anniversary - President Philippe FRANCOIS announces the color: "Hotel training must lead its educational revolution"!

Created in 1969 by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), and recognized since 2017 as the interlocutor of the United Nations for hospitality and tourism training and education, AMFORHT has just gathered in Paris some 160 personalities coming from 31 countries for its 50th anniversary's celebration.

The French National Assembly, represented by the Deputy Pascale FONTENEL-PERSONNE, President of the Tourism Group, wished to join this event, not only by opening the Hôtel de Lassay to the guests, but also participating in the debates in collaboration with the UNWTO, the IH & RA, ACCOR Group, the GNI, and the Ministers, Ambassadors, Presidents and international personalities.

The French Ministers, Jean-Baptiste LEMOYNE, Jean-Michel BLANQUER and Muriel PENICAUD welcomed the delegates by recalling the fundamental role of the training in the trades of tourism and services and underlining the excellence of the French know-how in this field.

"Millennial generation and the globalization of the hospitality and tourism trades should force us to rethink training quite fundamentally. Our "way", our tools, our methods, our teaching rhythms become obsolete not only in the face of a booming industry, but also in the face of an exponential global growth training market and, finally, in the face of students who are not at all the same people as 10 years ago! Let's review our strategy fundamentally" says Philippe FRANCOIS!

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