The New FHTM Guest House Officially Opened

The new Guest House of Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Macau University of Science and Technology (M.U.S.T.) officially opened its doors to the public on September 19^th, providing students in Hotel Management Program an excellent and advanced educational platform for internship and experiential learning. Among those who attended the opening ceremony of the new Guest House are Vice President Tong Ka Lok, Vice President Pang Chuan, Vice President Lin Zhijun, Associate Vice President Kwong Ying Wa, Associate Vice President Sun Jianrong, deans of faculties, directors of some administrative departments and some faculty staff members.

The new Guest House is located on the ground floor of Building L, consisting of 25 guest rooms, two VIP rooms included, two pantry rooms and one housekeeping demonstration room. Created with reference to the design of regular hotels, equipped with a full range of facilities, the guest rooms can even compete with those in the star-rated hotels. Simplicity, practicality and comfort are the features of the overall design. The outside wall at the entrance is styled with red bricks, giving a sense of sturdiness and a taste of history and culture. Natural wood veneer flooring is laid in the lobby and corridor, and the irregular texture on the wall tiles and the occasional floor tiles matches well with the color of the wall. The color scheme combined with the lighting effect enables the lobby to be cool in tone and simple in style yet not monotonous at all, while the dark walls and soft lighting in the guest rooms help create a relaxing and cozy space for resting. To make the rooms seem more lively and inviting, both dark and light colored furniture made of wood veneer has been chosen and the bright-colored curtains and chairs are selected to accentuate the rooms. The pantry rooms have been designed with the popular industrial style, providing the guests a desirable space for dining and leisurely chats. In general, the overall style of the Guest House is comfortable, welcoming and soft-toned, which makes you feel like at home, warm and cozy, peaceful and quiet. In the near future, the new Guest House will not only provide comfortable accommodation for our visiting and exchange scholars, but also serve as the ideal learning and practicing venue for our Hotel Management students.

Since its establishment in 2007, Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management of M.U.S.T. has been offering diverse and quality degree programs to the local students, including Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree and Doctor’s degree programs in the fields of Tourism Management, Hotel Management and Food and Beverage Management, Culinary Arts included. Besides the new Guest House, we also have the leading teaching restaurant, the Seasons, and the four newly built and comprehensively equipped culinary laboratories that were recently put into operation. They all provide our students the best possible learning and practicing environment by simulating their future work environment. The three undergraduate programs we offer, namely the Bachelor of International Tourism Management, Bachelor of Hotel Management, and Bachelor of Food and Beverage Management, all require a semester-long internship. Meanwhile, the Faculty has forged and maintained close relationships with over 200 enterprises and organizations in the tourism, hotels and catering sector in and out of Macau, providing our students a variety of professional internship opportunities. The Faculty has always dedicated itself to the cultivation of outstanding talents, and has so far nurtured nearly 5,000 graduates who have established good reputations in the industry with their knowledge and competency and who are now becoming industrial elites. The quality of our education and research has also been recognized professionally. After gaining the “TedQual” (Tourism Education Quality) certification from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in 2007, the Faculty received the renewal of the Certification for a maximum time period of 4 years (from 2017 to 2021) in 2017. In addition, the Faculty ranked among top 100 in the Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects in 2018.

The Faculty will continue to uphold our educational tradition and customer service philosophy of the Guest House, letting it serve as the internship base for the Hotel Management students, ensure our customers high-quality professional services, and impress the customers with the most comfortable and desirable accommodation experiences.