Metropolitan College’s Faculty of Hospitality & Tourism Management, “Best Hotel Education Provider 2016, 2017, 2018 και 2019” at Greek Hospitality Awards, participated in the Tourism Exhibition ‘Xenia’ 2019, the most premium trade show exclusively targeted at professionals from the hotel and wider hospitality industry, considered to be the most important platform for closing business deals. “Χenia 2019” took place at Metropolitan Expo, hosting 550 exhibitors who were brought in touch with 32,000 decision makers from 20,600 enterprises,
Among them, Metropolitan College participated as an exhibitor with its own stand where visitors were able to receive information on both undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in Tourism & Hospitality Management offered in collaboration with distinguished international universities.
Metropolitan College had an active presence at Xenia’s special project, Hotel Megatrends/Talks. Within the framework of Hotel Megatrends/Talks, Mrs Magda Peistikou, Head of Hospitality & Tourism Management Faculty coordinated an open discussion panel among Lia Zampetoglou -Director of Learning & Development INSETE, Themis Sarantaenas-Senior Certified Marketing Consultant, Kyros Asfis- Managing Director at Nea Mesa Hotel & Tourism Digital Marketing Agency and Dimitris Perrakis-Area Operations Manager at Atlantica Hotels & Resorts.
These leading figures of the tourism industry shared knowledge & best practices and discussed about the latest trends concerning the present and future of Hospitality Training. Themed as “Hospitality Education Trends” this extremely useful talk aimed to prove that well-trained and educated staff is the base of success in Tourism and, consequently, improve hospitality training services.
Photo-highlights of Metropolitan College’s presence at Xenia Exhibition:
