Swiss global and national training in hospitality education

More and more, tourism education and training face the challenge of ensuring the training of future professionals, while also ensuring transparency and impartiality for a competence-based international recognition. Interesting training initiatives in the tourism sector are proposed by the Swiss Education Group AG, https://www.onlinestudies.com/institutions/swiss-education-group-(seg) , a private company that manages four Read more…

Tourism training and badges

In 2021, the World Tourism Organization of the United Nations (UNWTO) announced the launch of the “Tourism Online Academy” (https://www.unwto-tourismacademy.ie.edu/) a new certification system based on open badges for tour operators. The goal was to improve the quality of the offered tourist services and to increase the competitiveness of the Read more…

A new UNESCO policy paper on short courses, micro-credentials and flexible learning pathways set guidance for the BadgeTour project

Earlier this month, the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) published its second report on micro-credentials, “Short Courses, Micro-Credentials, and Flexible Learning Pathways: A blueprint for policy development and actions” (2023). Another guiding light for BadgeTour project! This paper picks up where the former “Towards a Common Definition of Read more…

Second international meeting in Muğla

In June 2022, SBTC Consulting hosted in Muğla (Turkey) the BadgeTour project partners for their first face-to-face transnational meeting. The meeting took place between the 7th and the 8th of June as an hybrid event: the hosting partner, SBTC and partners from Italy (Training2000), Spain (INFODEF) and Switzerland (SUPSI) participated Read more…