{"id":7066,"date":"2021-05-11T10:26:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T02:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.ift.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/?p=7066"},"modified":"2021-05-11T10:28:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T02:28:52","slug":"team-featuring-iftm-student-scoops-second-place-award-at-young-hoteliers-summit-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/team-featuring-iftm-student-scoops-second-place-award-at-young-hoteliers-summit-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Team featuring IFTM student scoops second place award at Young Hoteliers Summit Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7066 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-herald-lay-c1'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image015.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image015-470x313.png\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-c1 size-herald-lay-c1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image015-470x313.png 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image015-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image015-414x276.png 414w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image015-640x426.png 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image015-130x86.png 130w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image015-187x124.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image017.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image017-470x313.png\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-c1 size-herald-lay-c1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image017-470x313.png 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image017-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image017-414x276.png 414w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image017-640x426.png 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image017-130x86.png 130w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image017-187x124.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image016.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image016-470x313.png\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-c1 size-herald-lay-c1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image016-470x313.png 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image016-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image016-414x276.png 414w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image016-640x426.png 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image016-130x86.png 130w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image016-187x124.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<span class='pum-trigger  popmake-7071  text-center font-blue' data-do-default=''>\u4e2d\u6587\u6458\u8981 \/ Summary in Chinese<\/span>\n<p>Undergraduates from IFTM continue to excel in international hospitality-related competitions organised for higher education students. The latest example was IFTM student Qi Xiaotong at the annual Young Hoteliers Summit. Qi was placed in a team composed of members drawn from across the world, and the group finished the event\u2019s main competition in second place.<\/p>\n<p>The Young Hoteliers Summit is the largest student-run hospitality summit in the world. It is hosted annually by students of \u00c9cole H\u00f4teli\u00e8re de Lausanne, in Switzerland. The event welcomes top executives and officials from the tourism industry as speakers, and it is attended by student delegates from leading higher education institutions in the field of hospitality from around the word.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Young Hoteliers Summit was held online between 22 March and 25 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Qi, a Year 4 student in the English-language stream of the Hotel Management Bachelor\u2019s Degree Programme, was one of the 2 IFTM delegates to the event.<\/p>\n<p>For the Young Hoteliers Summit Challenge, student delegates were randomly sorted into small groups comprising of 5 team members each. \u201cAll my teammates were from other countries: Australia, Germany, Romania and Guatemala,\u201d Qi says. \u201cI introduced the history and culture of Macao to them, which raised much interest from the group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s competition was supported by global hotel chain IHG Hotels &amp; Resorts. It was titled: \u201cThe Sustainable Guest Room\u201d Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>For the contest, each group was required to put forward an innovative idea \u2013 a product, service or marketing campaign \u2013 that could further build on IHG\u2019s \u2018sustainable hotel room\u2019 concept. Any solutions proposed were expected to add value to the firm\u2019s guest experience while having a positive impact on the environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur group came up with the idea of fitting a water-usage tracker in the shower devices, to record water and energy consumption per room,\u201d Qi explains. \u201cThe tracker was solar-powered and had a display monitor to show the water usage and energy employed for heating the water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Qi\u2019s group also proposed a promotional programme to encourage hotel guests to participate in water and energy consumption reduction, based on the tracker attached to the shower device. The scheme proposed that, according to their savings, participants could get small gifts or receive extra benefits as part of existing IHG loyalty programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Joining the competition meant Qi had to stay up until late each day during the Young Hoteliers Summit. The event was held using as reference Switzerland time, which is 7 hours behind Macao.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the event period, once I had finished coursework at IFTM, I needed to quickly prepare for attendance at the event online, which lasted until midnight each day Macao time,\u201d Qi says. \u201cAlthough feeling tired after a whole day of classes, the content of the summit really made me inspired and excited, as many experts and officials from the tourism sector shared valuable opinions and discussed hot topics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Qi says taking part in the Young Hoteliers Summit was a \u201cvaluable experience\u201d, as he could build ties with students coming from some of the world\u2019s best hotel schools. \u201cI was also able to get a closer look at the hospitality industry from an international perspective,\u201d he states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undergraduates from IFTM continue to excel in international hospitality-related competitions organised for higher education students. The latest example was IFTM student Qi Xiaotong at the annual Young Hoteliers Summit. 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