OPEN DAY for IMI University Centre, Switzerland

Lecture Series on Gastronomic Tourism - Sustaining Communities, Promoting Peace, Improving lives

Written by: Ann Teoh

Capable students from the Bachelor's degree in

Hotel & Tourism Management (BIHTM) organised the event.
Left: Bon Siong Hooi, Lin Yi Bo, Aaron Ma Jun, Vicky Oh, Tang Khang Ni

Petaling Jaya, 22 September 2010 - KDU’s School of Hospitality, Tourism & Culinary Arts launched the Lecture Series on Gastronomy Tourism: Sustaining Communities, Promoting Peace, Improving Lives. Ms Kitty Lee, the Strategic Development Manager, welcomed the students who were eager to find out more about this topic. She thanked the class of Bachelor’s degree in International Hotel & Tourism Management majoring in Events Management, who had assisted their lecturer, Datin Puteri Julie and Dr. Rod A. De Lara, in organising the event so successfully. According to Datin Puteri Julie, she has groomed these Events Management students to be very independent and capable that they can organise such events very smoothly.

Committed to the event: Bon Siong Hooi (right) and his classmate
Registering guests: Vicky Oh Pei Zhe and Tan Khang Ni (right)

Helping hands: Ng Lai Har (right) and Joshua Muncada Sekhon

New Dean of IMI University Centre, Professor Dr. Michael Hitchcock, visited Malaysia

Written by: Ann Teoh

Professor Michael Hitchcock

Professor Dr. Michael Hitchcock, the Academic Director and Dean of IMI University Centre, is a renowned author having refereed journal papers as well as written and edited fourteen books. He obtained a BA Hons from Queen’s University, Belfast, and completed his doctorate from Linacre College, Oxford University. He was awarded Professor at the University of North London. Professor Hitchcock’s key research areas are in Tourism, Heritage and Business Culture.