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12Banyan Tree MOUsWin-Win Agreement with Banyan TreeThe signing of two memoranda of understandingbetween the SHTM and Banyan Tree Hotelsand Resorts in March has been hailed as a winwinagreement. Focusing on the provision of executiveeducation programmes by the SHTM and the placementof interns with Banyan Tree, the memoranda were signedby Professor Kaye Chon, Dean of the SHTM, and MrHo Kwon Ping, Executive Chairman of Banyan TreeHoldings.Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts is a leading manager anddeveloper of premium resorts around the world. With 17new resorts to open by 2014. The memoranda will ensurethat it continues to lead the way in industry and servicestandards. Mr Ho remarked that “we get to send ourassociates to attend on-going skills development and jobrelevanttraining in a hotel school that is highly regardedin Asia for its standard of excellence, as well as provide achannel for industry internship which the undergraduateswill need”.Dean Chon highlighted the SHTM’s perspective when hecommented that “with Banyan Tree’s unwavering supportSHTM students andfaculty memberswitness the signing ofthe MOUs betweenthe School and BanyanTree Holdings Ltdand with our teaching and research hotel, Hotel ICON, atthe heart of our new education approach, we expect moresuccess and greater contributions in the years ahead”.According to the terms of first Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MOU), the SHTM will provide executiveeducation programmes either on its own premises or at anyof the Banyan Tree properties. Dean Chon noted that “wehave already formed a firm foothold in establishing wellrespectedexecutive development programmes and we striveat all times to ensure that practitioners are kept abreast ofthe latest findings and trends that matter”.The second MOU outlines how Banyan Tree willoffer internships each year to a number of SHTMundergraduates. It also includes an agreement to provideone-year industry attachments to students from theChinese mainland to ensure they are eligible for admissionto the SHTM’s MSc programmes.Both MOUs cover a period of five years and furtherindicate the extent to which the SHTM is cooperating withits industry to advance hospitality and tourism around theworld.Signing the MOUs: (from left) DeanKaye Chon of the SHTM and Mr HoKwon Ping of Banyan Tree Holdings LtdHORIZONS
Donation to Laos13SHTM Generosity PraisedThe SHTM has continued its focus on social responsibilityby donating around $390,000 of surplus kitchen equipmentfrom its former premises to the Lao National Institute ofTourism and Hospitality (LANITH). Fully maintained and inexcellent condition, the fifty-seven items ranging from a pizza ovento buffet hotplates will be installed in LANITH’s training centre atPakpasak Technical College in Vientienne, which is scheduled forcompletion late this year.The donation drew deserved praise from theLao National Tourism Administration ...School of Hotel and Tourism Management
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