The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has announced the setting up of a new hospitality education academy in the emirate, which will open in September 2024.
The academy will be managed and guided under the stewardship of Les Roches, a globally acclaimed hospitality and leisure higher education institution, with the objective of providing hospitality skills and academic knowledge to nurture homegrown talent in the UAE, GCC and Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Les Roches Global Hospitality’s first campus in the area will welcome its first batch of students in September 2024. Founded in 1954 in Switzerland, Les Roches ranks fourth in the world’s higher education institutions for hospitality and leisure management (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2023).
The hospitality education academy will be defined by its objective to attract UAE nationals and regional talents to the industry.
The academy aims to focus on the…