Hotel Management Courses in Ardabil

Ardabil, an ancient city in Iran’s northwestern namesake province, hosted hotel and tourism management courses with the participation of hoteliers and travel agents, restaurant owners and students.

The deputy of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization’s Ardabil office emphasized the need to “promote tourism in the province”, ILNA reported on Thursday.

Qader Taqizadeh added that hospitality training courses were conducted by college professors and national tourism institutes.

During the event, workshops on various sections of the hospitality industry were also offered, such as in managing restaurants, guest reception and special events, as well as strategies in marketing, layout and design, services and warehousing.

Taqizadeh put the credit allocated to tourism training in the province at 500 million rials ($14,200) and said it will be given to educational institutes as a “subsidy”.

The official then requested provincial governors to allocate appropriate credit facilities to hospitality and tourism education in their provinces, as “ICHHTO faces credit limitation”.  

Stressing the need for “continuing education in the field of tourism”, Taqizadeh reasoned the ongoing training can “minimize hotel staff mistakes and negligence.”

The deputy head of ICHHTO’s provincial office also announced the upcoming special training courses in interstate rest areas.

Hospitality is one of the largest and fastest-growing industries in the world, allowing countries to promote tourism, create a host of new jobs for their citizens and enhance their economies.