GSTC Sustainable Hospitality Course (SHC)
TGS-2024049962
What's In It For Me
This 2.5-day course is made up of a 2.5-day classroom lecture and discussion.
Participants will acquire knowledge on -
▪Sustainability terminologies and overall conceptual frameworks to apply sustainability in organizational settings
▪Application of best practices, tools and techniques to integrate sustainable practices and address sustainability gaps
Course Overview
The course will teach key industry players in the hotel and their inhouse staff about the GSTC Industry Criteria with Performance Indicators. With the aim to equip staff on best practices on sustainability actions, the course will encompass a wide range of practical and real-life hotel examples.
The course is designed for staff who interact with guests in everyday operations; it will include many practical level case studies for all staff including the management level. The case studies suggested here may act as benchmarks for practitioners and give lessons on sustainability best practices.
The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) is a comprehensive resource for learning about tourism businesses and destinations that strive to protect and sustain the world's natural and cultural resources.
Ascott Centre for Excellence (ACE) aim to provide hotels direction in navigating through their sustainability journey by working closely with GSTC to deliver practical and relatable programs. ACE endeavour to support the nation’s targets in becoming a sustainable urban destination and inspire others to act.
Training Type
Classroom, Group discussion.
Who Should Attend
- Hotel's Heads of Departments
- Hotel Operations Manager
- Hotel professional driving sustainability efforts
Course Duration
2.5 days
Total Training Duration (Hour)
18-hours
Course Outline
- Understand the roles of GSTC and the GSTC Criteria.
- Learn about and discuss relevant sustainability issues and tourism trends.
- Understand about the focus of the Sustainability Hotel course.
- Understanding the important aspects when hotels consider sustainability issues.
- Become familiar with the Sustainable Management System with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Become familiar with what role each department plays in the forming of a Sustainable Management System.
- Become familiar with reporting, communications, accurate promotion and access for all.
- Become familiar with sustainability management principles related to destinations and discuss best practices.
- Understand issues and challenges related to the socioeconomic impacts of hotels.
- Learn about sustainability practices that effectively address the socioeconomic impacts of hotels and how challenges are solved (for example ‘local employment’, ‘community support’).
- Learning about how hotels can play a role in culture preservation and presentation.
- Protecting local cultural resources.
- Responsibly promoting and presenting cultural heritage and traditions.
- Conserving resources and improving efficiency.
- Reducing emissions and avoiding various types of pollution.
- Supporting conservation and maximizing benefits for wildlife and biodiversity protection.
Certification Obtained and Conferred by
A Certificate of Completion will be conferred by GSTC.
Medium of Instruction & Trainer
English
Learning Specialists:
- Mr Steven Tham
- Ms Eve Lee
- Nalendra Mochamad
Funding Information
Funding is available to company-sponsored candidates from the hotel industry only.
Additional Notes
The Ascott Limited (Ascott) and Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly train and equip industry leaders and professionals in Singapore on principles and best practices in sustainability.
Find out more here:
Media / News
- https://www.capitaland.com/en/about-capitaland/newsroom/news-releases/international/2023/july/Ascott-furthers-partnership-with-GSTC-to-spearhead-industry-wide-training-programmes.html
- https://www.gstcouncil.org/ascott-and-gstc-sign-mou/
- Grant Validity: 30/10/2024 - 30/9/2025
- Mode of Payment: Interbank transfer (For Corporate enrolments only)
- Average teacher-student ratio - 1 : 15
- Courseware: Participants will receive a copy of course materials on the first day of class
- A laptop is required.
Enrollment
Upon receiving your online registration form, ACE representative will be in touch with you to offer further detailed information on course information, available schedule, funding eligibility, entry requirements and attend to all your queries.
It is imperative that participants complete the program and meet all the following criteria:
- Participants are required to attain a 75% attendance before he/she is allowed to sit for Assessment.
- Participants are required to complete and submit all projects, reports and tests (if any) as part of the assessment.
- Participants are required to be Competent within 60 days of each module end dates.
Course Pre-Requisites
Price
| Course Fee Payable | ||
|---|---|---|
| Original Fee | Before GST | With GST (9%) |
| Course Fee |
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| Corporate Pricing (Fee payable to Training Provider) | ||
| SME | Before GST | With GST (9%) |
| SME - Under Enhance Training Support for SMEs 90% | $90.00 | $114.30 |
| Non-SME | Before GST | With GST (9%) |
| General Baseline Funding 70% for NON-SME | $270.00 | $294.30 |
| LTVP+ | $270.00 | $294.30 |
Singaporeans / PRs are eligible for 70% Skillsfuture (SSG) Grant
Full Fee (per person): S$900.00
SSG Grant Amount: S$630.00
Fees payable after SSG grant: S$270.00
Fees payable after MCES/ETSS: $90.00
Fees are subject to 9% GST
Baseline SkillsFuture Funding* | 70% : $630.00
Nett Fee : $270.00
9% GST : $24.30
Nett Fee Payable (incl. gst) : $294.30
Additional Funding if eligible under MCES** or SME*** : $180.00
Total Nett Fee Payable for MCES / SME (incl. gst) : $114.30
*Singaporeans and Singapore PRs will be eligible for up to 70% SSG funding. A minimum 6-month retention in the industry is recommended as part of the obligation for the Skillsfuture funding.
**Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES): Singaporeans aged 40 and above may enjoy subsidies up to 90% of the course fees.
***Enhanced Training Support for SMEs: SME-sponsored employees (Singaporean Citizens and PRs) aged 21 and above may enjoy subsidies up to 90% of the course fees.
Please note that prices are subjected to change.