Copenhagen. The Danish Ministry of Education has accepted that Copenhagen Business School can start a two year education that will be a “Master of Social Science in Service Management, in which you can specialize in four areas; Travel Management, Trade, Tourism or Meeting and Event Management.
A few facts:
– September 1st, 2009 some 60 – 80 students will start the education
– Education will be in English
– You need a bachelor to qualify for the education
– The costs of the education is covered by the Danish authorities for most students
– A strong Advisory Board with key representatives from airline, congress centers, hotels, PCOs, CVB etc. will be closely involved
– A special “education quality fund” has been raised in order to secure that if the best people/lectures to educate in a specific area are to be found in e.g. Oregon, Florida, Malaga, Singapore or Stockholm. Then they will be invited in order to provide the students with the best education available.
Ole Sorang, The Rezidor Hotel Group, comments: “With this I do believe – that the industry in this “cold northern part of the world” will gain more recognition, that we can win, motivate and grow more talent and that it can support raise the level of professionalism in the industry.”
