On February 6, 2023, the Amity School of Hospitality (ASH) hosted a "Workshop on Hospitality & Tourism Skill Development." The directors and professors Dr. Garima Parkash, Dr. Kunal Seth, and Dr. Vinod Kumar Chauhan served as the faculty coordinators. Hem Kashyap and Hitesh Kashyap, Founder & Co-founder, Hem Associates, Hem Hospitality & Logistic were the invited distinguished speakers.
The goal of this event was to provide ASH students with a wealth of knowledge about hospitality, logistics, the planning, organising, execution, management, and control phases of an event, the concept of a destination wedding, career prospects in hospitality, logistics, and event management, as well as the various hospitality and tourism skills needed to succeed in these fields. A total of 36 ASH BHM & BTTM students took part in this activity.
Students were taught about organisational skills, networking skills, communication skills, adaptability skills, and customer service skills by Ms. Hem Kashyap. Language skills, commitment skills, can-do attitude skills, multitasking skills, and cultural awareness skills were some of the topics covered by Mr. Hitesh Kashyap. Both of them agreed that the abilities listed above will unquestionably enable a person to succeed in the industries of hospitality, logistics, event planning, and destination weddings. Both of them also discussed a variety of employment openings at well-known and reputable hotel, logistic, event management, and destination wedding businesses.
The attendees' "Take Homes" were that they learned a lot about hospitality, logistics, the planning-organizing-execution-management-and-controlling process for events, the idea of destination weddings, career prospects in hospitality, logistics, event management, and destination weddings, as well as the various hospitality & tourism skills needed to succeed in these fields. The resource people' "Takeaways" included their enthusiasm in hosting such workshops of this type in the future to teach ASH students the different hospitality & tourism skills necessary for success in the hospitality, logistics, event management, and destination wedding industries.