Parnas Hotel Signs Agreement with Kyung Hee University to Foster Next-Generation Hotel Managers

All Executives Serve as Instructors to Complete Hotel Management Curriculum

(From left) Kim Pil-dong, Head of HR and General Affairs at Parnas Hotel; Han Man-hwan, Head of Management Support Division at Parnas Hotel; Jeong Nam-ho, Dean of Hotel and Tourism College at Kyung Hee University; and Seo Won-seok, Professor at Kyung Hee University, are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement on the 23rd at the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas. Photo by Parnas Hotel.

Parnas Hotel announced on the 24th that it signed an industry-academia cooperation agreement with Kyung Hee University’s College of Hotel and Tourism on the 23rd to foster the next generation of outstanding hotel managers.

Unlike typical industry-academia collaborations that focus on practical training centered on fieldwork, this agreement involves Parnas Hotel executives directly lecturing in the regular hospitality management courses of the College of Hotel and Tourism. Dozens of hotel experts with decades of experience, including the CEO of Parnas Hotel, the general manager, and executives responsible for food and beverage, rooms, culinary, and sales & marketing departments, serve as instructors. The lectures cover ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management in the hotel industry, quality management cases of luxury hotels, efficient organizational management strategies, and comparative profitability analyses of various hotel businesses.

Special lectures will also be given by Oh Heung-min, executive chef overseeing the culinary departments of both Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas and InterContinental Seoul COEX, and Yoo Seung-min, the senior sommelier of Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas who was the first Korean sommelier to receive the 'Asia’s Best Sommelier' award.

The lectures were fully booked as soon as registration opened, with dozens of people on the waiting list, showing great interest. Parnas Hotel and Kyung Hee University plan to discuss expanding these lectures in the future.

At the signing ceremony, Jung Nam-ho, dean of Kyung Hee University’s College of Hotel and Tourism, said, “To cultivate outstanding talent who will lead the rapidly changing hospitality industry, we recently established the Department of Hospitality Management by integrating related departments.” He added, “This hotel management course, developed in collaboration with Parnas Hotel, is gaining great expectations as a flagship course.” He further stated, “We will continue to nurture leaders who will drive the future tourism industry through ongoing and multifaceted cooperation.”

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