Annual General Meeting of UWU Tourism Club – 2024
The AGM of UWU Tourism Club for the year 2024/2025 was held on 02nd August 2024 at the Technology Lecture Theatre with the participation of HTE undergraduates and the DTS staff members.
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Dainties 2024
“Dainties 2024” is a culinary and bartending competition that was organized for the first time in the Sri Lankan university system by second-year HTE undergraduates. This island-wide competition enabled creative culinary artists and bartenders to showcase their talents. Funded by Solidaridad Network Asia, Dainties 2024 consisted of a culinary competition and a bartending competition opened …
Launch of Culinary Operations Training Program – 2024
Uva Wellassa University’s Department of Tourism Studies has launched a six-month “Culinary Operations” training program for BBM Honours in Hospitality, Tourism, and Events Management undergraduates starting May 8th, 2024. The program, led by the department lecturers; Mr. Asanka Bandara, Mr. Kasun. Perera, and Mr. Kanishka Lakshan.
MOJO Workshop by Ada Derana
On January 23rd, 2024, Uva Wellassa University’s fourth-year undergraduate in the Hospitality, Tourism, and Events Management department attended the “MOJO Workshop” as part of Galena 2024, led by TV Derana’s General Manager- Mr. K.C. Saranga and focused on enhancing students’ media and advertising techniques.
The First Ever Tourism Degree Program of Sri Lanka to be Accredited by United nations World Tourism Organization
“𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙” – 𝙐𝙉𝙒𝙏𝙊 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨 The UNWTO.TEDQUAL qualification is a certification issued by United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to assure the quality of tourism education and training programmes at tourism educational institutes around the world. The Department of Tourism Studies (DTS), Faculty of Management (FOM) of Uva Wellassa University, Sri Lanka started …
Inauguration Ceremony of Diploma in Community Leadership
Community is a fundamental building block of society. New approaches to strengthen and grow regional and communities are increasingly being explored. The success and sustainability of these approaches can be increased by a community leader’s capacity. Having understood the dire need of knowledge dissemination, the Department of Tourism Studies, Faculty of Management, Uva Wellassa University …
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Stakeholder Meeting – Curriculum Revision 2022/2023
Stakeholder Meeting – Curriculum Revision 2022/2023 for BBM Hons in Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management Degree Programme The Department of Tourism Studies of Uva Wellassa University successfully completed the stakeholder meetings for curriculum revision 2022/2023 for the degree programme of BBM Hons in Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management. This event was held on 08th and …
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Field Visit on “Food Psychology”
The third-year undergraduates of the Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management degree program visited 98 Acres Resort & Spa – Ella for a field visit and participated in a workshop on “Food Psychology” on 04th January 2023. The undergraduates exposed to the real world of work in hospitality industry nearly after two years of online learning …
“How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur” – Workshop 02
In-lined with the university mission, another successful workshop, funded by the Activity 04 of AHEAD Project of the Faculty Activity 4 of Faculty of Management was conducted under the Career Development (ESD 398-1) course for the third-year undergraduates of Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management degree program and Entrepreneurship and Management degree program of Faculty of …
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“Stress Management for Undergraduates”- Workshop 01
The workshop on "Stress Management for Undergraduates" was held on 16th December 2022 at Main Lecture Theatre (MLT) of Uva Wellassa University for the third-year undergraduates of Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management degree program and Entrepreneurship and Management degree program of Faculty of Management. This was in-lined with their curriculum under the course of …
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