Initial meeting of PUP & Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism Taiwan Education Center for academic collaborations on May 10, 2023. Another international partnership for research, faculty and student exchange, internship and extension programs.
Focus Group Discussion on the Review and Assessment of RA 9593, The Tourism Act of 2009. on May 10, 2023 via Zoom with Dean Lizbette R. Vergara, Chaipersons Yolanda T. Montances and Ma. Cristina Q. Trinidad, faculty members Luzviminda O. Tugade, David John Apigo, Dr. Daryl Ace Cornell as attendees.
The Filipino Brand of Service Excellence Training conducted by the DOT-NCR, with Mr. Gil Regondola and Ms. Susan Edilo as trainers on April 3, 2023 (Monday) at the Hive Hotel and Convention Place. This event was attended by the CTHTM faculty members and students. The training aims to promote the best qualities and positive values of Filipino hospitality. It covers topics about Service Excellence, Understanding and Engaging Customers, and Complaints Handling.
Academic Collaboration Meeting between the Polytechnic University of the Philippines and National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism via Zoom. Both universities acknowledged the objective of developing academic and cultural interchange. Also, cooperate and work toward the internationalization of higher education (Areas for Collaboration). With this, both institutions agreed that all financial arrangements shall be determined on the basis of the specific projects and activities, and will depend on the availability of funds (Implementation of Memorandum).
This aims to share experiences on internationalization programs and possible areas for collaboration such as research (division of tourism, airline, and hotel) faculty members, academic and cultural exchanges between faculty and students, as well as joint academic events and conferences
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines and the Kyung-In Women’s University (KIWU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on November 28, 2022 in the Kyung-In Women’s University, Incheon, Republic of Korea. KIWU is a private University that offers various programs in the field of sciences, business, information technology, education, and design.
The Polytechnic of the University of the Philippine's Office and the Vice President for Research, Extension and Development (OVPRED) and the College of Tourism, Hospitality, and Transportation Management (CTHTM) signed and Memorandum of Understanding with Varna University Management, Bulgaria on January 12, 2021. Varna University of Management (VUM) is a private university in Bulgaria established in 1996. VUM specializes on International Hospitality and Tourism Management, Culinary Arts, Business Management, and Software Engineering. They also have a Q3 Scopus-Indexed Journal entitled European Journal of Tourism Management. Under the MOU. PUP and VUM's research and academic sectors with collaborate joint and research projects, co-hosting of international conferences, exchange of faculty, students and academic materials.
Asso. Prof. Luzviminda Tugade participated as national delegate in the Thailand - Philippines Academic Exchange Program on May 14-19, 2019.
Dr. Daryl Ace Cornell and Asso. Prof.Luzviminda Tugade represent the PUP in a curriculum and research consultation meeting with the Board Members of the Philippine Association of Researchers for Tourism and Hospitality (PARTH) Inc. on April 20, 2019, with other schools; Lyceum of the Philippines-Manila, FEU-Manila, UST-Manila, Miriam College-QC., DLSU, College of St. Benilde, UP-AIT, Holy Angel University-Angeles, Enverga College-Quezon Province.
Curriculum and research consultation meeting of Dr. Daryl Ace V. Cornel with the faculty from Chandigarh University India on July 2019.
The strong presence of faculty members Luzviminda O. Tugade and Dr. Daryl Ace V. Cornell in the Philippine Association of Researchers for Tourism and Hospitality (PARTH) Inc., as Board Members strengthens the academic positioning of the programs in a local, national and international levels.
Faculty research presentations strengthen curriculum and instructions. Faculty members Dary Ace Cornell, Yolanda Montances, Regina Zuñiga and Luzviminda Tugade presented their research papers in International Research Conference in Malaysia on December 2019.
CTHTM conducted benchmarking/partnership with Nguyen Tat Thanh University Vietnam on June 5, 2019.
Academic Sharing of Best Practices: Dean Marietta D. Reyes shares the best practices of the College with visitors from Palawan State University who are benchmarking about curricular programs of BSTM and BSHM on June 2019.
Alumni Feedbacking: Alumnus Hilda Raysag Labignette, now a DOT accredited multilingual tour guide and entrepreneur shared her inputs during the curriculum review of BSTM on March 2018.
CTHTM conducted an international benchmarking with the University of Siam in Thailand on October 26, 2018.
Winter Intensive Mandarin Language Program at National Sun-Yat Sen University Kaoshiung, Taiwan on February 6, 2018 with Assoc. Prof. Regina B. Zuniga, Lyda Marian Morino, and Gabriel Miguel Agbulos.
The annual Students’ Internship Testimonial and Thanksgiving (SITT) program of the College, attended by the students, practicum advisers, industry representatives and academic officials, serves as a venue for students to validate the program curriculum with that of the industry practices. In return, the industry representatives provide feedbacks.
The annual Students’ Internship Testimonial and Thanksgiving (SITT) program of the College, attended by the students, practicum advisers, industry representatives and academic officials, serves as a venue for students to validate the program curriculum with that of the industry practices. In return, the industry representatives provide feedbacks.
2nd International conference on Tourism, Leisure, and Hospitality Feb 1-4, 2018,Holy Angel University, Bohol.
Passion for Exploration with Dr. Hiram Ting on April 19, 2023.
September 14, 2021
An afternoon well spent as the Office of the THM Program Chairperson organized the first run of the PATTS-PUP COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH LECTURE SESSION with Prof. Luzviminda O. Tugade of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines - Manila as our Guest Lecturer. She demonstrated how to write a high quality Research Proposal. Just what our Thesis Writing 1 students need as they prepare for their proposal defense.
ECOVIP "Foster Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Ecotourism to support sustainable development in Vietnam and the Philippines" is a Strand CBHE project that aims to develop entrepreneurial and innovation capacities for sustainable development in tourism in Vietnam and the Philippines.