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Treston International College entered the Top 21 world results of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Student’s League after displaying a strong performance in three challenges. The team is also Top 10 in the East Division.
The five-person team is composed of Aerielle Pauline San Juan, Kyla Janelle Ibañez, Miguel Antonio Giducos, Naomi Kaye Padrelanan, and Shyla Marie Ramos from the School of Tourism and School of Hospitality. Treston International College is the sole representative of the Philippines in the UNWTO World Tourism Students League.
Along with 64 teams from around the world, Treston International College currently stands at 10th place in the East League and 21st in the World League.
The Treston team will be facing new challenges as they seek to enter the top four to qualify for the Final Competition–an onsite Final Four challenge.
The UNWTO Student’s League is a five-month global league where teams of students from the different participating Institutions compete against each other to come up with the best innovative ideas to resolve the challenges set by UNWTO and the public and private sector partners.
The participating teams are given case studies that concern Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals. The teams have to develop and provide a solution to the cases, where they will be given points and ranked after each challenge.
The next round of challenges is indefinitely postponed in light of the global health crisis. Prof. Francis Tolentino, School of Tourism APC, asks for the support of the Treston community to cheer the participants on as they continue to battle it out in the remaining challenges.
School of Hospitality and School of Tourism students participated in one of the simulation activities of the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) facilitated by the Maritime Training Center of the Philippines at the MTCP in Laguna on November 2019. The results of SOLAS showed a 100% passing rate of the BS Hospitality Management students.
BS Hospitality Management sophomore Aerielle Pauline San Juan collaborated with School of Tourism Chair Prof. Francis Tolentino and Research Coordinator Prof. Mariel Quiogue for a research presentation last October 2019 during the Philippine Research Conference on Tourism and Hospitality.
School of Hospitality’s BS Hospitality Management major Aerielle Pauline San Juan joined fellow freshmen in the Youth Entrepreneurship Boot Camp’s PTTC Global MSME Academy of the Department of Trade and Industry. San Juan’s group dubbed “Print Pal” placed third in the Business Pitching Contest, July 2019.
Naomi Lim Padrelanan, BS Hotel and Restaurant Management student, was a finalist for her narrative essay entry to this year’s essay writing contest of The Manila Times and The Manila Times College.
School of Hospitality students Gabriel Pacis and David John Lim presented their research papers entitled “Assessing the Perception of Millennial in relation to Green Hotel in the Metropolis” and “Personalization: Customer Satisfaction and Return in Restaurants in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig” before the panelists and general audience at the 7th Asia-Euro Conference 2018.
In August 2019, Ms. Jazzy T. Buela, Program Chairperson of the School of Hospitality, presented her research entitled “Impact of Training and Development Programs on Employee Performance and Organizational Competitiveness in a Telecommunications Company”, at the International Conference on Tourism and Business held at Mahidol University International College in Thailand. She was the only Filipina who participated in the event.
Ms. Jazzy T. Buela, Program Chairperson of the School of Hospitality was chosen to be one of the speakers for EduTECH 2020, an International Conference held at the SMX Convention Center.