Tourism Society Cymru and NTG launch an inaugural student competition in Wales
The Tourism Society Cymru in partnership with the Next Tourism Generation (NTG) project based at Cardiff Metropolitan Un...
The Next Tourism Generation Alliance (NTG) is the first European partnership and alliance for improving a collaborative and productive relationship between education and industry. The NTG Alliance will provide employees, employers, entrepreneurs, teachers, trainers and students with a set of Core NTG modules in digital, green and social skills.
Project Scope
To establish a Blueprint Strategy for Sectoral Skills Development in Tourism to respond to the fast changing and increasing skills gaps in digital, green and social skills sets
To define a scalable mechanism and model for sustainable and digital curricula between the industry and education providers at regional, national and European level
To create transformative cooperation in five key tourism sub-sectors: hospitality, food and beverage operations, travel agencies and tour operators, visitor attractions and destination management
To develop, deliver and test Next Tourism Generation (NTG) Skills Products for professionals, trainers, students, university tourism departments, local authorities, companies to respond to the fast changing and increasing skills gaps in digital, green and social skills sets
Digital skills
Skills based on online marketing, data analytics, use of technology via artificial intelligence, robotics, virtual and augmented reality applications.
Green skills
Skills based on resource management to recycle and manage waste, water and energy services including principles of circular economy in the design and management of tourism value chains, sustainable design and management techniques of hotels and sustainable tour packages.
Social skills
Skills based on behavioural and practical attitudinal competences in interpersonal communication, accessible tourism knowledge, gender equality, cross-cultural understanding and customer service.
News
January 21, 2020
January 15, 2020Next Tourism Generation represented at Vakantiebeurs (Travel Fair)
This week, Dutch organizations in tourism and travel are gathering at the 50th edition of the ‘Vakantiebeurs’...
November 25, 2019Next Tourism Generation Alliance at Tourism Expo Destination Varna
Tourism Expo Destination Varna 2019 took place in Varna in the period 21-23 November 2019. It is a renowned event, attr...
Partners
In total, 14 partners represent the whole tourism sector including specialists in hospitality, food and beverage, travel agencies, attractions and recreation. Drawn from 8 EU countries (Italy, UK, Spain, Bulgaria, Hungary, The Netherlands, Germany and Ireland), the consortia comprises:
