SCHOOL OF TOURISM (STM)
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
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.
Youth for Tourism Conference (TourCon) aims to equip students with knowledge and skills relevant to the tourism and hospitality industry today and in the future, contributing to the development of world-class Filipino industry practitioners. One of the conference competition category is the Research Infographics Poster Presentation which highlights the knowledge and ingenuity of the students to produce scholarly researches for the benefit of the society.
Treston International College representatives – Aira Audal, Reimarie Aranton and Allysa Lucido were adjudged as the Champion of the Research Infographics Competition during the Youth for Tourism 2019 held at the Cine Adarna of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, October 19.
Youth for Tourism Conference (TourCon) aims to equip students with knowledge and skills relevant to the tourism and hospitality industry today and in the future, contributing to the development of world-class Filipino industry practitioners. One of the conference competition categories is the Mx TURISMO 2019 pageant. This pageant seeks to search for the Tourism Ambassadors of the country in promoting sustainable development.
Treston International College representative, Le-Ann Casandra Chan Racuya was adjudged as the pageants’ best in Filipiniana attire during the Youth for Tourism 2019 held at the Cine Adarna of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, October 19.
The Amadeus Certificate Course is designed to offer students in-depth knowledge on Amadeus, the leading Global Distribution System and its various tourism-industry applications. Amadeus is an essential requirement for working in the tourism industry, acquiring the competences needed to manage airline reservations and issue flight tickets. Treston’s BS Tourism Management students who took the Amadeus Certification this 2019 had a 100% passing rate.
The Youth Entrepreneurship Boot Camp, in celebration of the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Week 2019, was held last July 9 at the Philippine Trade Training Center. The 2019 YEBC was organized by the Department of Trade and Industry, with the theme, “Inclusive and Sustainable Innovation for Globally Competitive MSMEs”.
The competition required teams to present a business plan that included the concept, needs assessment, justification of demand, and marketing strategies. At 2nd place were Daniella Victoria, Al Rios, and Lyxia Escoto representing the ArtistNet group. Coming in at 3rd were Le-Ann Cassandra Racuya, Aerielle San Juan, and Mei Thong for the PrintPal group.
The Certified Guest Service Professional (CGSP®) designation provides recognition for those individuals who know how to deliver exceptional service and create memorable experiences. The CGSP® designation is the highest acknowledgment of awarding-winning guest service for employees in the hospitality and tourism industry. The passing rate of Treston students who took the CGSP Certification last 2018 was 97%.
The Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) certification held last October 2018 had three leading the top scorers; Culinary Management student Jay Andrei Jose with a score of 975/990. He is followed by freshmen Travel and Tourism Management students, Lyxia Vianca Escoto and Rachel Mayes. The certification comprised of reading and listening macro skills. For the 2018 batch, the takers came from the first and second year classes.
The Philippine Research on Tourism and Hospitality is an academic conference organized by the Asian Institute of Tourism and the Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Management of UP Diliman. The conference is aimed at presenting inclusivity which traverses issues along the value chain of sustainable tourism, from integrated destination planning and operations, to technology systems of products and services that create impacts on the value of tourism and hospitality.
Last Oct 25, 2019 Treston International College School of Tourism faculty representative Francis Tolentino and student co-authors Audal, Aranton and Lucido presented their research paper entitled “Best Business Practices of Selected Agritourism Farms in CALABARZON: Basis in Formulating Proposed Guidelines for Traditional Farms Converting to Tourism Farms”