On 21 July 2014 the UNWTO and Skål International are signing an agreement so that Tourism Masters Graduates from universities and schools which join the scheme can receive practical training in companies of Skål members approved by the UNWTO.
The objective of the agreement is that the 17,000 companies on the five continents which make up Skål International will have a basic course structure so that students can complete their academic studies with practical experience.
This formation will be based on parameters different from those of traditional teaching and only students who have shown their capabilities will be eligible for the practical training.
It is not always the most intelligent student that has the greatest success. Some people have greater abilities than others when faced with setbacks, when overcoming obstacles and seeing difficulties from a different angle. Emotional intelligence can be promoted and strengthened and the lack thereof can influence a professional career. Learning to support work pressures and frustrations, accentuating the capacity for team work, and adopting an empathetic and social attitude offer better possibilities for personal and professional development.
The program seeks to Identify the aptitudes each person has when fulfilling certain tasks and for developing team work, the innovation of procedures or taking the initiative.
The capacity to lead is one of the qualities that is sought after in 21st century companies. New managers in the tourism sector have the challenge to be able to lead multidisciplinary teams which must also be very polyvalent, polyglot and have a strategic vision of tourism development in different areas.
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) is the principal, international organisation in tourism, with 156 Member States, 6 Associate Members, 2 permanent observers and more than 400 affiliate members. Skål International is the largest organisation for professionals in the tourism industry worldwide, the only international association which brings together all branches of the tourism industry with approximately 17,000 members in 400 Clubs in 87 countries and territories.
