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Meeting the future digital skills needs in tourism

Tourism arrivals worldwide are expected to increase by 3.35 per cent each year until 2030 (UNWTO, 2011). But with technological innovations set to continue to change jobs and digital skills becoming ever more essential, how will the industry prepare its future workforce to capitalise on the opportunities this presents?

As a key partner of the Next Tourism Generation Alliance (NTG) – the first partnership alliance for improving a collaborative and productive relationship between education and industry – People 1st International is working with partners across Europe to establish a blueprint strategy for skills development and to influence national and regional policies in tourism.READ MORE

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April 25, 2019
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In Blog, Food & Beverage

Future skills in tourism and the importance of Gastronomy Tourism

Digitalization is everywhere, but not every tourism experience can be digitalized. The tourism industry has one sub-sector that remains at its best when it comes to offering un-digitalized services: the food & beverages sub-sector. However, the sub-sector includes digital, social and green skills and platforms in order to optimize this service. Currently, one of the biggest motives in the tourism industry is looking for good food experiences. The Next Tourism Generation Alliance (NTG) aims to provide skills sets to the food & beverage sub-sector as well in order to show them what skills are necessary in order to be futureproof by the year 2030. In this blog, the trends of Food Tourism and its impact on the tourism industry will be discussed.READ MORE

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March 20, 2019
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E-Lab – an experimental tourism lab for students

Students can find it challenging starting as a prepared professional in the tourism work field. The Next Tourism Generation Alliance (NTG) aims to address this gap and highlight possibilities and tools to promote professionalism and employability via university tourism modules. Breda University of Applied Sciences offers first-year Tourism Management students the E-Lab module, a 6-week course where they are introduced and acquainted with online programmes and tools used in the industry.

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March 13, 2019
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Interview with Dr. Angela Kalisch: Gender Equality in Tourism

Dr. Angela Kalisch has seen many professional sides of the tourism industry, from working in the tour operator sector in sustainable tourism, academic to now being a Chair for the charity Equality in Tourism International. She has researched, taught and worked within the industry to echo what movements she believes are important in the industry, particularly gender equality in tourism. One of the main social skills that the Next Tourism Generation (NTG) wants to bring to the attention of its audience, is gender equality in tourism. This interview will highlight several interesting insights regarding this matter by Dr. Angela Kalisch. 

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March 8, 2019
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