UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett, uthi, i-Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation (JCTI) yenze isiqalo esithembisayo ngamahhotela angu-12 kanye nabantu abangaphezu kuka-150 ababambe iqhaza ekuhloleni kwayo izinhlelo ezimbili ezibalulekile zokunikeza izitifiketi.
Ekubuyekezeni umshayeli wendiza ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule, kuvele ukuthi isibalo sabantu abazonikezwa izitifiketi sihle kakhulu. Abafundi abangu-91 baqede izivivinyo ngesonto eledlule ze-Certified Hospitality Supervisor (CHS) nge-American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) futhi manje balinde imiphumela yabo. Leli qembu lalihlanganisa abasanda kuthola iziqu ekolishi nabantu ngabanye abasebenza emahhotela endawo.
“Ngijabule kakhulu ngenqubekelaphambili esesiyenzile ngalolu hlelo olubaluleke kangaka. Inkonzo Yami izimisele ukuhlinzeka ngamathuba amaningi okuqeqesha ukuze kwandiswe izitifiketi kanye nokuqanjwa kabusha kwabantu abanekhono kakhulu baseJamaica. Lona wumnyombo walokho okuzokwakha umkhondo wezokuvakasha,” kusho uNgqongqoshe.
UCarol Rose Brown, Umdidiyeli Wephrojekthi we-Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation, wethula umbiko mayelana nomshayeli wendiza, ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule, ngoMashi 16, 2018 eMontego Bay Convention Centre.
Ukwengeza, uNgqongqoshe uphinde waphawula ukuthi ezinye izindaba zempumelelo zokuhlola zihlanganisa: Abafundi basekolishi abayi-13 njengamanje baphishekela izitifiketi ze-American Culinary Federation (ACF); Izisebenzi zezemfundo ezingama-25 nabafundi abayisi-9 bamiselwe ukuthola isitifiketi esiqinisekisiwe se-Hospitality Information Analytics (CHIA) kwa-STR Share; kanye nabapheki aba-3 be-ACF base-Jamaica bazogunyazwa njengabahloli be-ACF, umnyakazo ozonikeza abapheki basendaweni ukufaneleka ukuze bahlole abantu abazongenela ukhetho futhi baklonyeliswe ngezitifiketi.
Umdidiyeli Womsebenzi uNksz. CarolRose Brown uphawule ukuthi nakuba amahhotela angaphezu kuka-25 abhalisiwe, angu-12 abambe iqhaza ku-Pilot, okuhlanganisa neJamaica Pegasus Hotel, Courtyard by Marriott, Spanish Court, Moon Palace, ClubHotel Riu – Ocho Rios, 'Half Moon' , I-Sandals Royal, i-Sandals Montego Bay, i-Royalton Negril, i-Hedonism II Negril, i-Coco La Palm ne-Sunset e-Palms.
Ungqongqoshe Wezemfundo, USenator, uMhlonishwa. Ruel Reid, emazwini afundwe nguMqondisi Wesifunda uDkt Michelle Pinnock, uthe wenelisekile ngomphumela womshayeli wendiza, wathi, “Inhloso yalezi zitifiketi ihambisana nomgomo womnyango wokuthi uma sebeneminyaka engu-30 bonke abantu baseJamaica kufanele babe sesimweni esithile. yezitifiketi.”
Ujabulile ukuthi i-JCTI isiqale ukuhlinzeka abasebenzi abanezitifiketi zomkhakha wezokuvakasha futhi uphawula ukuthi ngoMnyango Wezemfundo Intsha Nolwazi “sibe nokwanda kwenani labafundi abenza izifundo eziphathelene nezokuvakasha, ukwanda kwesibalo. baphumelele izivivinyo zabo futhi bathole nesitifiketi semboni yamazwe ngamazwe njengochwepheshe.”
Omele uSenator Reid uphinde wathi iKomidi Elihlanganyelwe Lezemfundo Ephakeme (i-JCTE) lihole futhi laxhumanisa izingxoxo ne-JCTI kanye ne-National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET) abaphathi abakhulu ukuze banikeze i-National Vocational Qualification of Jamaica (NVQ-J) isitifiketi sabasebenzi bamahhotela kulo lonke elase-Jamaica, kusukela Ekuqaleni konyaka wezimali omusha.
I-Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) nayo igunyaze izinhlelo ze-JCTI. UMongameli u-Omar Robinson utuse ithimba lokuqala labasebenzi bezokuvakasha abayi-150 ababambe iqhaza ekuvivinyweni kwe-JCTI, wathi izinhlelo zokunikeza izitifiketi zamazwe ngamazwe zizobanikeza ulwazi olubalulekile olungabasiza ekuthuthukisweni nasekukhuleni kwabo njengochwepheshe bangempela.
Ukhokhise ababambiqhaza “ukuba babe amanxusa oshintsho njengoba umkhiqizo wethu wezokuvakasha uthuthuka; ukuze babe abadali noma abasunguli bekusasa lezokuvakasha I Jamaica futhi ekugcineni iCaribbean.”
I-JCTI iphinde yathola ukugunyazwa yi-JCTE lapho umongameli wayo, uDkt. Cecil Cornwall emukela izindlela ezidalekayo zokusatshalaliswa okubanzi kobuchwepheshe emkhakheni wezokuvakasha.
