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Revisiting Culinary Tourism – the GTTP Student Research topic of 2013

December 19, 2014 5:52 pm Published by

This article highlights how Emily Zehnder, Sarah Zehnder, and Leigh Thompson, the Canadian GTTP student winners in 2013, progressed their GTTP research work this year, 2014. By Heather Brown, Teacher Sponsor, David Thompson Secondary School The theme of the 2013 Student Research Competition sponsored by the GTTP focused on food and culinary tourism in the participant’s home country. Twenty-two high...

GTTP Brazil student conference on “The Future of the Tourism Professional”

December 9, 2014 1:09 pm Published by

GTTP Brazil organized a student conference on “The Future of the Tourism Professional” as part of the World Tourism Day celebrations on September 27th this year. Mr. Vinicius Lages, Brazil’s Minister of Tourism, was the keynote speaker, inspiring a select group of students to search for knowledge relating tourism and innovation, and to think about...

Students from around the world prove future is bright for travel industry at GTTP event

December 3, 2014 12:16 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

By: Elizabeth Aston, Senior Advisor, Industry Affairs, Amadeus IT Group The GTTP annual student and teacher awards, which we hosted at the Amadeus Executive Briefing Centre in Sophia Antipolis, brought together gifted students from around the world to showcase their bright ideas to shape a sustainable future of travel. Twenty-two high school students from 11...