The kick - off meeting and the learning activity of the competitive European project entitled "Employer Programme for Hospitality and Tourism" were organised by the Higher Hotel Institute Cyprus with great success.
The project was one of the two projects approved for Higher Education under the Basic Action 2 (Partnerships for Innovation and Good Practice Exchange) of the Erasmus + Program. The project has a two year duration (September 2016 - August 2018) with a budget of 242,617.00 euros, which is funded 100% by the European Union. As part of this project the HHIC is invited to coordinate 7 partners in 5 different countries (Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Finland and Spain).
The kick- off meeting and learning activity were held on the premises of the Institute between the 17th to 21st of October 2016 with participants from Tampere University of Applied Sciences (Finland), the Technological Educational Institute of Crete, the Cyprus Hotel Association, the Mediterranean Management Centre (Cyprus) and Gruppo4 (Italy).