| Offers courses ranging from Travel & Tourism, Foreign Languages, Cargo Sales Operation, Travel Technology and much more
New Delhi, April 23, 2004: Mrs. Rathi Vinay Jha, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism launched the new facilities and courses of The Bird Education Society for Travel and Tourism (BESTT) today at an official ceremony in its state-of-the-art premises in central New Delhi. The society has conceptualised versatile programs and activities to cater to the long-term human resource requirements of the travel and tourism industry in diversified fields.
Bird Education Society for Travel and Tourism is designed on a pattern to help young entrants in not only specialising in chosen areas of the industry but also in acquiring a comprehensive knowledge of all segments of civil aviation, hospitality, surface transport, Cargo handling and tourism, offering them a distinct advantage of integrating this knowledge and their subsequent experience towards cost effective and successful planning marketing and administrative sections in the times to come.
Elaborating on this new venture, Radha Bhatia, Chairperson, Bird Education Society of Travel and Tourism said , “The institute will cater courses from Travel & Tourism to Cargo Sales to Foreign Languages to Information & Technology, thus educating students taking a holistic picture of the industry rather than imparting knowledge in just one field. Today the need of the hour in this industry is good, proficient and trained individuals who can be an asset to the industry. BESTT endeavours to provide to the industry the very best in human resources.”
Through various affiliations with organisations such as Amadeus, IATA/UFTAA, Max Mueller, Mundus, Jasc Software, Delhi Tourism & Transport Development Corporation in collaboration with Amadeus India, YMCA and College of Vocational Studies Delhi, BESTT aims to provide a gamut of courses.
About BESTT
Bird Education Society for Travel & Tourism established in 1998 is designed on a pattern to help young entrants and professionals to acquire comprehensive knowledge as well as specialization in their chosen field. The Courses have been conceptualised with a view to providing an in depth understanding and technical skills in the field of travel and tourism, foreign languages, information technology. The courses offered by BESTT have endorsements and affiliations to international organizations thus ensuring high standards of education at par with world-renowned training institutions.
BESTT aims to: Create a highly skilled manpower resource base in globalised economy whereby assisting in generating, exploring and fulfilling employment opportunities across the globe
- To impart specialised trainings in the field of travel and tourism to existing industry personnel at national and international levels
- To impart basic and advanced level trainings to young graduates and undergraduate aspirants to the travel and tourism industry
- To create a potential of new entrepreneurs for the industry through extensive trainings covering specialised skills in the fields of marketing, administration and operational management
- To introduce, train and update the existing industry professionals and new entrants on computerised operations of the global travel and tourism industry
- To modernise the Indian travel and tourism industry through restructuring of ideologies at the initial stages of training
- To establish an academy of international repute and to enable its students to excel in their endeavours worldwide
- To create a common platform and forum of exchange of ideas amongst Indian and international universities by promoting affiliations and associations.
With a full time faculty drawn from amidst professionals with proven experience in the travel and tourism industry as well as from the fields of civil aviation, information technology and languages. The society also has a wide guest faculty from vocational institutions and corporate groups of international standing who are invited from time to time to provide a practical edge to the regular courses on offer.
BESTT also offers a unique facility to the new incumbents into their industries by finding gainful assignments in established corporate houses. This integration of classroom learning and field assignments is mutually beneficial to the students as well the industry. On one hand, the fresh graduates can enhance their skills and develop their personality at the work place. At the same time the industry is also assured of excellent trained human resources, which can be moulded and developed further for specific assignments.
About The Bird Group
As one of the largest diversified groups in the travel and information technology arena, The Bird Group, a conglomerate of independent companies, is committed to the cause of automation of the travel industry. It seeks to provide solutions to upcoming challenges in the competitive business environment of today. Breaking away from the constraints of a traditional travel agency set up, the Bird Group assigned itself to the task of ushering in an era of automation in the travel sector. From the initial launches of Reservation Data Maintenance to provide round the clock remote IT services to major airlines and GDS systems as well as representation of Amadeus India a leading global distribution system and technology provider serving the marketing, sales and distribution needs of the Indian subcontinent's travel and tourism industry the Bird Group has come a long way.
Today, the Bird Group is actively involved in promoting diversified facilities such as specialised services in the areas of loyalty programs, call centre services, data maintenance, online transaction support services, provision of ground handling services, passenger handling, aviation security, marketing and support of software applications, automation of civil airports, and comprehensive solutions in the field of satellite communications.
With a workforce of 1500 employees and 35 fully automated offices across the Indian subcontinent, the group continues to grow and strengthen its network of services.
For more information on BESTT or the Bird Group is available at: www.bestt.info and www.thebirdgroup.com |
