16 students of VMSalgaocar Institute of International Hospitality Education
(VMSIIHE) have embarked on a journey to Portugal on a six month paid
internship.
The students from VMSIIHE who headed to Portugal recently are
interning at hotels like The Lake Resort & Spa, Algarve, Vilalara Thalassa
Resort, Algarve and Troia Design Hotel, Troia all managed by the Blue &
Green Hotels & Resorts, Portugal; Praia d’El Rey Marriott Golf & Beach
Resort, Obidos, Portugal, and Pine Cliff Portugal, Algarve.
The
initiative stems from a MOU signed by the institute with Turismo de Portugal in
the presence of Prime Minister of Portugal António Costa, when he was in Goa on
a state visit last year. Professor Irfan Mirza, Director of VMSalgaocar
Institute of International Hospitality Education led the efforts in forging a
collaboration between the two nations. The knowledge exchange programme between
the two countries has seen a collaborative effort in the fields of research,
trainings, teaching-learning methods and other aspects over the past year. The
internship program is one of many such initiatives.
