TRAVELPORT’S GALILEO INTRODUCES ‘STUDENT OF THE YEAR’ CONTEST
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InterGlobe Technology Quotient, recently organised a unique initiative ‘Student of the Year’ contest. The contest aimed at creating talent for the travel industry and encouraging Travelport Galileo GDS students to reach standards of high excellence in the travel and tourism space. Targeted at students from travel institutes, the selection process was started on 26 May, while the final round took place at the Pullman Hotel in Gurgaon.
Sandeep Dwivedi, Chief Commercial Officer, InterGlobe Technology Quotient said, “At Travelport Galileo, we were the first to recognise the emerging need of skilled professionals in the travel industry and pioneered the travel school program in 2004. The objective of this programme was to provide skill sets and knowledge base to students keen to be part of the travel industry.”
The contest is aimed at testing the travel quotient of students, striving for excellence and targeted at creating a talent pool for the industry. Benefiting students who were keen to pursue a career in the travel and tourism space, the selection process for the Student of the Year program was open to a number of travel institutions, with the selection process beginning on 26 May 2014 with over 50 students participating. Through the course of the given time-frame, selected candidates from each institute underwent elimination round, thus permitting the panel of experts to shortlist the top 5 students for the final round. Each of the five finalists under-went a question and answer and personal interaction sessions in which they were grilled by the respected panel of judges’; after which one student finally claimed the ‘Student of the Year’ title.
Applauding the winner, on the occasion, Anil Parashar, President & CEO, InterGlobe Technology Quotient said, “The reason behind the inception of Student of the Year is to bestow student with a platform to showcase their mettle and to also set a benchmark in the travel industry by creating a talent pool. We also initiated this contest since the impetus in the travel industry is increasing and so is the enthusiasm of travelers at being more educated about their travel, therefore it has become necessary to have well qualified professionals serving them, to serve the need of the hour.”
In association with over 75 travel academies, Travelport Galileo imparts training through theory cum interactive modules, such as Travelport Galileo Basic GDS course and Automated Ticketing course which consists of text data, examples, case studies and practical exercises for students.