The Catholic University of Murcia and SEGITTUR have signed a cooperation agreement which includes, among other things, support for entrepreneurs
"It is true that society when you travel you do for leisure, to rest, to know new things, but that activity is economic activity in capital letters."
So rotund shown Secretary of State for Tourism, Isabel Maria Borrego Cortes, who this morning held a meeting with students at the Catholic University of Murcia, coinciding with the signing of a collaboration between UCAM Convention and State Agency for the Management of Tourism Innovation and Technology (SEGITTUR) in tourism.
The agreement was signed by the University President, José Luis Mendoza, and SEGITTUR president, Antonio López de Ávila.
The ceremony also involved the associate dean of the degree in Tourism, Ginesa Martínez del Vas.
The president of the UCAM has highlighted the quality teaching and research that characterizes the University, and has been identified as one of the means to that end the establishment of international research professorships.
In this field Mendoza has proposed SEGITTUR president the ability to create with them an international chair "tourism that fosters innovation and research in this area," he qualified.
For its part, the Ministry of Tourism has congratulated the university for the significant commitment being developed for the tourism sector.
SEGITTUR also president, Antonio López, stressed the involvement of UCAM in the field of tourism, "especially from an innovative point of view, linked to new technologies, new consumer habits," said.
Regarding training, Antonio López has also referred to the Master in Tourism Marketing Innovation and Teaching Murcia university.
"We need tourism graduates are at the forefront leading the changes in the tourism sector," he said.
Similarly, on the agreement, SEGITTUR president has shown a commitment to the institution representing support entrepreneurs.
Enhance the brand Spain
Jose Luis Mendoza has expressed its willingness to spread the Murcia tourist brand through all locations of the University available in Asia, in Singapore, Jakarta, Dubai, or in the whole area of ​​Europe, among others.
"The Chair of Flamenco, Symphony Orchestra, all these services will be made available to the Region of Murcia to boost tourism, enhance the brand Spain are already doing,. UCAM is a university that has chosen internationalization and are in many countries of the world, "he asserted.
Source: UCAM