Mount Kenya College Rwanda (MKUR) has been voted the nation’s finest coaching establishment in hospitality and tourism.
The announcement was made on December 3 throughout an awarding ceremony of the “Rwanda Tourism Excellence Awards 2022.”
The occasion, hosted on the Kigali Conference Centre, was additionally a end result of the Rwanda Tourism Week which ran from November 26 to December 3, 2022 and arranged by the Rwanda Chamber of Tourism underneath the theme, “Adopting Modern Approaches to spice up Intra- Africa journey as a drive for Tourism Enterprise Restoration“.
Talking through the awards dinner gala, Michaella Rugwizangoga, the chief tourism officer at Rwanda growth board (RDB) acknowledged “The Rwanda tourism week has been successful, an effective way to shut 2022 and begin one other 12 months to implement signed partnerships and what we now have learnt. This manner, we will be transferring in the suitable path, assured of success in rising the trade.”
The awards coated totally different classes concentrating on accommodations, eating places and low retailers, bars and night time golf equipment, flats, journey brokers, safari guides, tour operators, native and international exhibitors, and tourism and hospitality colleges.
Within the class of colleges, MKUR emerged as the very best primarily based on the next: Relevance of its programmes, high quality of coaching, glorious schools, and the competence and employability of its graduates.
Chatting with the media in his workplace after receiving the award, MKUR Vice-Chancellor Designate, Prof Edwin Odhuno, stated: “The varsity is one in all our centres of excellence and is proud to be the very best within the nation. Our dedication to high quality is witnessed by the on-going development of a coaching resort that may strengthen our coaching part and rework our graduands to (instantly) match into the labour market and assist construct one in all Rwanda’s quickest rising industries. The resort might be one in all its variety within the Nice Lakes area. Will probably be key to a standard mannequin of Rwandan and worldwide hospitality and tourism training with hands-on studying and thrilling internships, resulting in cutting-edge hospitality and tourism information.”
MKUR is concentrating on a five-star score for the resort that’s anticipated to be prepared mid subsequent 12 months.