As hospitality and tourism businesses look to reimagine experiences for a post-pandemic world, we’ve launched an exciting partnership with the Culinary Tourism Alliance to support and help shape the future of the sector.
The agreement with the Culinary Tourism Alliance announced October 27 outlines exciting plans for new education and industry research opportunities, conferences and program development. We’re also working together to establish an industry hub and national tourism consortium called the Canadian Centre for Culinary Tourism Excellence to be located at the Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts.
“We are excited about the potential to advance tourism industry transformation. This agreement opens doors to exciting possibilities of new collaboration and is a great opportunity for our two institutions to learn from each other, contribute to thought leadership and create opportunities to better support our students and the tourism sector,” said Lorraine Trotter, Dean, Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts.
This exciting partnership coincides with the Fall 2021 launch of the Food Tourism Entrepreneurship program, a one-year graduate certificate that prepares graduates to develop “tastes of place” experiences with a focus on sustainability and supporting local economies.
“This partnership will lay the foundation for an inclusive nationwide culinary tourism initiative and provide resources to industry, educators, and tourism organizations alike,” said Rebecca Mackenzie, President and CEO of the Culinary Tourism Alliance. “We’re proud to partner with the thought-leaders at Center for Hospitality and Culinary Arts at George Brown College and look forward to growing culinary and agritourism with them.”
