Vol 11 Issue 2, September 2011 - School of Hotel & Tourism ...

SHTM Students’ Association25Students’ Association GainsACCESSNow in its seventh year, the SHTM Students’ Association worksdiligently to represent its members and allow them to voice theiropinions. With that very important function in mind, a new executivecommittee named ACCESS plans to more tightly bond SHTM students as theymove through their university lives.Inaugurated on 13 April, the 15-member committee comprises students from allthree of the School’s programmes – Hotel Management, Tourism Management,and Convention and Event Management. It formed around the strong beliefthat a group of enthusiastic people from each of the SHTM’s undergraduatedegree programmes could more effectively approach students with a variety ofbackgrounds and interests to bring them together.ACESS has already planned a range of events for the coming academic year.Student members can look forward to the orientation camp and a table mannersclass. Participants in the class will then have an opportunity to practise their newskills at the Association’s annual dinner, always a popular event.The new cabinet is also exploring ways to ensure that Association membershave as many opportunities as possible to meet professionals from the hoteland tourism industry and gain more information about the industry whileinteracting and communicating with their fellow students across programmeboundaries.School of Hotel and Tourism Management