Students impressive at HNL conference
2/15/2001 10:37:50 AM
February 15, 2001 - Students from College of the North Atlantic received high praise for their efforts during Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador’s 18th annual Convention and Trade Show held in Gander from Feb. 8-11.
Eight second-year students in the Tourism Studies and Commercial Cooking programs from the Bay St. George campus, and two from the Adventure Tourism program at the Corner Brook campus attended the convention and volunteered to help HNL with the event’s operations.
“The students went way above and beyond what we expected of them,” says Mary Evans, HNL’s Regional Representative for Western Newfoundland and Labrador.
“We were absolutely delighted with their performance. I don’t think we could have made it through the weekend without the students. They were instrumental in making this weekend work as well as it did.”
Enid Strickland, responsible for the coordination of tourism training for the college, was pleased the students had represented the college so well and says she looks forward to seeing more such participation.
“As the provincial college for Newfoundland and Labrador we want to get more involved in helping to promote tourism,” she says.
“We are eager to become involved in opportunities such as these with Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador. It provides a chance for our students to network with people associated with the tourism industry and gives them a first-hand look at the type of business they are preparing to go into.”
During the conference a number of the students were offered jobs with companies involved in the tourism sector. One student was even offered his own franchise!
Also, Strickland says since the convention ended last week, she has received numerous phone calls from tourism operators around the province asking if the college could provide training for their employees.
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For more information contact:
Stephen Lee
Communications Officer
College of the North Atlantic
Phone: (709) 643-7928
Fax: (709) 643-7932
email: stephen.lee@northatlantic.nf.ca