Qatar National Tourism Council (QNTC) will be the founding sponsor of the IE University/UNWTO Tourism Online Academy, an online platform that will provide professionals with access to high quality education and training in the Travel and Tourism, Hospitality and Destination Management fields.
Graduates will receive an IE University | UNWTO Online Tourism Academy certification in Foundations of Management Applied to Tourism.
The curriculum will cover strategy management, operations management, marketing management, finance fundamentals, as well as technology and innovation management.
William Davila, global director of corporate relations at IE University, said, “The signing of this agreement is the first step in the creation of the Tourism Online Academy. Many more steps will be taken in the coming months to provide online high-quality training for everyone in this important industry.”
The agreement was signed during Zurab Pololikashvili’s first visit to Qatar as UNWTO secretary-general.
Separately, QNTC will sponsor the first UNWTO Sports Tourism Start-Up Competition, which will be carried out in collaboration with Futbol Club Barcelona (FCB).
The competition aims to promote and strengthen the tourism and sports sectors while enhancing the entrepreneurial ecosystem and boosting innovation in sports tourism.