Mexico City, May 8, 2023.- In its effort to train women with managerial competencies and a sense of service, the ESDAI School of Hospitalityboth campus Guadalajara and campus Mexico City, coordinated efforts to carry out an event in which they unveiled the new curriculum to be implemented, with the aim of moving forward with innovation.
This teaching model is an innovative, interdisciplinary, project-based program that utilizes the development of students' competencies in any area of the hospitality industry, which will allow them to develop a global vision.
The event was attended by Javier García Iza, CEO and co-founder of IOS Offices; Dr. Friné Velázquez Contreras, director of the ESDAI School of Hospitality, Guadalajara campus; Ms. Nelsy García, academic secretary of the ESDAI School of Hospitality, Guadalajara campus; Ms. Amelia García Casas, director of the ESDAI School of Hospitality, Mexico City campus; Ms. Daniela Muñoz, academic secretary of the ESDAI School of Hospitality, Mexico City campus; and Ms. Francesca Jamón, director of the ESDAI School of Hospitality, Mexico City campus. Amelia García Casas, director of the ESDAI School of Hospitality, Mexico City campus; Ms. Daniela Muñoz, academic secretary of ESDAI, Mexico City campus; and Ms. Frances Jammal Dobles, director of the Hospitality Management degree program.
Innovation in hospitality
Cecilia Canal Garrido, Vice Chancellor of Panamericana, said: "Although the essence of hospitality remains, the warmth, the kindness, the importance of the small and the effort to take care of everything that is done focusing on well done tasks, the world is in constant transformation and the ways of living hospitality will allude to the current realities.
Afterwards, Amelia García, Frances Jammal and Daniela Muñoz answered questions posed by Bernardo Flores, director of MediaLab at the School of Communication, related to this innovation at ESDAI.
During his speech, García Casas spoke about the role of ESDAI today: "ESDAI has a lot to contribute to the hospitality industry today (...), teaching the science of hospitality is a way to contribute to the happiness of human beings, I believe that everyone has the right to be happy and that is what we are looking for, to give that happiness".
Solid and practical training
Muñoz then explained why this new plan was implemented: "We wanted to do things differently in order to form very solid profiles of students and future graduates and to integrate the issue of sustainability, which is a very present reality that we had not looked at in depth and that seems relevant to us.
He also detailed the study pillars on which ESDAI bases its training: "the first pillar is the study plan, which provides knowledge and updates and promotes power skills; the other pillar is the internship program, through which students experience their internships and which was also updated with this new plan, so that students will have to take a mandatory semester in which they will cover internships and studies".
According to García Iza, the curriculum will provide powerful competencies that will enable students to interpret situations, make decisions, seek solutions and deal with different scenarios.
Hospitality Management
Maria Ramirez, a first semester ESDAI student, shared with the audience her experiences as a Hospitality Management student: "My experience these past few months has shown me ESDAI's commitment to the preparation of its students," she said.
She further stated: "Our degree encourages us to train for management positions, where we can influence decision-making (...) I have learned that a good manager, in addition to being able to lead a company, must never forget to take care of other people".
Maria also talked about her future plans and concluded: "What I am sure of is that wherever I am, ESDAI is preparing me to be that agent of change".
Finally, Dr. Santiago García Álvarez, rector of campus Mexico, took the podium and spoke about the qualities of this school and concluded by communicating that ESDAI' s Hospitality Management degree is in 1st place in Mexico and among the 100 best universities in the world according to QS Ranking by subject 2023.
