Dominica State College Pushes for Higher Quality

The Dominica State College (DSC) engages key tourism-industry stakeholders in a retreat at the Springfield Guest House on Wednesday, 3rd February, 2010. The aim of the retreat is to evaluate current tourism related education and training programmes offered by the College and generate ideas for improving their quality.

The Dominica Agricultural and Industrial Development Bank is in full support of this pursuit for higher quality education and training, and is providing significant financial support for the retreat.

Miss Loris Crawford, an accomplished consultant in Hospitality Training, has been contracted to guide the deliberations at the retreat. Miss Loris Crawford is currently professor at the School of Hospitality Management and the Culinary Arts, Monroe College, New Rochelle, New York. She is very experienced in matters pertaining to Tourism Planning, Destination Management and Hotel Operations, Cultural Heritage Tourism, Vocational and Customer Service Skills Training.

As a Certified Hospitality Educator, Miss Crawford is well positioned to guide the group in: Selecting key areas for examination, setting clear objectives for the evaluation, addressing the concerns and recommendations of stakeholders, synthesizing the results of the evaluation into an action plan for taking the DSC programmes to a higher level